Thoughts on the Pokémon Direct:
I liked BW2 a lot, and later games in the same generation have pretty much always paved over some of the flaws in the earlier installments, so I'm more than willing to give Alola another shot. That being said, either Alola or Sinnoh was going to need a lot of quality-of-life improvements to be as good as the gen VI games, in my eyes. Hoping they at least give a better way to leverage the EXP scaling (BW2-esque wild level 60+ Audino / Chansey would suffice) and give us infinite Lucky Eggs + O-Powers back. And please don't require us to hold "B" and run in circles for optimal egg hatching again.
I'm pretty ambivalent on Pokkén DX; bought the Wii U version but have barely played it, because I was expecting something more approachable and less traditional fighter-y in terms of how the combos / movement worked. Character roster remains amazing and diverse, though (Smash's roster could stand to take a ton of notes). I do like that they went with Decidueye over the more obvious (IMO) choice of Incineroar, even though I prefer the latter's design in general.
Gold / Silver finally being playable without battery issues is amazing; will be nice to finally compare to HGSS, since they're among my favorites.
I didn't think a Switch release (let alone Switch exclusive) was that likely for the next main-series game, so all in all, 3DS main-series game(s) + Pokkén Switch + Gen II on VC was basically the best possible outcome, by my money (even if I don't care much for Pokkén myself).
Even more salty now about Kalos getting shafted, though.