![]() Perhaps the best and most useful version of this forget-it-until-you-need-it philosophy is the revamped Underground. I can play the tutorials, file the information away for the post-game, and move on. But all of this is optional, and never distracts from my mission at hand. I can also relax with Pokémon in Amity Square, eventually allowing my Pokémon to walk around behind me in the overworld. The Pokémon Super Contest lets me parade my Pokémon around in a minigame, showing off that they’re the coolest and most popular. The focus became about spectacle - giant combatants, wide-open spaces bursting with Pokémon to catch - rather than strategy.īrilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl do keep a laser focus on the main Pokémon path, but still offer useful side activities. Somewhere along the way, the franchise diluted the joy of solving elemental battle puzzles and building a team capable of countering any trainer I may come across. Each game has been another mutation toward unnecessary new mechanics that make for cool moments but prolong the series’ already lengthy battles. ![]() I battle until all of my monsters faint or all of the other team’s do I capture Pokémon via the careful whittling of HP.įor years, the series’ modern distractions have pulled me out of the first franchise I ever loved as a kid. And capturing Pokémon involves the same battle format as fighting a trainer, not the gyro-enabled Pokéball-throwing minigame featured in Let’s Go. I can’t tap my wristwatch to make them grow to skyscraper heights. ![]() When I send my Pokémon out to battle, I can’t Mega Evolve them for a temporary boost of strength. The plot and action follow the same steps of every Pokémon before it: A kid and their buddy/rival stumble into Pokémon ownership, take on the gym leader challenge, get wrapped up in larger plots that threaten the world as they know it, and eventually challenge the Pokémon League to become “the very best.”īut unlike the Switch’s other Pokémon entries - the Let’s Go titles and Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield - and some of the late Nintendo 3DS entries, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl keep things classic. (Sinnoh is the same region players will explore an ancient version of in Pokémon Legends: Arceus next year). īrilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl take potential trainers to the Sinnoh region, based on the Japanese island of Hokkaido, with a giant mountain range bisecting it. If you want curated lists of our favorite media, check out What to Play and What to Watch. ![]() When we award the Polygon Recommends badge, it’s because we believe the recipient is uniquely thought-provoking, entertaining, inventive, or fun - and worth fitting into your schedule. Polygon Recommends is our way of endorsing our favorite games, movies, TV shows, comics, tabletop books, and entertainment experiences. ![]()
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