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A-lot of people hyped themselves up for this one because it was an Anniversary game ("IT ALL COMES TOGETHER"). Only for it to just be fine. The story had a-lot of heart, with very unique conflict for Pokemon game. It was more about family and culture that saving the world from some big threat. Characters and script are pretty thoughtful, everyone has a "role" to play here or there.
But the gameplay however was not the most engaging. It's full of tutorials and invasive cutscenes which slow down the pacing of the game. There's alot of new gameplay gimmicks, but they've all been completely forgotten. Z-Moves has been overshadowed by the much more popular Mega Evolution. Battle Royal sounded cool, but there was no elimination mode so nobody played it. Festival Plaza, worse than the PSS. RotomDex sort of ruined Pokedex design going forward. It's all highly experimental stuff that didn't last too long.
