I haven't been involved with pokemon's most recent years, (after generation 5 and pokemon Black and White/Black and White 2 is when I stopped doing anything related to pokemon.) but I have to say that this game has successfully made me want to immerse myself in more pokemon.
I don't have any of the consoles required to play the most recent pokemon games, but I remembered about the fan games that I used to play a bit. I found this one and I heard it was one of the best, and I have to say that I'm LOVING it. So far I've been playing through on Reborn difficulty. (so a jump from the average pokemon games's difficulty, as I've heard)
When I played before I was never really into stuff like strategizing and making plans, or utilizing sweepers, tanks, etc, but in the hours I've put into the game I've learned so much. I finally beat Keta, and I haven't felt this satisfied and happy about winning in a lonnng time. I'm so excited that it's insane, and I'm probably going to pour so many more hours into this game.
(ALSO I LOVE YOU SWOOBAT, YOU WERE THE REASON OF MY VICTORY.)