I really love the rivals and how cartoon-ishly mean they are to you. They're a major upgrade from the base game's, also their themes are a treat to listen to.
It’s alright. Restricted Sparring is an interesting new “battle facility,” although it’s quite common to get screwed by randon chance. The story, while fleeting, is mostly enjoyable. I like almost all of the returning Pokémon too (Pinsir is back!).
The main story is a bit too short but it was still fun. I love that the wild area is right there are the very beginning and there are no routes. Pokemon following you was a pleasant surprise despite the way they handled movements and the fact that your interactions with them are almost non existent. I am actually looking forward to Crown Tundra now. I liked the rivals and I hope they come back for CT.
It should've been Regilectric.
It isn't really the fact it's not based off of japan that gives that vibe of "theme parkness" but I can understand that sentiment for Kalos and Galar, which for various reasons are kinda just generic as hell to me. unova was suprisingly good at themeing and while I hate SUMO as whole, alola was had good themeing even if its routes were the worst in the series before Galar came along
It's going to be more mobile shlock from their deal with Tencent, nothing noteworthy. If they had something else big like Sinnoh remakes or whatever they would've shown it during the last presentation.
