Generation 4 or 5?

[Dark Piplup]

Which of the most recent generations do you prefer? I'd like to know if you prefer the older or newer.

 

[blue]

I prefere the most recent, don't get me wrong Gen 4 was excellent, but Gen 5 is a whole new level it's brilliant, great features, outstanding graphics, such an evolution from Gen I.

 

[Sammuthegreat]

Personally I prefer Gen IV. Specifically, HG and SS. More and better features, like Pokemon following, Pokeathlon, Gym Leader Rematches, proper Battle Frontier... Don't get me wrong I like B/W and I prefer them to D/P/Pt, but HG and SS are still my favourites. I'm treating BW as a sort of "spin-off" and I'm not going to transfer any of my full HG collection (over 450) to BW. I'm just going to fill up the Unova 156 on White.

 

[dieter57]

i like gen V more then i love applesauce. and thats A LOT!
but i really do hope they put in gym leader rebatles in the third game.
oh and i loved the SS/HG box system better then this gens.

 

[TTC]

I like Gen V more for the most part. The only thing I wish BW had was touchscreen usage more on par with HGSS. I hardly ever even touched the AB buttons in HGSS, but now I constantly have to be switching back and forth because I'm just so accustomed to using the touchscreen. Apart from that one small flaw, I much prefer Gen V.

 

[xXBlackenedWingXx]

I prefer Gen 5, almost no questions asked. The pokemon somehow seem.....more epic. =D Though the remake of HG & SS had some great features such as the touch screen and the gym leader rematches. Black/White still takes the lead for me though.

 

[Kendosis]

I preferred gen IV, HG & SS had a lot more useful features.

 

[Nakuzami]

Gen IV vs. Gen V - Gen V dominates the scene and comes home with a brand new trophy for being the best.

HGSS vs. BW - BW still wins, just slightly less.

 

[Dark Piplup]

Personally I prefer 5. The cool cities, great graphics, and awesome features make it a win. Though 4 is still awesome!

 

[WildEagle]

Gen 5 for me. I love Gen 4 and all but seeing the same pokemon (ZUBATS and GEODUDE) gets boring. Gen 5 makes you create a whole new team with Pokemons you never play with. The graphics are amazing, the plot was awesome.

 

[Ho-Oh]

Although people are mostly answering about the games, this can apply to the anime and the other areas of Pokemon too - as well as the Pokemon themselves. I'm aware that there's a thread on 3+4+5 vs 1+2, but no 4 vs 5, so...

And obviously generation 5 is the best to me. Gen 4's Pokemon kinda sucked, as well as the anime too :( And the games, oh God. HG was the only good aspect of gen 4.

 

[Kirbychu]

Personally I prefer Gen IV. Specifically, HG and SS. More and better features, like Pokemon following, Pokeathlon, Gym Leader Rematches, proper Battle Frontier... Don't get me wrong I like B/W and I prefer them to D/P/Pt, but HG and SS are still my favourites. I'm treating BW as a sort of "spin-off" and I'm not going to transfer any of my full HG collection (over 450) to BW. I'm just going to fill up the Unova 156 on White.

Besides a few extra features mentioned here, I find the 5th generation to be better in almost every way.

 

[Hikamaru]

I haven't played BW yet, so Gen IV (especially HGSS)

I think Gen IV was good 'cos HeartGold and SoulSilver included a feature with your Pokemon following you so you can be just like Ash's Pikachu!

 

[Gero50]

I like Gen 4 more then 5 personally. Mostly because I know much more about it. I don't hate 5 though. I find it rather interesting so far.

 

[Pokemon Trainer Touko]

I prefer gen 5 over gen 4 because of the following things...

- The Pokemon are more epic.
- The cities are wayyyyyy better imo
- N is in the storyline.
- The music is better
- It's 3D

.... and also the ones that I forgot. XD

 

[tjb90]

I like Generation 5 better. It has way better Pokemon and the games are just plain better and a lot more fun. There is also more to do as well. Generation 5 is awesome and so fun!

 

[Elite Overlord LeSabre™]

All of my favorites are gen 1 and gen 3 Pokemon, and none of the 4th or 5th generation Pokemon were good enough IMO to replace them. 5th gen certainly looks a lot nicer, but the games lack many of the features of the 4th gen ones. And maybe it's just the Pokemon I chose, but I found playing through White to be more frustrating than the 4th gen games.

So all in all, I do have a slight preference for the 4th gen games at this point.

 

[Miss Doronjo]

I'm more into generation 5, on account of its game-style play is much more unique than generaton 4, and the graphics simply appeal to me more; it gives of a 3-D essence that makes me say: "Wow...THIS is a DS game?" The cities are also much more realistic; and the gym designs are AWESOME. The pokemon in Gen 5, I find that you'd have to create more stradegy with them; like I would perfer a dark/fighting type like Scrafty than a fighting / steel type like Lucario, because it works more well into my overall stradegy.

 

[dustination]

To be honest, I never liked Generation 4. Gen 5 IMO is so much better. Its not because of the fancy graphics or things like that, its the different Pokemon. I never really liked the gen 4 Pokemon, im not sure why.

 

[Dark Piplup]

Actually I like the new generation so much I haven't played any pokemon game except Black since it came out. YEESh!