As a young kid i played hundreds of hours of pokemon on the gameboy and for every one of those hours my imagination ran wild of being next to the pokemon and watching the battle play out. This game comes so close to satisfying my imagination that childhood me could cry. It might not look the prettiest or run the smoothest but the pokemon themselves have never looked better. The combat is quick and fun and the story is surprisingly dark (for pokemon) and one of the toughest battles in any pokemon game ever. Ultimately an imperfect but fun step into the future of pokemon.