quite a fun spin-off of the main Pokémon series. The sprites look amazing, even better than the mainline games, but it suffers from "first in the series" syndrome, there are some incredibly hard catches (Salamance drove me insane) due to not yet having implemented the "fill up bar" mechanic that is found in later installments. The story is passable (though it made me giggle a little with some of the writing, which is rare from pokemon games) and even though the game boils down to just spinning circles in your DS screen, it still finds cool ways to innovate on that single mechanic with the various assists.
Overall, I had quite a lot of with the game, my main issues are the repetitiveness that surges after a while due to the game being still very simple , the plot not being as explored as it could've been and the mechanics not aging the best.
Still , if anyone is interested, I really recommned trying these spin offs! Maybe don't start with this one, but if you do, have patience and go with the mindset that some parts will feel pretty outdated.