this ended up as my top fave 2d gen of the bunch

- i adored the characters. cheren, bianca and n’s devolpmetn was great and i was completely invested in all of them

- the PRESENTATION man!!! the cities!! the different angles as u walk around!! the grande feeling of it all!!!! the badge gates!!!! the elite 4 intros!!! they went above and beyond

- the idle animations for all the pokemon ....holy shit

- speaking of i adored so many of the designs and god damn was it bold of them to have an entire region consist of only new mons!! only gen1 has technically does that lol. shame they wont seem to be doing this anytime soon.

- some of the gameplay hiccups is still there but alot of the battles felt faster and smoother overall? youre not obligated to use the hms as much as before

-also thank god u can apoint the y button to more than one thing now lol.

- also hey reusable tms! takes away the tension of decision making but now i dont feel like i screwed up 4ever by using one

- the postgame felt a bit lackluster at times i admit but some things had my attention

- not sure how bw2 is gonna top this! im excited to try it!