• she.it

illustrator.


here r my final(ish) thoughts on it . contains spoilers for the game . obviously


how much did i play? : finished the "main" paths, beat AI sada, still working on the nails / seals. i dont plan to do the whole gym challenge 2.0 thing.

lowlights : the graphics are bad ! this is not a new or a hot take, but ... it's not the most gorgeous game ! the mon designs this gen feel kind of middle of the road to me, only a few stick out . i wish there had been more elaboration on professor sada and area zero, and the world could have used some more landmarks that weren't cities . much of it felt flat and expansive, with very little going on

highlights : every character in this game is so charming! clavell's attempts to relate to the youths, geeta's odd and slightly offputting demeanor, Larry, nemona, arven, penny, everyone ! is so fun ! the game did a great job getting me invested in and endeared to just about every character i met and put in enough work that when ai sada said "I'm proud of who you've become." to arven i did tear up a little . hey speaking of ai sada what a SICK FUCKING FINAL BOSS . incredibly good . the way they haphazardly drop their pokeballs, the frustration of attempting to guess the paradox pokemon's typings, the music, obviously , just incredibly good all around. the glitchy text ? chef kiss. great boss and yes, obviously, the music . great through the whole game, but big moments for me were the final nemona battle's theme, which invigorated me and also made me really happy while fighting her . felt sufficiently "epic" and final-fight-y without losing the carefree buddy vibe with nemona! fit her (and the fight) so well. .. second only to stepping into area zero and hearing that CHOIRRRR . even if the area didn't live up to everything built up around it, the music built such an intense vibe and made the descent towards the zero lab work so well .

overall : good game !!! better than sword and shield, better than a lot of people made it out to be, and fun for all the reasons pokemon is fun ! im very excited to see what the next mainline pokemon game looks like (but i hope i don't get to see what that is for like another five years lol)

7.5/10


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