It's probably my favourite gen, but then it was my first so that's likely why. I think the physical/special split is one of the most significant improvements the series made though. HG/SS are technically gen 4 too, and are probably the best in the series imo.
I grew up with 3 and 1, but 4 is one of the only ones I can still play and think are still as fun. I wish I had the nostalgic love for 4 that I do 3, because it’s missing that magic for me, but in terms of how fun the game is to play it’s just one of the best
The fact this generation needed a fix which happened trough platinum says enough. I personally never got trough the whole game due to the slow pace. Battles, navigating dialogs, it all takes way more time and effort than it needs to be. HG&SS were nice visual and technical upgrades (move type split etc)...
Great video, and very fitting with the sinnoh remakes being announced the same week! I’d love it if you made a video about Hollow Knight, it’s an amazing game.
"What is so great about Gen 4?" Cynthia. That is all. I had so much fun encountering Bidoofs and Geodudes early on. Notice how everyone has the SAME team each playthrough. Evil team was incompetent. Hated Barry. Legendaries also sucked.
I have to admit, Pokemon Gen 4 is when I started to loose interest in Pokemon. I played through Diamond up to the point where I had to visit the 3 lakes and I wanted to catch Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf, but I was struggling with one, got frustrated and put the game down, and haven't picked it up since. I think a big factor for me is that I didn't like the designs new Pokemon, especially new evolutions for pre-existing Pokemon. I thought Electrivire was ugly compared to Electabuzz, who I loved. I was completely unaware of and disinterested in the battle and gameplay mechanics at the time, so I didn't appreciate all the new changes and advances this generation made. Supposedly, this generation, or at least Diamond and Pearl specifically, gets a lot of flack from long-time Pokemon fans, so perhaps a video about why this generation is, in fact, good is worth having. Of course, there's also this Pokemon Brilliant Diamond video from shoogles, formerly ShayMay, where he outright calls himself Gen 4's biggest fanboy, which I would recommend watching, but it's 11 hours long, so... might want to plan ahead with consuming that one.
