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Gen V, hands down. It really shook up the formula and went right at the very core of the franchise. The characters were well designed, the story was beyond expectations, the villains were both realistic AND threatening, the big bad was insanely, almost refreshingly evil, the evolution and development of each character was extremely well done, the region was pretty much right at home with me (I live in NY, though I now reside upstate), and it introduced several new Pokemon that I really came to like. Even the Mons I was so-so to at first (like Unfezant) I've warmed up to more, and it really gave the region a lot of life. Not to mention it made TMs unlimited use, limited the need of HMs so they're not in-your-face like in Sinnoh, had great, almost catchy music, and to top it off, seasons was a beautiful, if very underused, mechanic that I wish had stuck around. I know I'm bias to it, but Gen V completely won me over and allowed me to see just what Pokemon can do when it pushes its boundaries, both in story and in hardware. I can't praise Gen V enough, as it really did an outstanding job and totally blew me away.