Ugh, I could not stand Gen V. I only liked a handful of the pokemon in those games, the abundance of Legendaries irritated me, NO NEW EVOLUTIONS, pokemon from previous generations unobtainable in BW, TRIPLE BATTLES, yeah a bunch of things really. ._. XY are really addictive and beautiful overall. My only complaints about XY are the lack of an after story and not a decent amount of trainer customizations (for girls at least, why do the guys get all the cool stuff?!)
I'm slowly getting myself back into the competetive metagame. Back in Gen IV I was AMAZING with double battles but I guess my team lost its luster as new counters were introduced in the next gens. I've been shiny hunting nonstop in Y, so far I've found over 25 shinies. My most recent was a Gothorita I found within 5 minutes of hunting today. I'm going for Phantump, wish me luck!!