I only played gen 3 romhacks but it speaks how great of a game Emerald is because it's one of best gba emulator game. (also gen 3 was so strong holy fuck so memorable)
Platinum is nice but im not much of a gen 4 mon lover
B2/W2 started with a high ground and ended with a low ceiling but i still enjoy it
US/UM looked nice and felt nice they knew what to improve
I can't defend switch generations though, like it's going backwards or even the wrong direction. They focused more on cash grabs sure but it should be much better or groundbreaking ? God forbid Brick Bronze to live and fan games to profit cause they did much better