people give this game a lot of shit for not having Battle Frontier and while it does suck that they got rid of that for a glorified Battle Tower right when they made getting into competitive Pokemon a much easier feat compared to the original Gen 3 counterparts, I still say it's a solid game and it's a shame that it took the Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl reveals for people to realize that these remakes were, in fact, good

having the Soaring function is a great novelty, and having online functionality for the Secret Bases is a very appreciated feature. Mega Evolutions also give some Pokemon both old and new some interesting pizazz while being better implemented than the games that introduced them. also Wally went from someone I barely remembered to being one of the coolest rivals this series has ever gotten with a Mega Evolution for my favorite Pokemon of all time, so points for that one

also for the people complaing that this game is too easy, please learn how to turn off EXP share or go back to playing the Pokemon games that came out when you were 10 years old