The new Pokemon introduced this generation was very solid! That's the only positive I can think of, really.

This is probably the most generic, uninteresting, and formulaic game in the main series. So many of the characters are dumbed down, streamlined, and ultimately forgettable. The story? No need to even talk about that! I can sum it up by saying "Predictable". But that's not the worse of it. Nope!

The worst part about this game is the antagonist. Don't even get me started how forgettable he is, but really, his motives are so basic and uninteresting that I just moaned any time he appeared on screen. I'm so glad the generations after that started having their evil teams be more dynamic. Guzma for the win!

Ok, I know I've been harsh with this game, but in reality, I still think there's a lot to it. I exaggerated when I said that it only had one positive, because in reality, it has quite a few! Triple battles remain (this is the last gen that had it) which are tons of fun. The national pokedex is a thing, which is very cool! Megas are very awesome visually, but really are lame gameplay wise.

However, just like Gen 5, I know people will begin to praise this game in a few years saying it was underrated and that we should've cherished what it had. I say this is easily the weakest generation of Pokemon. Gen 8 is only somewhat better.

FYI: I grew up with this Pokemon generation.

If it wasn't for the constant amount of bugs, glitches, plainly embarrassing graphics and visuals, this would be one of my favorite entries in the Pokémon series. There's even more minor problems I can get into like the marketing of choosing your own journey is not ENITRELY true, but I often began to forgive these problems for the sheer amount of new stuff this game brings to the series.

There's so many positives. I still felt like I could go in mostly my own pace. The characters in this are actually memorable. The music is amazing as always. The new Pokémon introduced are mostly very good. The new mechanics are pretty interesting (except terraforming). Honestly, I wasn't bored ever with this game. Just keep in mind, this is coming from someone who is very forgiving, so you might see all the negatives in this game to be huge and distracting, which is vaild. However, I do appreciate that Gamefreak is finally changing the series up.

Also glad to see this gen has an equally amazing starter trio.

I'm going to be honest: I only got this game because it had Pheonix Wright, my favorite fictional lawyer. However, once I actually played the game, I learned how polished and fun the game overall is. I love the movesets and the character roster is actually pretty solid. However, it is still missing key characters like Black Widow, Moon Knight, and Megaman himself. Anyway, I especially love the music, like goddamn it makes me so pumped. The fighting itself can be pretty spammy, but the actual hits themselves feel so satisfying. Man, I love this game.

My first time playing on the Switch was the funniest shit I've ever seen. I understand this is a 5 year old system, but oh my god you can see how much the Switch struggles to run the game. The players are in such low frame rate it's comical.

The gameplay itself is neat, but I really hate that it doesn't have the unique system that it had with the crowns. A currency that you can't buy yourself to get, is just non existent now. It made this game a lot more special and made almost everyone on the same level in terms of who can win. In fact, the actual cosmetics you're able to buy as a f2p is pathetic. I understand they need to have income somewhere, but comparing it to how it was when it was paid, the cosmetics looked a lot more high quality. F2ps are stuck on buying items WEEKLY because the daily section is barely filled with items that can be bought with the F2P currency. Even when they is in fact a few, they're most often boring-looking. I loved how ungreedy this game was, but man, Epic Games really do ruin everything. It really managed to be worse than its mobile game rip-off: Stumble Guys.