In a rare case on continuity, we're following on from the previous DLC's characters, heading to an undersea training facility just outside fan favourite region, Unova.
The music and Pokemon available are a love letter to Generation 5, but as a standalone I think the story does a great job of wrapping up the character arcs from before, despite stumbling with the teased "secret"... as it's not really that much of a secret when we saw it in all the promotional material. It's not a bad story, it just could have been a lot more.
The Blueberry Academy is a massive undersea dome home to 4 different artificially tempered environments. This leads to an interesting, dense world to travel in, though overall the map design is pretty meh, very big and open but lacking in memorable landmarks outside of a Lion King reference.
The final dungeon is easily one of the best in any Pokemon game, actually allowing you to use your ride Pokemon to explore and discover secret areas and items.
The main reason I enjoyed this DLC was the battles as they actually made this really tough. Every battle is 2 vs 2, which forces you to strategise and pick Pokemon that can co-operate. If you don't, the game will wipe the floor with you, often. But I found it so satisfying growing my team and thinking of combos, it took me back to my youth when I was still figuring all the basics out,
I had a lot of fun with this, it still runs like dog, but if you got this far, I'm sure you've accepted that - 7/10
The music and Pokemon available are a love letter to Generation 5, but as a standalone I think the story does a great job of wrapping up the character arcs from before, despite stumbling with the teased "secret"... as it's not really that much of a secret when we saw it in all the promotional material. It's not a bad story, it just could have been a lot more.
The Blueberry Academy is a massive undersea dome home to 4 different artificially tempered environments. This leads to an interesting, dense world to travel in, though overall the map design is pretty meh, very big and open but lacking in memorable landmarks outside of a Lion King reference.
The final dungeon is easily one of the best in any Pokemon game, actually allowing you to use your ride Pokemon to explore and discover secret areas and items.
The main reason I enjoyed this DLC was the battles as they actually made this really tough. Every battle is 2 vs 2, which forces you to strategise and pick Pokemon that can co-operate. If you don't, the game will wipe the floor with you, often. But I found it so satisfying growing my team and thinking of combos, it took me back to my youth when I was still figuring all the basics out,
I had a lot of fun with this, it still runs like dog, but if you got this far, I'm sure you've accepted that - 7/10