>>56940670IMO
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>mostly cool new pokemon starters, gliscor, shinx, weavile, gallade, lucario some of my all time favorites>underground is fun>i love dawn and cynthia>neat lore>wifi was cool and novel>region and ost are super comfy and sublimecringe
>sloooow>some really ugly evos and legendaries, wish there were a few more original lines>some really annoying map gimmicks (mud tiles, rock climb, defog)>worst encounter gimmick ever: honey trees>battle frontier went from 7 facilities to 5>some features still fill a bit incomplete even in platinum (pal park time limit, following pokemon but ONLY in amity square)maaaybe my second fav gen after 3
