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.