The best thing I could say about this game is that it was so good it made me want to replay ocarina of time, my favorite game of all time, to see how they compare.

This game took the zelda formula and just perfected it while still pulling off some of the most creative parts the entire franchise has ever seen. The dungeons are superb, the atmosphere only matched by the series' best, and the stroy was geniunely fantastic. I wish there was more interesting side content, but that's about it. In that regard majora's mask will always stand out as the best in the series but I think that game along with OOT and TP really stand as the trifecta of the best games the series have to offer. I can't believe it took me so long to finish this.

The gameplay loop Pokemon has always been known for: catching and battling pokémon, has never been done better.

I think for being a first attempt by gamefreak to expand the gameplay this was a good first step. Only gripe I have with the gameplay is wanting more frequent and meaningful battles.

The story however, was very dull. Every mainline pokémon game I've played have done a better job at making you care about your character's actions. There's thousands of text boxes and more than once I found myself skipping them. I wish there was voice acting in some scenes and less dialogue in others

Overall I applaud gamefreak for trying to do something new for once and I would love for this to be it's own franchise that they can keep improving.