Welcome o 7 Edit 7 o <| sep |> I ' ve been playing Pokemon on and off since Red and Blue . To me , the series had peaked with Gold and SilverI thought Ruby and Sapphire were disappointing , and could barely finish Diamond because I found it so stale and uninspired by that point . Black and White changed all that . BlackWhite revitalised the series , IMHO . It did its own thing , took some risks by taking away pokemon from previous generations . It actually paid attention to story and characters , and the antagonists actually had a motivation that people would relate to even if they weren ' t crazy N is still the bestrealised character in a Pokemon game . The game is linear , but so are most other Pokemon games . Not all the mon designs are good , but that ' s true of every generation . The sprite animation is pixelly , but brings the game to life , and moves at a speed that doesn ' t make you want to shoot yourself in the face . There are loads of small qualify of life improvements , like faster text scrolling , that make the whole experience more enjoyable . Most importantly , having a game as unique and fresh as BW gave Game Freak creative room to make the glorious slice of fan service that is X and Y .