>>39707897>First region to allow you to ride Pokémon.Eh, the ride pokemon were used extremely specifically and were gratingly slow. I wouldn't call that a plus.
>First 3D regionI know what you mean, but other regions were 3D before this. But it definitely looks better visually than any other region- Alola has better graphics but you get tired of nothing but tropical shit real quickly, whereas Kalos has some nice scenic spots with the giant crystal and the fairy gym town and the big city.
>Brilliant route designI wouldn't go that far. Routes were very linear- not nearly to the extent of Alola, but exploration was much more limited compared to any previous generations.
>Good encounter varietyThis is something Kalos does right that I feel it doesn't get enough credit for. If there's one thing X and Y did right, it's encounter variety. You can even catch a fucking smeargle out in the wild. That's great.
>Great character designWell... for the story characters, god no. For the general NPCs, yes.
>Wonderful musicNothing in particular really stood out to me but that's pretty subjective.
>Best gimmick so farI mean, its competition is Z-moves and Big Mode, so that goes without saying.
>HordesI'm stunned they got rid of that. I mean, they dipped frames, but mechanically they were fun, and I can't imagine the Switch struggling with 6 models on screen the way the 3DS would.
>Best worldbuilding so farDefinitely not. Xerneas and Yveltal were barely touched on until the very end, Team Flare just wants to kill everyone in a generic anime-villain-doomsday plot, and then there's NZ who was just dropped off. That being said it definitely could've been improved by a Pokemon Z, it's pretty clear that's what they had in mind.
