This game is fine. I personally thought the Pokemon experience was perfected in ORAS. The additions here, like Z moves, feel bloated in a way that made me not enjoy competitive play—when I even decided to hop online because the online options were so much worse than the streamlined interface in ORAS. Nearly everything about the game was a step backwards, except for getting rid of gym battles in favor of traditional JRPG boss battles which were incredibly enjoyable.

I decided to play with a team of only Alolan/Alolan variant Pokemon, and it reminded me of my playthrough of Pokemon White. My team when I beat this game was: Decidueye, Mudsdale, Alolan Ninetales, Alolan Persian, Salazzle, and Alolan Golem.