I'm like a dog with a bone when it comes to this franchise...a mangled, rotting bone that I've had for over 20 years now that I should really let go of but just can't bring myself to because it's my bone and I want it damnit.
I haven't been interested in Pokemon since Generation IV, because that was the last time the games were any good. I loathed Gen V, was indifferent to Gen VI, despised Gen VII, and LGPE didn't do anything special for me; it was Kanto *again* with awful motion controls and 90% of the gameplay stripped away. I have no faith that Game Freak will be able to revive my interest in the franchise with the next generation. But I am probably still going to buy the games, put about 50 hours into them, then spend the next couple of years complaining about them.
I'm a lifelong something or other, I suspect. Some things you just grow up with and they stick with you. Like that one plush toy you've had since you were three but can't throw away for sentimental reasons...I have one of those, too. Sigh.