>>723020847
I can kinda understand why some people would claim that Gen IV was the peak - it was the generation where we could finally trade and battle online, and while some designs were really shitty (Magmortar, Rhyperior), they finally turned some pokémon actually viable by giving them evolutions - and some of them looked really good, like Weavile. Gen IV also was where we also got what might be the best Pokémon spinoff, Explorers of Sky.