This was practically unplayable to me as a kid and I imagine it wouldn't be much different now. The only fun I ever had with it was making creatures

some of these charts I have no clue what is going on with them but theres a great selection of music and this got me into rhythm games. really fun to come back to

I STILL FUCKING LOVE ALOLAN SANDSLASH

the only game I actually regret spending money on, wish I had just played platinum instead. The underground is fun though I guess

oh my god the depths were so cool to experience completely blind. Absolutely the best part of the game

I fucking love this game and this franchise and everything about it, too bad I missed all the splatfests

Maybe I'll add more to this review later when I can actually get my thoughts together

2008

The style, atmosphere, world and characters, and the mystery and open-endedness of it all is this game's main draw. Something that you play more for the experience than for the gameplay. I was obsessed with this game in 2020 oh my god

The first time I've played a pre-gen 4 Pokemon game and is therefore hard for me to get into. Catching Pokemon is always fun, but for most of this I've been wishing I were playing something else. It clearly did something right at the time though.