Ouch. As someone who grew up with Gen 4, this just insanely disappointed me when I first saw it. This is not the remake we deserved and it pains me I have to rate this so negatively. Launched with a bunch of bugs that even soft locked your game. Heck, they didn't even put the entire game on the cartridge to safe money. Maybe in a parallel universe we got the remake we were all looking for. Unfortunately I cannot recommend this game, but if you had/have fun with it then I'm glad it was at least doing something right!

A very disappointing remake. This game has no charm and is painfully easy to the point of being boring aside from a couple battles. I appreciate what they tried to do with the artsyle, but it doesn't look good and Links Awakening remake did the chili artstyle leagues better than BDSP. I also hate that they didn't include any of the content from Platinum aside from the outfit you can put on. I know this to a remake of Platinuk but Platinum is literally just an enhanced version of DP so why would you not include content from Platinum? The underground was also butchered. Pikemon Hideaways are a cool feature, but that doesn't make up for what was lost. The only decorations you can get in BDSP are statues, which is lame af. There are also no flags or traps anymore which means no playing capture the flag with your friends. Y
You are better off just playing Platinum.

I am so desperate to finish this game good lord I just cannot bring myself to. I never thought I'd ever set down a mainline Pokemon game (remake or not) and just FORGET about it. I cannot even explain exactly what's wrong with it, it's just... a blank slate. It's almost like a demo. I even restarted my file after getting to the fifth gym because I thought maybe my team was just boring and lackluster. So I built a beautiful, unique team, of Pokemon I've always wanted to use, and it's... Still the same. I was so excited. Probably the hardest and most disappointing expectations vs. reality I've ever played.