Game Freak clearly put their all with this game. I hope that in future games they will expand on this formula because it clearly works.

The noble Pokemon are some of the best bost fights in the series. I beat all the nobles just from throwing balms at them, and you don't need to send out your Pokemon. It's very challenging, but very fun at the same time.

The requests are also very good imo. Sure, a lot of them is to fill out the Pokedex, or bring a certain Pokemon to this person. But I find there to be a nice variety and I felt compelled to finish them whenever I can.

Overall solid Pokemon game. Now time to get up to rank 10 XD