i think my time with pokemon is mostly up.

in the past, pokemon was just about the only RPG game i had ever played, let alone JRPG. recently, i've been correcting this insanely huge blindspot and found a love of final fantasy, chrono trigger, persona and more.

coming back to pokemon afterwards, i kinda feel like frodo does after returning to the shire at the end of LOTR. just let me drift off into the unknown to games that actually have stories and combat systems that have an ounce of depth.

for real though, this is actually quite good for a pokemon game, plenty of stuff to do, iconic pokemons and sweet visuals. i would've loved this as a kid, but alas, a kid i am not.