A very pleasant remake that has a lot of features I wish the series just kept.

I get it's more of the same, but the mechanics around DexNav had me a lot more invested in regularly catching pokemon and clearing each area out. I like that there's a constant incentive and sense of progression for catching, and that progress isn't all just frontloaded onto battles like it always used to be.

I also like that Contests were built upon from the original, and that Mega Evolutions are actually accessible in this game at a reasonable pace compared to X/Y. I dunno! I already liked Ruby and Sapphire, and I think this is a great way to experience that.

No idea why they chose to revert ALL of Emerald's changes, though. If it didn't, I'd go as far as to say this is the best game in the series.