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Playing through Colosseum for the first time in over a decade and man this game holds up extremely well and full of SOVL.
>absolutely unhinged character designs/names
>extremely detailed areas and towns with tons of little aesthetic choices
>ridiculous over the top plot
>pointless edge all over it
>forces you to use 90% johto mons which range in usefulness, and the limited pool of mons means youre forced to use an unorthodox team
>starts you around ~lv30, the sweet spot for when battles start to get really interesting in pokemon games
>shadow pokemon + all double battles create very different strategies than you'd see in mainline, having to plan around snagging a mon while also keeping the battle going
>the music is insanely good
>the animations are over the top and extremely soulful
What kino games. Hell they even manage to make fucking Meganium useful. That alone is impressive. They're so weird and such a massive departure from what Pokemon is that I can't help but love it, despite its flaws.