I kind of hate that I generally enjoy this game.

I needed a game to play during downtime at work. I settled on this one as a big Pokemon fan. I play it a lot now.

One of my biggest gripes with Pokemon is that they have so many AMAZING character designs, and quite a few really well written characters, but they're all one and done. Once "their game" is finished they fall into the annals of Poke-history, never to be heard from again.

This game brings them back and I am so immensely appreciative of that.

If this game played like a normal Pokemon game, wasn't a mobile game, but had the same concept, it would be a perfect Pokemon game. I mean heck, the story itself is surprisingly good.

So I'm in this weird area of "this game is fun, and I like playing it" but also "I hate that they took this potential and made it a mobile gacha game instead of a real Pokemon game"

It's hard to really determine what I actually like about Pokemon Masters EX mainly because the game as changed so much and yet not at all through out the course of it's lifetime. Despite this though, I can't help, but think the way the game actually operates now is by making you not wanting to actually play the game.


Maybe auto battling was always apart of the game or maybe it just wasn't as good or my team wasn't as good, but at a certain point, Pokemon Masters EX stops being a real time strategy type game, and more like a simulator for all your fancy new gacha gains. I really don't say this lightly nor do I say it as a way to diss the game. I think that both the way it uses active turn based battling is one of the best ways it was ever been implemented; while at the same time this game incorporates and demands so much of you that it's hard to not opt-in for usage like skip tickets or simply auto battling at higher speeds to get done with the content you are playing while doing something else. It's not like the gameplay is particularly bad either as a lot of it is simply standard JRPG buffing/debuffing and attacking opponents in a more stressed and time matter. The limited amount of moves makes menu-ing a far easier task compared to Final Fantasy's system, and it works in a regenerative mp like system that makes burst of attacking manage able while optimizing your attacks. In essence, it's a battle system that keeps you engaged while not overwhelming as long as you pay attention.


That being said Pokemon Masters EX is kinda shameless with it constantly needing you to power up your characters before a fight even starts, and even being at the right level can mean nothing if you don't also take advantage of other systems of power it uses like it's sync grinds (these act as skill trees) and move levels (a prestige like system). This all effectively means that either you are in for a long grind to get usable teams, or the option the devs want, buying currency to spend in their game. While I can't say much about my luck as either good or bad compared to others, I will say that getting a gacha character you want here, really isn't that bad. I've gotten plenty that I wanted to get, and some that I just got through it's free pulls. The main problem with the gacha isn't obtaining trainers you want, the problem comes with it's move level system. While the game does a good job to give you plenty ways to power up your characters through some grinding methods, overall most characters don't start becoming good till their 3rd move level, and that makes it rather frustrating when you have nearly hundreds of trainers that are competing for those types of power ups. Add that together with a bunch of new games and designs coming out, multiple different types to take advantage of in battle, and the various geared styled of move sets can make the biggest grind of them all being the gacha system. It really isn't like Fate Grand Order or Fire Emblem where a single character can carry you, you need multi-characters able to do that with various types that can be your ace in their better match ups, then if you are really dedicated, have all their bonuses match up for even greater power boost. Ultimately, what a lot of this game comes out to is how stacked is your whole gallery of characters over actual strategy options.

Pokemon Masters EX does have a lot more to offer than just it's battle system and fancy character designs tho. I can't express enough how this game just kinda gives us some of the most compelling writing for various pokemon characters out there that even some of it's games just don't touch. The main story is surprisingly endearing, and gives insight for the new characters introduced, as well as a spot light for some older characters to boot. It's honestly a bit jarring because you either get a whole lot of development for a character or none at all, and pending on who you like, that coin flip could be a bad result for you. Still there is absolutely one thing that anyone can enjoy from this game, and that's the soundtrack. The sheer amount of remixes, new, and old songs is just amazing. I really can't explain just how good this games soundtrack is, and if there is anything I'm grateful for this game for, it's that.

With all that being said, Pokemon Masters EX is honestly kinda average. The main attraction of having all the pokemon characters together is neat. It has led to a lot of interesting interactions and designs, but it's really hard to justify anyone getting into it that just doesn't have a bunch of time to waste.

A única parte legal desse jogo é a possibilidade de ver interações entre os protagonistas e demais personagens da franquia porque é bem chato no geral.

>> Prós
• PERSONAGENS : Quem jogou os games vai gostar de ver os protagonistas, rivais, líderes de ginásio, vilões e os demais personagens da franquia.
• DIÁLOGOS : A interação entre alguns personagens q nunca se viram é bem legal.

>> Contras
• MECÂNICA DE BATALHA : Dps de um tempo acaba ficando mt chato.
• GACHA.
• JOGABILIDADE : É igual à mecânica de batalha ( já q é apenas as batalhas onde vc realmente joga nesse jogo ).

>> Perso Favorito = Red, Zinnia e N.

When this game got announced around the same time as SwSh, I was incredibly excited. I was in the middle of my Dragalia Lost binge so I was confident in a Nintendo-published gacha game. Turns out it was completely incompatible with my phone.

I started actually playing it around 2021 and I was taken aback by how utterly vapid the presentation and gameplay was. It's doesn't play like a Pokemon game, but instead like an idle game with charge-up on every action. The music and story in this game don't do anything for me, and on top of it all, it's one of the least generous gacha games in terms of monetization. While the vast majority of the characters represented in this game can be summarized with "I love battling and I want to be friends :DDD", some characters are actually expanded super well from their original game. Notable examples are Silver and N, and as of recently Volo. The best way to play Masters is to autobattle everything and save for a character you like. No point in taking it any deeper than that.

Decided to download the game because they add Rika, my favorite Pokémon character, to the game.

The game seems interesting with being able to battle and team up with all the famous trainers from all the game. However, it is plagued by the curse of being a mobile game. Tons of unnecessary and long updates and constant pop up notifications. Could barely even play the game. It got so annoying to where I just deleted the game.

Whether you're a PlayStation, Nintendo, Xbox or PC fanboy, can we all agree that mobile gaming is the worse? Thank you.

So months and months later and it turns out I've deleted the game and moved on as I just can't get on with the gameplay at all.

Yeah it's fun to see a bunch of interactions with different Pokémon characters but I'm sorry, I'm not fucking going through hours and hours of the same boring battles against the same boring NPC's just to see them, no thanks.

Not even Ash and Pikachu from a prior event can keep me going.