Pokemon Scarlet

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3.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3197 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 2,152 out of 3197
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  1. Benjaminavon
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    I’m not gonna go in detail because all that can be said has been said already.

    One word: unacceptable.

    It’s 2022. Biggest franchise in the world. First party triple a game. How is this even happening?

    If the issues get fixed - easy 8/10

    But at this state? 1/10.
  2. Sanyrro
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    Although the content is engaging and the game doesn’t think we’re 5y old, the glitches, bugs and graphical performances are even worse than Sword and Shield. If TPC can’t cheap out on one part, they will do it on another and it shows every time. It’s the same old story, but give your developers more time, support and recourses to make the games.
  3. FishRepairs
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    Steps forwards and steps backwards. Its alright in its current state but could be much better.
  4. LeGabrielUrbano
    Nov 21, 2022
    4
    Think about this: Pokemon is one of the most profitable IPs in history, and the only thing it offers us is a game with PS2 graphics with a filter to make them look "Better" and whose code came out so broken to say that "The game has bugs" is insulting, rather "There's a bit of game in those bugs"
    It's just bad, not terrible, but bad, the good ideas and interesting mechanics that the game    Think about this: Pokemon is one of the most profitable IPs in history, and the only thing it offers us is a game with PS2 graphics with a filter to make them look "Better" and whose code came out so broken to say that "The game has bugs" is insulting, rather "There's a bit of game in those bugs"
    It's just bad, not terrible, but bad, the good ideas and interesting mechanics that the game tries to offer are overshadowed by a low-quality product that needed at least two years of development to be a decent game for your console.    … Expand
  5. Captiosus
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    It is not an exaggeration when I say I haven't played a game THIS buggy since release day Cyberpunk 2077. That's how bad the bugs, glitches, and performance is of this game. Within the first 20 minutes of starting my game I had NPCs T-posing and A-posing, textures vanishing, Pokemon getting put behind textures, repeat frame drops down to slideshow level, and fell through the world once.It is not an exaggeration when I say I haven't played a game THIS buggy since release day Cyberpunk 2077. That's how bad the bugs, glitches, and performance is of this game. Within the first 20 minutes of starting my game I had NPCs T-posing and A-posing, textures vanishing, Pokemon getting put behind textures, repeat frame drops down to slideshow level, and fell through the world once. It's never gotten bettter. These same bugs have repeated any time I play the game.

    I'm tired of people trying to justify giving the game high scores due to the gameplay loop. The gameplay loop in Cyberpunk 2077 was decent too -- didn't stop the game from being dragged over the coals for being a broken, borderline unplayable, mess of a game. Just like this one. Being Pokemon or being a Nintendo property shouldn't give them a pass. In fact, it should hold them to HIGHER scrutiny.

    This game is broken.
    No amount of occasionally "fun" gameplay will change that fact.
    Don't buy it until it's fixed.    … Expand
  6. Barny
    Nov 24, 2022
    4
    The game is unfinished: there are so many bugs that it is unbearable at times. It stutters to less than 10 fps very frequently and there is nothing that you can do about it, that's probably the biggest downside to it. That's my main problem.
  7. andrerubio
    Nov 25, 2022
    4
    Review em PT-BR

    Como fã de longa data da série, posso dizer que me diverti por algumas horas, mas seguramente posso dizer que não recomendo. Esse foi seguramente o pior jogo da série principal de pokémon que já joguei. Falar das questões técnicas é chover no molhado, todo mundo está falando disso, e não é por menos, o jogo está desastroso tecnicamente, toda hora algum bug ou glitch    Review em PT-BR

    Como fã de longa data da série, posso dizer que me diverti por algumas horas, mas seguramente posso dizer que não recomendo. Esse foi seguramente o pior jogo da série principal de pokémon que já joguei.

    Falar das questões técnicas é chover no molhado, todo mundo está falando disso, e não é por menos, o jogo está desastroso tecnicamente, toda hora algum bug ou glitch te tira da imersão, e quando algo não está bugado, só está feio mesmo, com texturas em baixíssima qualidade, tudo isso prejudica a experiência.

