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A solid enough 2D Mario where multiplayer makes it really shine through. Otherwise, nothing special. It's a good way to waste a few hours beating it but there's almost definitely another platformer you like more than this one even if you only play Mario games.
This game did not need to exist. All the coins do is let you have an extremely inflated life counter. Technically a fine game in a vacuum but very creatively bankrupt.
The battling system is horrible. Luckily the game doesn't make you battle trainers too much though. The gameplay loop of going around catching stuff and filling a checklist is weirdly fun in a way I can't explain. The game's still really janky though and while it looks better than most 3D Pokemon games, it's still not perfect.
If you want to play Pokemon I don't think any entry will disappoint you. Level curve is horrible, a lot of the new Pokemon are weirdly difficult to get a hold of, and most of the game completely lacks a story, but it has phenomenal postgame and rebalanced the first games very well for the most part.
If you want to play Pokemon I don't think any entry will disappoint you. Region is very open and lets you play how you want and the game balancing is completely out of whack, for better or for worse.
If you want to play Pokemon I don't think any entry will disappoint you. Plot evolves in a very natural way from BW1, reintroducing older Pokemon is great and the PWT is fantastic. I wouldn't blame anyone for saying this is their favorite Pokemon game.
If you want to play Pokemon I don't think any entry will disappoint you. Game is horrendously slow and some people hate the plot but I don't there's anything else to complain about here beyond Pokemon's gameplay loop being pretty bad.
If you want to play Pokemon I don't think any entry will disappoint you. I have the least to say about this one. It does modernize RSE and I think the Delta Episode was cool but it removes the Battle Frontier which sucks bigtime for me.
2016
If you want to play Pokemon I don't think any entry will disappoint you. By far the most dialogue-heavy games in the series but they're genuinely perfect otherwise. Make it skippable and these automatically become the best in the series, but as it stands you have to wait fifteen minutes to even get your starter, let alone get through the rest of the game.
2017
If you want to play Pokemon I don't think any entry will disappoint you. Technically fine games but the writing is worse to combat the bells and whistles they add over base SM. Ultra Sun and Moon should not be full price games. This is way more egregious here than Platinum or Emerald where they genuinely improved off of the originals.
If you want to play Pokemon I don't think any entry will disappoint you. Very charming and in my opinion overhated. The catching mechanics are better than people give them credit for and the EXP wild Pokemon give actually provides incentive for you to complete the Pokedex. The mechanics being make simpler don't bother the gameplay that much. Also in my opinion the absolute best looking mainline Pokemon games.
If you want to play Pokemon I don't think any entry will disappoint you. In my opinion the absolute best main series game, although all of them are held back by Pokemon's gameplay loop being horrible. The new creature designs are mostly really good outside of the early game having mostly bad stuff funny enough. Story is genuinely amazing which is rare for Pokemon.
2022
By far the most unique main series games so far. Being able to avoid most trainers and just go out and catch overleveled wild Pokemon or do raids fixes my issue with the gameplay loop being too repetitive, and it's been a long time since I've been gripped as much by a game as this one's ending sequence in Area Zero. I've never felt so scammed buying a video game though. This game is way too broken and unpolished to be worth 60 dollars and it kind of ruined the experience for me. Competitive balancing was done horribly too.
If you want to play Pokemon I don't think any entry will disappoint you. This game has zero reason to exist over the originals though. If you're a Pokemon fan you should avoid this one since it's just a worse version of an existing entry. Remakes should try to be better than the originals, not just to reintroduce them to a modern audience.
2015
Really charming level builder with practically everything you could ask for and more. One of the most beloved Wii U games and for good reason.