I'm a sucker for base customization like what this game had, the rest of the game is just kind of whatever though. Moves gaining exp from use made the combat a little more interesting though which was nice.
The biggest issue with the game was the starter selection though, shit's fucking awful. They should have let you play as way more pokemon even if they were only gen 5 pokemon. Like I want to play as Klink and Sandile and shit, there was no good reason to just limit it to 5 pokemon like that.