Pokémon X and Pokémon Y

I agree that the cries are better, especially for bigger pokemon. For a pokemon like Pikachu it isn't that bad, but imagine Dialga saying it's name, or Entei, or Rayquaza. Tyranitar would just sound narmy.

Dunsparce or Stunfisk on the other hand would sound derpy as hell and would actually be pretty funny.
Literally the only pokemon I want to say it's own name though is Wobuffet. I fucking loved the Wobuffet from the anime.

The pikachu from the anime literally finished it's character development at the end of the Kanto arc, after that it's storylines just keep being repeated, it keeps being grossly overpowered in one battle and then grossly underpowered in the next, it loves Ash, it's friendly towards the other pokemon, blah blah. It's interactions with Togepi in the first season were sweet and charming. It's interactions with Piplup and others is just a rehash and got stale. The whole anime is just stale now and i'm surprised they haven't rebooted it. The writing is idiot tier by this point and is probably written by a robot who recycles past storylines.