This is the first time I’ve played a new pokemon game and thought it wasnt the best in the series so far. I still think both Diamond/Pearl and HeartGold/SoulSilver are better than Black/White. This is also the first time I’ve been massively disappointed with the Pokemon designs. A handful are good but the majority are… well abysmal. The biggest improvements in my opinion are the music (which is easily the best to date) and some of the graphical tweaks like animations and extra details on the landscape. But I’m surprised they’ve stuck with the circular platforms during battle (and they’ve actually reduced the detail on the platforms), plus they’ve still not added actual battle backgrounds. I’m keeping my fingers crossed they’re planning on some improvements with the inevitable 3DS version. I wouldn’t say it’s a bad game, it’s actually very good like all the main Pokemon games, but the pokemon designs really do let it down for me. At least we finally have a game without Tentacool, Zubat and Geodude for all the main quest
