>>52336294RATING OUT OF 5
>Katy3 - Pretty cute and generally likable. Will get a lot of thicc smut as time goes on. I don't think she stands out aside from that, but as far as just filling the roster she's fine.
>Brassius3 - Gets points for jumping off the windmill. Should have use his vine whip more. Some of the art stuff is fun but just yelling AVANT GARDE every 3 sentences is rough.
>Iono4 - Pretty distinct, and got the benefit of being previewed early to boost her popularity. Will certainly be the most popular overall. Still, wish she was a v-tuber instead of actually fucking looking like that.
>Kofu1 - Really disappointing that they can't think of a water guy without making them into a food guy. It's the third fucking time they've done this, which is ridiculous. Even her weird ass facial hair isn't enough to save him.
>Larry5 - based
>Ryme4 - this is gonna be contentious, but she's very memorable. I wish her 3d model did her hair design any sort of justice (and her face too). The shitty rap is cringekino, and her having double battles is based. Plus having a sister gives her another connection point to the world, moreso than anyone else here aside from Larry
>Tulip2 - Really unremarkable, and also has by far the most annoying pre-gym mini-game. It's like if you took Valerie's butterflies, stuck them on Diantha, and added up the boringness of both of them into one person.
>Grusha2 - Sorta fucking edgy. But Volkner already exists and he's a much better take on that kind of character. Passable but very much a space filler, which sucks because he was promoted early on and just didn't have the payoff.
OVERALL
Idk, they're fine. Aside from gen 6, which is unequivocally the worst, every gen has a mix of good and bad, and I think that's pretty much what we got here. There's maybe less focus on them than in other games though because of the 3 route story gimmick making it weird. But most of them are serviceable, and some are pretty good.
