Oooh, this thread I like!
- Generation V was arguably my favorite generation and I think it had very interesting and likable Pokémon designs, not in spite of but because of the strangeness.
- Charizard has a very bland design, especially in comparison to Blastoise or Venusaur.
- Lucario is very overused and uninteresting (actually, this one is increasingly popular), and I think it's a shame that Zoroark will always be overshadowed by it. It's like the Wolverine of Pokémon!
- Cynthia's battle theme is, as far as Champion music goes, the one I like least. Actually, Cynthia in general comes across as... Like, too good a person. She doesn't have the affable casualness of Alder or the antagonistic smugness of Blue or whatever.
- Generation I, despite being my "childhood generation" (though that's stretching it since the first game I actually played was Crystal; still, I watched the show and collected the cards before I had a Gameboy of any kind), is by far my least-favorite.
- Garbodor is Garbodorable.
- N is a creepy sociopathic manchild once you get past his being Captain Hotness. I love that about him, actually, it deconstructs the whole bishonen way in a very effective way! I really did prefer him as a villain, though. I'm just not huge on anti-heroes in general.
- I don't mind detrimental natures, at least in my storyline teams. Part of the challenge is working within limits!
- I love X & Y to death, but they kind of suffer from what Diamond & Pearl did. They have a strange inexplicable feeling of incompleteness, and part of me would prefer a Pokémon Z to patch up the gaps instead of a Pokémon X2 & Y2.
Oh boy I sound so whiny!