9.2 - I have seen the light of Islam

7 - Great game but gets exhausting by the 70% mark. I wish to embrace Albert Wesker.

8.3 - One of the best 3ds games. Not only is the rainbow road in this game the best in the franchise, it gave me my sexual awakening.

7.8 - As a pirates online veteran, this is easily the best modern pirate game you can play. Far from perfect but still so much fun with friends. Should this ever get a sequel, progression should offer more than just cosmetics. I understand that they want an equal playing field for everyone but the biggest drawback for me is that progression is basically meaningless.

8.4 - The best mario party has been since MP8 but I wish there were: A. more boards, and B. more interesting boards.

5 - Better than sword with some cool new pokemon forms & gameplay mechanics but it is ultimately still a 3ds game! Even with legends arceus, they consistently dip their toes into what a pre-schooler might consider a technical leap for the franchise but then stop there. They are allergic to fleshing their games out or optimizing any more than they need to.

3 - This game is a technical marvel on the switch. Cutting-edge graphics and next generation gameplay. Pokemon is back baby. Just kidding, fuck you gamefreak.

4 - This game made me realize that Gamefreak is a fucking horrible developer. Maybe if we conflate the pokedex with just a couple more god-awful pokemon designs and hold the players hand a little tighter we can innovate the franchise!

7.5 - I put a LOT of hours into this game as a kid mostly with competitive breeding & shiny breeding but as an adult I realize that this game is incredibly bland. Couple of great pokemon additions, Luminose is awesome, and mega evolutions are one of the best things they've done with the franchise but my god everything else is just meh.

8 - Didn't finish the game but got far enough to get the gist. Really fun game merging town-building with rogue-lite mechanics. Super cute and polished but I got distracted by other things.

6.5 - This is a very cool and satisfying game with gameplay design way ahead of its time. I love how you can tackle missions any way you want and different choices lead to different outcomes in the end. The story and its characters, however, fail to interest me in any meaningful way making it difficult for me to get into the game. Doubtful I will pick it back up but maybe with a Dishonored 3 announcement I will attempt both this game and its sequel again.

9 - As far as I can remember, this was the first video game I was ever directly gifted. Spent so much time playing it even though I was too young too understand how type matchups worked so all my pokemon were level 90 and I still couldn’t beat the elite four. Then my older brother deleted my file which would ultimately result in the housing market crash 2 years later.

9 - This game felt so advanced back when I was the best player on my 4th grade rec baseball team. The animated sprite work & music is without a doubt the best in the series.

9.2 - Remember when Pokemon games were genuinely amazing?

7.8 - This game is MUCH too difficult for a soylent drinker like myself. Needed my musclemaxxed brother to help me defeat the final boss because I couldn’t tap fast enough.