    Sobre o mundo aberto, é apenas uma ilusão, o level dos pokemons selvagens e ginásios não escala junto com o seu, e existem locais que você precisa de determinadas habilidades para alcançar, ou seja, existe uma ordem recomendada de caminhos a seguir, mesmo que escondida. Eu até tentei chegar em um lugar antes da hora, e fui barrado por uma mensagem "você não pode vir aqui agora". Todo o restante é repetitivo, principalmente as batalhas contra os líderes da equipe Star, todas iguais.

    A mecânica nova é interessante, mas não acho mais legal que as anteriores, e visualmente ela é bem estranha.

    Os desafios pré ginásio são fracos, sem emoção e não são divertidos (te fazem empurrar uma azeitona gigante como se fosse algo extraordinário), senti falta daqueles ginásios temáticos, só pela arquitetura e decoração você já sabia o tipo de pokémon que seu líder usaria, senti falta dos puzzles ou desafio de outros treinadores fortes até chegar no líder.

    A liga também não tem emoção nenhuma, você praticamente conhece todos os integrantes dela antes de chegar nela, não tem uma surpresa ao enfrentar o campeão ou coisa do tipo. Não existem mais salas pra cada um da elite, você os enfrenta numa sala branca sem graça, e na minha gameplay a música travou, no clímax do jogo eu não pude ouvir a trilha sonora (muito boa por sinal), e vi que isso aconteceu com muita gente. E por decisão de algum infeliz, não é possível desafiar a liga novamente, sério, quem teve essa decisão? Sempre foi possível, por que dessa vez foi melhor remover essa feature?
    E pra piorar, depois que você vence a liga não tem mais um Hall of Fame mostrando os pokémons que você usou.

    Não existe mais uma caverna ou caminho cheio de pokémons fortes até você chegar na liga, você simplesmente entra no prédio e pronto.

    O sistema de breed está uma porcaria, quem curte ficar fazendo times perfeitos pro competitivo vai se frustrar muito.

    O ponto positivo fica por conta da trilha sonora e na ideia de alguns novos pokemons, que ficaram bem legais.

    De resto, continuo recomendo o Sword and Shield como melhor pokémon do switch, com o ambiente mais acessível pra montar um time competitivo e com visuais infinitamente melhor do que esses do Scarlet, se for pra fazer um mundo aberto assim, prefiro os lineares do Sword.    … Expand
  8. Zumbie101
    Nov 20, 2022
    3
    Despite the attempt at an open world the game honestly is pretty bad. Not one to judge on graphics but the peformance issues are horrendous even with poor graphics for an ugly and bland open world with zero flavour. You constantly run into pop in pokemon or are charged by higher levels.

    The intro is particularly annoying and slow with the amount the NPCs stop you however even when the    Despite the attempt at an open world the game honestly is pretty bad. Not one to judge on graphics but the peformance issues are horrendous even with poor graphics for an ugly and bland open world with zero flavour. You constantly run into pop in pokemon or are charged by higher levels.

    The intro is particularly annoying and slow with the amount the NPCs stop you however even when the game opens up the gameplay feels annoying

    The game series continues to remove old mechanics. You can't turn off battle animations so each subsequent battle feels slow. Set mode has also been removed as even an option

    Navigating all the menus is worse than ever and the despite looking so empty the world map is actually really irritating to navigate as well with all the mountains and rivers. With the "true open world" you have no idea how strong a certain place is til you go in right up until you are in a battle.

    The controls layout is also beyond irritating, lacks consistency and can't be changed. Why is B crouch while walking but jump while riding??

