This is the game that got me hooked into Pokemon. Bring my Pokemon Diamond jpegs to lively 3d animated pokemon that breath, blink, have unique & detailed animations, and even the trainers would throw the Pokeballs the Pokemon were caught with, dooooooooood 8 year old me was elated. To this day, I dream of a mainline Pokemon game that looks and feels as lively as Battle Revolution did. The stadium, the announcer, the music, the trainer & pokemon animations, I could go on. Have a look at what I mean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofaU76iyZ-A
2011
Battling is arguably the best aspect of Pokemon. Catching them all is fun too, but using your newly caught and trained battle is what makes Pokemon the longest running series in my gaming collection. As of recent, building a proper competitive is insanely grindy and monotonous AND now with the requirement of Nintendo Switch Online to battle others, Pokemon Showdown cuts out all the nonsense. I come back to this game regularly
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