Neat ideas (for a Pokemon game)

It introduced new ideas that shake up the traditional Pokemon formula: many good, and some bad. The problem was these new mechanics couldn't hold the game for the hours that it lasts as they feel clunky and are unclear on how effective you were at using them. The story is filled with a lot of repetitive dialogue, reexplaining points and events that happened not even 1 minute ago, that exhausts you to the point of wanting to skip a lot of it. Lots of characters introduced only to be dropped for the majority of the game and come back at the last minute just to say "hey remember me??"