    I hate being negative but this game is straight up bad.    … Expand
  9. adzz58
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    To the players giving this a 10/10, you're the reason Gamefreak keeps pumping out these rushed, badly optimized Pokemon games. We as gamers need to stand up, this is unacceptable. The performance at release is something we should not tolerate, with a bland, open world game design that does nothing to immerse the players in its world with all the hitches and lack of graphical fidelity. TheTo the players giving this a 10/10, you're the reason Gamefreak keeps pumping out these rushed, badly optimized Pokemon games. We as gamers need to stand up, this is unacceptable. The performance at release is something we should not tolerate, with a bland, open world game design that does nothing to immerse the players in its world with all the hitches and lack of graphical fidelity. The die-hard fans need to wake up and hold Gamefreak to account over this mess. I'd rather wait a few years for a Pokemon game they've had the time to truly work on, rather than the cash grab we have here. Come on Pokemon fans, you deserve better.… Expand
  10. B387pp1
    Nov 22, 2022
    4
    A game so bad nintendo had to issue refunds. Gamefreak keeps getting lazier with each title and to be honest I can’t blame them. Releasing titles every few months is probably exhausting for the programmers there. If they had more time im sure the glitches and bugs could be ironed out to be every 5 minutes instead of every 5 seconds. There are PS3 games that look better than this
  11. acsichu
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    How can you make a game so bad after arceus?
    It just shows all you want is our money. Too bad that there are so many Pokemon lovers and bad developers like you. You disrespect us.
  12. tdetomi
    Nov 26, 2022
    0
    Worst pokemon game ever. Everything in this game is awful. Visuals are worst than a PS2 game. Performance is even worst, 20fps in average with an unacceptable console memory usage that makes you restart the game to keep playing. This game is a joke. Pokemon and game freak must end. Thanks Nintendo, I will never buy a pokemon game again.
  13. CrispChum
    Nov 22, 2022
    1
    The mechanics are great. Too bad it barely hits 30fps and it looks worse than Pokemon Colosseum on the GameCube. Also, loading times are awfully slow. It is a disgrace that they charged 60 dollars for this unfinished game. It should have been 20 dollars for the state it is in.
  14. Murtor
    Nov 26, 2022
    3
    Same game as Violet. So, I'm giving it the same review and score.

    I just rage quited on Twitch while playing this abomination called Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. This "game" is an abrasive paper for the eye and a laxative of good taste. It is literally the worst experience I had in more than 30 years of gaming. The graphics are an imposition, the poor performance a kick in the groin    Same game as Violet. So, I'm giving it the same review and score.

    I just rage quited on Twitch while playing this abomination called Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. This "game" is an abrasive paper for the eye and a laxative of good taste. It is literally the worst experience I had in more than 30 years of gaming.

    The graphics are an imposition, the poor performance a kick in the groin for any gamer. Content has been removed (again) in favor of new content. And this new content works grotty. As a player, I'm unable to throw a Pokéball up a hill because the aiming mechanic of Legends Arceus has been taken out. The auto combat feature sometimes works or it doesn't. Ambushing Pokémon no longer has any appeal, as I can't throw empty Pokéballs either. I have to cancel evolutions every time I level up. In this texture mud, I repeatedly traipse over Pokémon that I just can't see. And the great audio feature that made finding Shinys in Legends Arceus easier is also gone.

    The game character is an empty shell. Thirty years now I've been playing video games. And it's the second time now that I would have loved to hammer the A button in a role-playing game instead of drowning in this tidal wave of platitudes and these dull attempts at fraternization. Watching the unsightly slush that is supposed to represent grass grow is more interesting than any NPC I've run across. If you have trouble reading, you won't be served a soundtrack here either and will have to slog through text box after text box after text box.

    NPC's move as slowly as the entire game feels. It's sluggish to the point of falling asleep. The open world has no appeal when I do end up being compelled to do exactly what you've been doing in Pokémon games for more than 25 years: collecting medals. Because exploring and finding new Pokémon is ruined by the leveling system. I can't go and collect and use whatever I want afterwards. Because I absolutely need a medal to control this new and powerful Pokémon. Exactly the opposite is the appeal of an open world. To venture into dangerous terrain and then take home some particularly good loot. But I can't have that very loot. No, I have to go back to doing what the developers want me to do. The freedoms are as limited as some rooms in this game. They have several doors, but I can't open them for unknown reasons, such as the door in my own house to the garden or the master bedroom. With this setting, there is no need for these doors in the first place.

    Pokémon Violet and Scarlet is a sandpaper to the eye and a purgative of good taste. If there were an invective award for video games: This game would win the main category for two years. Because that's how long the experiences made will haunt one's nightmares.    … Expand
  15. mrego08
    Feb 13, 2023
    3
    A game with probably a high potencial, but it is a shame the performance. It’s embarrassing publishing a game like this in almost 2023
  16. LittleABZ
    Nov 19, 2022
    3
    I only care about 3 things when i play a video game ;

