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gen 5 was a turning point because all of the low hanging fruit was picked and the formula was essentially "perfected" though gen 5 itself was packed full of effort and content even if some was hit or miss. Gen 6 feels like they didn't finish the game but had enough gimmicks, nostalgia baiting, and mechanic shakeup to be interesting. It's been a bunch of wheels spinning since then which is magnified by the gigantic leap in what games in general can do