>>38488236the gameplay portion is relatively weak. Setting and pokemon variety are top notch. Gym leaders are mostly forgettable, except for Clemont and Valerie. Music was blah, with only a few good songs in an otherwise basic compilation. Champion was lackluster. Postgame was nonexistant. Team Flare was a little too narmy, and Lysandre was earning more pay than he was given. Mega evolutions are a blah mechanic as it puts too much spotlight on certain ones and appeals to minmaxing. Has the best and most obvious straight line for getting steps for eggs. Added pokemonamour and character customization, which are both pluses. Fairy typing rocked the meta game
which it desperately neededAll of that being said, its my second favorite pokemon game because of the aforementioned setting and pokemon variety, behind Soul Silver.
XY needs a Z or X2/Y2 version badly. There's so much potential and I hope ShSw we end up going there again.
