definitely the closest a spin-off has ever gotten to the mainline formula but it has it's own differences in the combat and tbh i kinda liked it. field reuse is kinda crazy since there's 4 eras that largely reuse the same field which gets a bit tiring and the climb mechanic wasn't anything special. medals and baseballs were a good incentive to explore (even if i still don't know the purpose of the baseballs) but also broke some progression since i had way more money than i ever needed.