difficulty: the game encourages you to go out of your way and capture mons you normally would never use, and also to build a sizable roster to switch around if and when needed; definitely a step up from main series, though the artificial difficulty much later on is worrying

roster: all mons up to USUM are available without (wip) mods.

qol: there are passwords you can look up to improve your experience, or challenge yourself


story: the game has 3 "routes" but 2 "endings", none of which are considered true/good/bad and is on the player to decide what they like most, there is an intended first time though