The only Pokémon game i've rage quitted and never picked up again. First off the game is too slow, the Pokémon you get are all pretty boring being as they require some bs requirement to evolve or they are just from a previous generation. The story, which is made for kids, takes on some lyrical spiritual religious world domination plan. This plot made no sense to my 10 year old mind at the time of playing. What happened to the easy to understand eco-terrorism of Ruby and Sapphire. Or the literal, easiest to understand, Pokémon thief's team rocket. Game freak was doing to much with the Sinnoh league. HM slaves are still required, contests are stupid, berries are stupid, the fossil underground was useless, and status conditions are still a tac in the rear end. Most of all though, YOU STILL HAVE TO GRIND SO MUCH. This game is just not fun, so once I lost to Cynthia, I just called it. This game sucks, worst Pokémon game. I will add, this is not some Gen Alpha review, I'm a zoomer that watched Diamond and Pearl on Cartoon Network from 2009-2014 (2014 when they moved it too boomerang; will say Paul is underrated).