Pokémon Nostalgia Cycle

A phenomina in the Pokémon Community. About 8-10 years after a generation of Pokémon releases, the people who grew up with the generations start glazing the games to death. Sometimes generations are skipped in the cycle (like Gen 2 and Gen 6) and usually join another generation's fans (like Gen 2 fans joining Gen 4 fans due to HGSS).

The cycle started off with Genwunners in the early 2000s-early 2010s, then Gen 3 fans in 2013 with "Hoenn Confirmed!", then Gen 4 fans/Sinnohfetuses in 2017, and then Genfivers in 2021. It will likely shift to Gen 7 fans in a year or two since Pokémon Sun and Moon turns 10 next year.

"I've seen people praising Gen 7 online more recently. Is the Pokémon Nostalgia Cycle shifting again?"

by LPBvgc July 15, 2025

Pre nostalgia

when your nostalgic for a time your currently in.
the feeling that you know your gonna miss this when your older.

chad felt the pre nostalgia when he was playing on his xbox 360 at midnight.

by kieralovedanny October 18, 2025

futuristic nostalgia

Futuristic nostalgia is the feeling of nostalgia experienced before an event occurs, when a person anticipates a meaningful moment or life phase ending and feels sadness or longing in advance.

Example: Sitting in class before graduation, she was overcome with futuristic nostalgia, already missing the school she had not yet left.

by Ranya December 19, 2025

Blinded by Nostalgia

Blinded by nostalgia is typically a term referring to a player in a video game who knows that they enjoyed a certain newer update of a game, but act as if an older update of the game was better, because it was more "nostalgic", even though the update didn't bring really good stuff.

"Season 3 was better than Chapter 2 Season 2"
"You are blinded by nostalgia"

by poofart96 August 21, 2023