Sword and shield always gets dunked on it was my introduction and I will stand with it forever. Also another person saying Gen three is the best (likely because of nostalgia)
I'm just gonna say it... (My opinion) X&Y feels empty and unfinished. Yellow is boring. Crystal needs to be put higher. Emerald is good but overrated. Black 2 and white 2 need to be put higher on the list. Scarlet and violet are decent, but they get held back by their story and bad performance. USUM are better then SM 😂 And I haven't played SWSH.
O and where are the remakes? Bc HGSS would be #1 and ORAS would be like a good #6. And I think that BDSP are overhated. For me they are definitely better then X&Y.
Hot Take: All the best Pokemon are the turtles. Blastoise and Torterra are my fave starters of all time, Tirtouga is my fav fossil, heck I even love the ones people consider ugly! Drednaw and Turtonator are genuinely so cool!
Your best list wasn't unreasonable except for Blacephalon, but I'm convinced you're farming interaction at this point cause there's just no way this is real. I love seeing the hustle though, and the back and forths in these comments are always entertaining lmao. Keep it up!