Pretty much every single compliment of this game that I've seen is something that I would've never noticed while playing, in comparison to other Pokemon games where there's always that one major thing that deserves praise. Hell, all the main compliments of this game are points that I think it does a lot worse than other games in the series.
>Story
It's stupid. Next
>Pokemon distribution
The fact that there's no old Pokémon before the credits would've been fine if the regional dex wasn't so ugly and full of shitters.
>Sprites look alive
Actually the movements feel stiff and unnatural.
>great characters
They're boring and forgettable. Aside from that Plasma Grunt that kicked Munna.
>difficulty
I never understood this. Obly a complete retard wouldn't be able to steamroll the game from being overleveled from all the exp the game hands out.