Simultaneously the best and worst Pokemon game since Gen 5. As a Pokemon game it's by miles the most I've enjoyed playing a Pokemon adventure since Gen 5, even despite it being the coldest I've been in generations on the new pokemon roster (special shout-outs to Toedscruel/cool, Annihilape, Orthworm, and Klawf). As a game... the performance is just absolutely inexcusable. I had a great time with it, I really did! I hated Gen 8 (even despite loving the new roster of pokemon) and didn't care for Arceus, I slogged through the 3DS games to mostly lukewarm feelings... so it's a big change for me to finally ENJOY a Pokemon game again, I really was beginning to wonder if I'd ever have one click again. But it's a damn shame that it performed so awfully from beginning to end, the frame drops and stutter actually gave me headaches! The stories are actually very well written with lots of enjoyable characters (I wanna particularly highlight Arven, the best story Pokemon has had in years simply because it's a relatable charming tale about a guy who loves his dog rather than bizarre future energy crises or fashionistas inexplicably wanting nuclear armageddon) and exploring the (often textureless) open world to see what you can find is great fun. But boy you sure do have to chug through some of the most comically bad performance you've ever seen in a AAA release. Maybe someday we'll get a Pokemon game not marred by performance woes... but somehow it's gotten progressively worse with every mainline Pokemon release on the Switch, so I can't say I have my hopes up in that regard.