I'm just going to tl;dr here so... it may be somewhat relative. Pokémon has lost the nostalgia it once had for the older fans, those who are coming into adulthood, end of teenage years, etc. Pearl/Diamond/Platinum was really the cutoff in a way between two generations, it was aimed at the more well, digital world (not Digimon.) Life was different when many of us were younger and the graphics and type of games just suited us. Now the games could do a Mario type thing and continue on forever, but I don't see that happening. There's only so much you can do and items are repeating each other. "Luck Incense" and "Amulet Coin" play the same role as far as items go. There are many other examples but those are the first ones I thought of. The whole series is running out of creativity. It was only good up to a point, which was really Hoenn. I mean, the Sinnoh Pokémon just look... weird. A lot of them, that is. Though in a way, that's kinda how the world is. To me now, I see life a lot differently to when I was a kid but that's probably because the world WAS different. The children growing up now don't get to experience what we've experienced, that is... I dunno, the world before technology became everything. Game Boy's and such, I dunno... I just think that there's nothing else Pokémon can really do now. For the ones who've played it since R/B/Y, I really don't know what's keeping them going. Now that HG/SS has been done, there's really no connection to the "old" Pokémon ways, besides having gym leaders/e4's in different regions, totally original. It's a lot like... I guess older people as in, old... can't have that much of a connection with their grandchildren in a way because times have changed. For those who don't know any different and who are only just beginning to get into Pokémon... it's like they just accept it. Though then again, you KNOW when you've missed good things. Such as like on PC, people mention PC's past before me and I can realise it's good, but I've missed out on it. Those children must be aware of the past of Pokémon and to really enjoy it... would need to go back, play every game and just understand what drew to rest of us to it and realise that it's just not the same. I dunno, I just didn't find an attachment to Sinnoh and now the fact that HG ruined the nostalgia that I once had regarding Gold/Crystal, I just know that the new generation is going to be the same. The Pokémon, especially too. I just can't associate with them anymore. Simplistic designs are best and really, that's kind of what the past had, just improved upon. I know I sound like this is based purely on nostalgia but really, Pokémon is nothing to me now and I won't bother remembering any of the generation 5 Pokémon unless it's drilled into me or something.