User blog comment:Element02/Genwunners/@comment-3400761-20130623172130

I have to say that I was somewhat guilty of the Hoenn thing, though interestingly enough not with Hoenn. It was actually when Diamond and Pearl came out that I sort of lost interest because of a percieved lack of originality. While I disliked Hoenn for similiar reasons, I did still play it.

I never even played Diamond/Pearl for years and years until after they came out; I'd actually played Black and White before I played them.

But yeah, despite my earlier misgivings, Hoenn is one of my favourite regions now and the third generation has some of my favourite Pokemon.