>>34518880>How are these games?Best game of the 3ds era (though that's not saying much but whatever), especially if you skipped SM. The first island is a lengthy dull shit tutorial/movie, but after that it really gets better, as far as a pokemon game can go.
>Are they good as RPGs?I guess
>How's the difficulty, and are there any actual side-quests this time?As far as pokemon games go, I'd say it's one of the hardest. I should note, I didn't use the exp share for most of the game and fell behind like 10 levels near the end of the third island, which probably contributed to it being hard. The final boss is hard, if you're underleveled you have to come up with a bullshit way to beat it, like spamming X-items and recovery items.
There are a some sidequests, an average number I guess.
