"My favourite feature of Black/White was that every Pokemon was new/native to the region"

I know they get a lot of praise now, but I love how Black/White only feature the new pokemon to the generation. For me it was the breath of fresh air that the franchise needed, having every battle/encounter/trade/gym as a native pokemon.It really gave the Unova region flavour, not having the new pokemon saturated by precious generations and having them take the spotlight. This made Unova feel distinguished from the other regions and not just another region in the franchise. Unova always felt like it's own unique environment to explore to me. It just feels like it's own world to dive into, not just an extension of the franchise.Even revisiting the games now it still feels fresh and really gives you that feeling of exploring and finding creatures that live there. There's no "oh look, there's Zubat/Slowpoke/Rattata". Even in the late game, you were still discovering new pokemon rather than having the same ones you've seen hundreds of times resurfaced. I also felt that it gave the gyms a good challenge, because you really had no idea what you were going up against.This also made for a really tight/solid roster, e.g. basic starters, elemental monkeys to compliment your choice, two decent fossil mons, strong fighting types, bulky psychic types, a few rare dragons. It really is it's own 'sandbox' to design a team from. Not just a few new creatures outnumbered by returning pokemon.I wish they would do this again, I understand they can't do it for every generation but it would be the refresh the games need. Just as long as they don't have ones that evolve at level 50+...let alone 64! via /r/pokemon https://ift.tt/2L3CHHh