Pokémon been one of my favourite series for a long time, and my favourite Generation easily has to be 5. There's so much to love about this game, from the new and unique Pokémon to the story that actually has quite a bit of meat on its bones. A lot of other Pokémon games have pretty decent stories, but Gen 5 easily has to have one of, if not the best story in Pokémon. The OST is also a banger, there's many songs that are extremely catchy like Opelucid City (both versions), Victory Road, Vs. Team Plasma, Vs. Gym Leader, Final N Battle, Vs. Ghetsis, Accumula Town, and of course, Driftveil City. I know the Pokédex gets a lot of hate (or at least it used to?), but there's a lot of great Pokémon introduced in this Gen, such as Scrafty, Volcarona, Zebstrika, Leavanny, Scolipede, Krookodie, Cofagrigus, Klinklang, Eelektross, Chandelure, and many, MANY more. I genuinely think Gen 5 has my favourite Pokédex hands down (if not then probably Gen 3 or Gen 7). The sprite work in this game is also incredible, with very smooth animations but clean spritework that is the pinnacle of this series. Also, levelling up Pokémon is a lot easier in this game thanks to Audino's and the phenomenon gimmick, which makes grinding so much quicker. The only reason why I was slightly underlevelled at the end was because I skipped quite a bit of battles since I wanted to finish the game after taking a long break from it for Persona 3.
My final team for this game was:
Oda (Samurott)
Rouge (Swoobat)
Toph (Excadrill)
Sorbet (Vanilluxe)
Arachne (Galvantula)
Yang (Reshiram)
Normally I don't like using legendary Pokémon in my team, but I used Reshiram here for story reasons (so I can have the sick final battle) but also because Reshiram is my favourite Pokémon of all time (with Zekrom as a close second). It's actually because of this game and the last bit from Dragonspiral Tower to the end that made them so much cooler for me. Overall, this game has to be easily one of the bests that Pokémon have offered in almost any way, creating a perfect experience for fans of the series and newcomers alike.
My final team for this game was:
Oda (Samurott)
Rouge (Swoobat)
Toph (Excadrill)
Sorbet (Vanilluxe)
Arachne (Galvantula)
Yang (Reshiram)
Normally I don't like using legendary Pokémon in my team, but I used Reshiram here for story reasons (so I can have the sick final battle) but also because Reshiram is my favourite Pokémon of all time (with Zekrom as a close second). It's actually because of this game and the last bit from Dragonspiral Tower to the end that made them so much cooler for me. Overall, this game has to be easily one of the bests that Pokémon have offered in almost any way, creating a perfect experience for fans of the series and newcomers alike.