pros
-Adds some new UB areas, which look legitimately cool and give some more insight on them
-that photoclub thing, if you're into that
-beginning of the game is slightly more streamlined but you won't notice that if you've never played SM
- new UBs
cons
-story is significantly worse than SM as lots of people have pointed out, due to becoming even more cluttered and pointless
-main character doesn't change expression and you'll be seeing that a lot due to the number of cutscenes
-festival plaza
eh
-no new alolan forms if you liked those
-music is hit or miss