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RSE is just the game that "killed" Pokemon for me. After being huge on RBY/GSC, RSE is when I stopped caring. To be fair though - everybody stopped caring, Pokemon became somewhat of an uncool kids game and not the insane phenomenon everybody at school was addicted with that the previous generations were and people aren't trading and battling anymore.

It's not really a hit on the game itself, but the environment that I was in when it came out. I can still say that I never really liked its generation of new Pokemon, and that the east side of the map being made up entirely of water were big points of mockery for me, but I can't say how much my emotional perception of the game is actually based on that versus the social aspect of Pokemon.

DPP on the other hand came to in my internet communities age - Board 8 days. Then the game took full advantage of that shift with its own online features and oh boy was DPP an absolute hit here. The sentiment at the time truly felt like a revival for the series, not just from my own view but from most people here and it made the games exciting again as we all had each other to trade or battle with, even here coming up with the Board 8 Gym Challenge thing. I recognize a lot of flaws in the games themselves (Mt. Coronet), but in this case the social environment of the time really elevated it as a big comeback.