Gen 6&7 feels like it was only a few years ago, and in a way even Gen 5 feels moderately recent. I have /vp/ related memories of release hype and corocoro leaks from those gens, and /vp/ trademons from over 10 years ago that all feel like 5-7 years at best.

XY era pre-transporter and pre-datamined/injecting was a magical time, when we were all grinding away at our national dexes to see the new 3D models for the first time (I still treasure my XY all-pentagon-mark living dex), and wondering what other secrets were hidden in the game (power plant, etc). Then when injecting became possible, it was only accessible to very few people for a good while (SciresM), and we were excited to see what those guys were finding (shiny Gen 6 mythicals, special moves, etc). Then all the theorizing about Z before GF cucked us (still sad).

Can't help but already feel nostalgia for fucking XY, something I never imagined. I add it up to the the huge graphical jump, and being the first time a game was not hackable immediately on release to reveal everything, are what made the era feel special in hindsight. It all just doesn't feel like it was that long ago.

Gen 4 and earlier feel like forever ago, but they sure don't feel quite as old as they really are. I can remember the Gen 4 games all coming out and regularly watching pre-release info show up on Serebii. I have super vivid memories of Giratina origin form and the distortion world being revealed.

Time really does speed up as you age, sucks being an oldfag (almost 31). Killing myself.

>USUM
almost 8 years ago
>SM
almost 9 years ago
>ORAS
almost 11 years ago
>XY
almost 12 years ago
>BW2
almost 13 years ago (west)
>BW
over 14 years ago
>HGSS
over 15 years ago
>Platinum
over 16 years ago
>DP
over 18 years ago
>Emerald
about 20 years ago (west)
>FRLG
almost 21 years ago (west)
>RS
about 22 years ago (west)
>Crystal
almost 24 years ago (west)
>GS
almost 25 years ago (west)
>Yellow
almost 26 years ago (west)
>RB
almost 27 years ago (west)