Mega Salamence:
While I never hated it I more though the design as awkward. I knew what they were going for but I thought that the wings didn't look very aerodynamic (though I didn't know they could separate, makes them make a bit more sense). Actually it tucking its feet into its harness made perfect sense to me, it was just the shape of its wings took when in flight mode.
Mega Slowbro:
I get the design behind Mega Slowbro and do think it looks funny, I just think it could have been pulled off a bit better. However it did give rise to my favorite Mega concept, Mega Slowking:
Now thinking about it, I get the idea behind a lot of Mega Pokemon, I just don't sometimes agree with it. Infact I sometimes feel they went the direction they do because its a twist on what people expect and I hate when creators do that. I don't like twist for a sake of a twist.
JigglyBrawl:
Jigglypuff is honestly only in Smash because its a lineage character. The original 12 Smash Characters will ALWAYS be in a Smash game. Personally I kind of wish they had used another Pokemon like maybe Meowth (if only because of its significance in the anime) or Charizard from the start, but I guess they wanted another character like Kirby who had multiple jumps so chose Jigglypuff.
That said, they've done a pretty good job of carving a niche with Jigglypuff, and she has one of the more funnier Final Smashes. That said I do hope they keep Charizard in the roster from now on.
FUN FACT: Did you know that during Brawl's development that Plusle & Minun were going to be fighters? Only a few text files were found of them so there's no to go on how they would have fought, though probably something akin to the Ice Climbers.
Doom's Opinion:
First, as
Norne pointed out, it's not about being sincere, its about being honest with your opinions. While I don't personally agree with some of the things said, everyone has a right of their own opinion. Everything is subjective and bias.
I will of course "counter" some of
DoomOvDoom points. Do I expect to change his opinion? No, but personally I feel I want to defend my reasons for thinking the opposite way, maybe for any viewer to make up their own decision if they already haven't.
Gen III: People growing out of something doesn't mean Gen III is the worst gen that almost killed Pokemon, it meant people moved on. Sometimes you just grow out of things, doesn't make them bad, doesn't make them good, your tastes just change or don't have the time anymore for that thing. Also if I recall Gen III came out when many of those who played the first two gens were entering Junior High School or High School and, well, peer pressure and all.
And yeah, sucks there was no backwards compatibility but I feel that's Nintendo's fault more then GameFreak. The technology was just too different, though apparently people have found ways to do it nowadays thought its complicated and requires a lot of gadgets. I suppose them releasing FRLG was sort of their way of trying to make amends by letting you replay those past times with modern mechanics
Also, old lost players are made up by new younger players. There's a reason Pokemon heavily markets to kids, and I would say Pokemon gets more new fans each generation then they lose. And of course they try to please the old fans, but their main target are getting new fans because a series which doesn't is a series who is doomed to fail. Plus kids have tons of disposable income (aka, their parent's income).
Black & White Story: I would say you're taking things at face value. The reason I like Black & White's story is because they got the player to be a part of the story and felt the villains were made interesting, especially N. Initially Team Plasma is just a front by Ghetsis (which I felt was made clear) who manipulated those who honetly thought Pokemon and people should be separated. He went as far as raising a child with this idea and hammering it into him just so he could use the child to take control of a Legendary to accomplish his scheme. It's not that N isn't lying, N is just following what he truly believes but sadly those are false beliefs. This in turn turns Ghetsis from a cartoon villain to a real complete monster and sociopath and I felt that gave the player a stronger reason to stop him. And N was full on with the plan to release everyone's Pokemon despite knowing there are good people, feeling the good was in the minority. It's not until Ghetsis revealed his plan and was defeated did N change his mind and decide to go off to figure out who he truly is.
XY Story: On the other hand the only interesting thing about XY's story is Lysandre and the Kalos War. I've said it multiple times, but it feels like they came up with the idea for Team Flare and the idea for Lysandre separately and mushed them toghether, they honestly just don't fit quite right. And even Lysandre goes back and forth with giving you a chance of stopping him, doing just that, and him deciding to go ahead anyway (I think he does that 3 times!). Also you don't encounter Team Flare enough, their goofy each time you meet them, and you beat them before the 8th Gym.
However I do agree Lumiose City is pretty nice.