I loved this game growing up because it was the first pokemon game I ever beat of my own merit. No action Replay, no hacked mons, just my team and I. While I loved this game for many reasons growing up, I noticed a lot of cracks in the presentation upon my recent replay. The dialogue leaves a lot to be desired, and the Team Flare storyline ended so suddenly that I kind of assumed it wasn't over until an NPC told me that I "saved the region". Either way, I enjoyed the experience, just not as much as I did with Pokemon Violet (As blasphemous as that sounds). But I will always love the memories I have of this game growing up and getting to beat the champion one day and lose to my IRL childhood best friend the next!

Don't get me wrong, it's a good Pokemon game, but it still loses its shine compared to the Platinum, Fire Red and Soul Silver games. The soundtrack is acceptable and the map is quite short compared to Diamond or Pearl. The strongest point of this game would be the mega evolutions and the fact that it merges the Pokédex well from various regions, many of the Pokémon that I like and consider essential were captureable and this made me very positive about the game. The story is a bit cliché, I believe that the strong point is more the game's past than the present. It's not a complex story like Sinnoh's lore, but that doesn't categorize it as bad, just that it's acceptable. My review? 3.5

Yeah, creo que desde Pokemon Espada no jugaba un pokemon tan zzz. Creo que el mayor problema que tiene este juego esque se siente sin acabar, se siente como si estuviera aun en beta en muchos aspectos. En modelos, historia, en el mundo. Y por no decir que el juego en su dificultad es estupido. De los 6 pokemon que tienes en tu equipo, 5 son regalados (si es que contamos el fosil), y de esos 5, si solo usas a 2 de ellos tienes el juego practicamente acabado. El juego da saltos de dificultad muy absurdos, siendo en su mayoria un juego estupidamente facil. La historia es tonta, no tiene nada que la haga memorable aparte de su inicio. Personajes totalmente desaprovechados y que solamente EXISTEN (Tus rivales, az, el villano, campeona, etc) Si hay algo que este juego NO tiene es: Carisma.

Si hay algo bueno que podria sacarle a este juego es la megaevolucion, diseños de NPC, la mayoria del ost y algunos de los diseños de los pokemon de la region (Greeninja, Tyranitrum, Noivern, goodra, etc). El resto es malo malo malo. Recordaba este juego un tanto mejor y con nostalgia, ahora rejugandolo senti esa sensacion de volver a jugar un juego de cuando eras niño y darte cuenta que enrealidad era una mierda XD.

Si con algo me quedo de este juego esque almenos ORAS mejoro todo lo que XY hizo mal. Y una gilf dragon + la hex maniac.... Ah y las megas y greeninja

Terribly underrated Pokémon game. The Pokémon distribution is fantastic, the scenery is quite breathtaking for a 3DS game. As for the difficulty, there is none. But this is a child's game and franchise, if you want it you have to make it yourself. This game is a joy to nuzlocke and I totally recommend it if you've already tried it for the easier games and want something a little more challenging.

I must admit this is a game that has grown on me. The first time I played it I didn't think much of it "just another Pokémon game". But upon trying a few nuzlockes over the years I have come to adore this game. I can't rank it any more than a 3.5, as much as this is one of my favourite games in the series, as just as with many other Pokémon games, it requires too much input from the player to achieve it's full potential (You have to nuzlocke it, maybe even use external tools to randomize etc). However, this is an issue all Pokémon games have.