quite a fun spin-off of the main Pokémon series. The sprites look amazing, even better than the mainline games, but it suffers from "first in the series" syndrome, there are some incredibly hard catches (Salamance drove me insane) due to not yet having implemented the "fill up bar" mechanic that is found in later installments. The story is passable (though it made me giggle a little with some of the writing, which is rare from pokemon games) and even though the game boils down to just spinning circles in your DS screen, it still finds cool ways to innovate on that single mechanic with the various assists.
Overall, I had quite a lot of with the game, my main issues are the repetitiveness that surges after a while due to the game being still very simple , the plot not being as explored as it could've been and the mechanics not aging the best.
Still , if anyone is interested, I really recommned trying these spin offs! Maybe don't start with this one, but if you do, have patience and go with the mindset that some parts will feel pretty outdated.

I'm mixed on this game.
It presents a good concept that can utilize the DS touchscreen very well. It also presents a unique setting that can be used for telling some unique story.
It is often fun and engaging.
However it suffers from some incredibly poor pacing at times. The overworld and level structure offers a ton of promise that is never delivered on properly. Mechanics for traversal and planning your team properly to balance traversal and capture abilities are rarely utilized.
There are some moments of incredibly poor ideas, like an escort mission where your little npc getting dived by an insect in a narrow corridor forces you to start over.
And the difficulty spikes in this game are intense, rarely have I seen such drastic and mandatory spikes.
Also awesome how the game has a quicksave function for saving anywhere, but it's that silly power down the system immediately quicksave. Why not just let us save anywhere then?

Idk, this game was really fun at times and has potential it fails to really utilize well.

NOTA: 7,5

CONSOLA: Nintendo DSi

SPANISH / No me esperaba que fuera a ser tan divertido. Había momentos en que me cagaba en todo, sobre todo con el Steelix.
Aún así, me lo pasé bien y para los siguientes que voy :)

ENGLISH / I wasn't expecting it to be so fun. There were moments where I was getting furious, especially with Steelix.
Other than that, I still had a great time and I´ll eventually get to the other two games :)

I really enjoy this game and would play more if I wasn't concerned about destroying my phone screen and stylus.

It's repetitive but I find the core mechanic so engaging that it really doesn't matter and it does a good job of scattering secrets across the map which makes it thrilling to stumble on a random Venusaur in a cave.

Good game, keen to play the sequels sometime