For the record, I hated the Black & White generation. It had sufficient pitfalls that actually made the game unenjoyable for me and just after playing every generation of Pokemon it appeared like it would end there. A strong absence of range in the Pokemon, incorporated with a really stock age of Pokemon and a somewhat rehashed story from Diamond and Pearl created those games a huge disappointment from HeartGold and SoulSilver prior to it. You can easily see a stark compare in quality and enthusiasm in between the two games.
Then this game appeared and dealt with a great deal of that. Exactly what made this game enjoyable once more?
- A more powerful mix of Pokemon.
The game has a much larger mix of Pokemon across all former generations and while you won't find everything below, it a minimum of offers you a lots of alternatives and doesn't pigeonhole you into utilizing this or that Pokemon due to the fact that it's the only one readily available. This was a usual problem the moment I played Black and I'm glad they repaired this right up. Likewise this game gives you essentially two starters Pokemon with a selection of the Kanto beginners a little means into the game, that opens even more alternatives for you.
- Quality of life improvements
For years it was either your Running Shoes or your bike, with the bike being too fast, crashing into each thing so this was practically quicker simply to run their rather. This game adds Roller Skates which are a good medium ground to that; quicker than running but not so quick you crash into all the things continuously. Exp Share altered from a held product to a general Key Product and affects every Pokemon in your party. This was a game breaker for me since previously you didn't get this thing until much later in the game and just one Pokemon gained at a time. Makes leveling quicker and less dull than in the past. Wonder Trade and GTS off the bat provide you even more Pokemon alternatives than you already have inside the game.
- Non-worthless side games
Finally they added means to communicate with your Pokemon that in fact has tangible benefits in the game. Pokemon-Amie lets you supply and have fun with them and obtain actual advantages in the game, such as staying clear of aimless assaults, EXP increases and even more. Super Training allows you to do special training with your Pokemon through mini-games that enhance their statistics.
- Fairy, the anti-Dragon.
A new kind of Pokemon, Fairy, was included and a great deal of older
Pokemon like Clefairy and Togepi were altered to be consisted of into this type. Somebody at Game Freak or Pokemon International lastly had more than enough of Dragons crushing everything so they made a team that was just suggested to stop them cold.
With all this said the game isn't best. 3D fighting aside the visuals is just marginally better. The tale is basically yet another redressed rehash of the past games. I also discovered the end-game a little bit doing not have ... no roaming Legendaries or much of any Legendaries whatsoever to catch outside the ones from the current generation. The existing generation of Pokemon is only about half as huge as the previous generations, which could be means they consisted of many Pokemon from the past. The game also frantically has to attract from previous DS games when you want to have any hope of completing the Pokedex.
