Ok Imma' lay it the fuck down for you guys.
PokéStar Studios is better and more rewarding than any side game Pokémon has ever had.
At a first glance, I can see the frustration. It's wordy. It spoonfeeds you what to do in the script. It's easy, and seemingly all you get for 10 minutes of your time is some Lemonades.
WELL MOTHERFUCKER, STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING, BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT DONE YET.
The more movie scripts you successfully do, the more you unlock, each getting harder and harder. Eventually, the Scripts start to becoming little more than vague fucking hints, and you effectively realize that you're learning to play an entire other game. Like each Movie you make is it's own meta, and you are racing against time to crack the puzzle to beat it. Sure, it can be a little tedious, but the rewards start getting better.
The more movies you make, the more fans you get in your lobby. Prior to the Elite 4, you should be able to unlock the first 22 movies, and completing them successfully earned me;
>Big Pearl x2
>Escape Rope x36
>Pearl
>Hyper Potion x20
>Berry Juice x14
>Fresh Water x3
>Lemonade x95
>Moomoo Milk x60
>Lava Cookie x25
>Old Gateau x50
>RageCandyBar x9
And this is all before you've even left fucking Virbank. A brilliant start to the game that took just a few hours of my time. Then all you have to do if finish the last few movies you get Post-Game, and bam, Star for your Trainer Card!
On top of that, you can go for Strange Endings, in which you can warp the events of the script to create original movies. If you manage to create a successful Strange Ending while using your own Pokémon, that Pokémon will receive a special entry sparkle animation, similar to Shiny Pokémon. FUCK YO CONTEST RIBBONS NIGGA.
To this day, PokéStar Studios (and I guess as a runner-up, PokéAthlon) are the ONLY good Pokémon Side Games, with the only proper rewards, and I will not hear anything else about it.
Pic related.
My fucking face when I get to PokéStar Studios.