    - A good story (it's pokémon, so i expected nothing), it's not awesome but it's better than Sword and Shield. For a kid game the story is pretty good. - At least 30 FPS minimum, this game barely have that, especially if you're on Koraidon/Miraidon, worse when it's raining. - No bugs/glitches/clipping that are to annoying, again Scarlet    I only care about 3 things when i play a video game ;

    - A good story (it's pokémon, so i expected nothing), it's not awesome but it's better than Sword and Shield. For a kid game the story is pretty good.
    - At least 30 FPS minimum, this game barely have that, especially if you're on Koraidon/Miraidon, worse when it's raining.
    - No bugs/glitches/clipping that are to annoying, again Scarlet and Violet is full of that. Almost every fight i've had except the one where you can't control the camera, for the rest, almost every one of them have clipping issues. I've seen a lot of people say that it's a Nintendo problem spoiler, it's not, you have to remember that the Switch can run : Skyrim, Zelda BOTW, The Witcher 3, Xenoblades, and a lot of other games that look way better and have almost no performances issues than Scarlet and Violet. The Nintendo Switch is way lore powerful than a PS3, and you get that game. I really hope this game is gonna get a patch, because it's clearly not ready to be realeased. If you want another examplee of a buggy game at launch take Cyberpunk 2077 for example, i've played it 6 hours straight when it came out on a ps4 fat and i played 4 hours of Scarlet and Violet day one, i've had less bug/fps isssues playing cyberpunk even thought it was way more unfinished than Scarlet and Violet. This game deserve a 3 if it get patched but otherwise a 2    … Expand
  17. Robyjes
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    The Game have a lot of bugs and tecnical problems. The npc's animations hane no fps and in general the entire game run below 25 fps in certain places drop to less than 10 fps. A major part of the new pokemons are ridiculous. Game freak is a junk developer.
  18. Jessemp
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    The worst performing game ever made. A shameful chapter for the Pokemon history
  19. Nyespro
    May 5, 2023
    4
    Game Freak no ha sabido crear un juego óptimo de mundo abierto.

    Aunque no todo su contenido es criticable, sí que es cierto que da la impresión de que el juego no está bien adaptado para jugarlo en la Switch, y se siente como si se hubiera hecho con prisa. A diferencia del Leyendas de Arceus, esta nueva generación se siente más viva gracias a su historia, cinemáticas, y animaciones,    Game Freak no ha sabido crear un juego óptimo de mundo abierto.

    Aunque no todo su contenido es criticable, sí que es cierto que da la impresión de que el juego no está bien adaptado para jugarlo en la Switch, y se siente como si se hubiera hecho con prisa.
    A diferencia del Leyendas de Arceus, esta nueva generación se siente más viva gracias a su historia, cinemáticas, y animaciones, pero la experiencia se interrumpe por la bajísima calidad del renderizado y de los framerate.

    Es complicado sentirse cómodo al moverse por el mundo de Paldea cuando cada poco rato sientes que el juego sufre para no colapsarse tratando de reducir su rendimiento y calidad (aun teniendo en cuenta que la capacidad de la Switch es de 40fps y 720p). Y es triste que pase este tipo de problemas teniendo en cuenta que el mundo de Paldea no está tan detallado como otros juegos de la compañía.    … Expand
  20. PandaInDaGame
    Nov 20, 2022
    3
    This game has amazing ideas... One of the best mechanics they created using the idea of the mega evolution which naturally evolved into this one (really, will make competitive quite better and funnier). But, doing it open world just spoils the entire level design, it's a nice idea but poorly implemented, they didn't add a level cap or something like scaling levels to yours, so you canThis game has amazing ideas... One of the best mechanics they created using the idea of the mega evolution which naturally evolved into this one (really, will make competitive quite better and funnier). But, doing it open world just spoils the entire level design, it's a nice idea but poorly implemented, they didn't add a level cap or something like scaling levels to yours, so you can easily break easily the game. Not gonna spoil story or so, it's quite nice, not high level but enjoyable.

    I would rate it a bit higher because of those nice things, they don't annoy me enough to not enjoy the ride, but the moment you notice they are a AAA franchise, they sell full price of an AAA, it looks worse than some indies and they don't really innovate that much as indies do... and give you this badly optimized game, which is even more criminal if you think that they literally developed it to work with Nintendo Switch, it's not a port like a third party. A Game that is exclusive and does not work perfectly fine in it's console is a failure.. That plus nonexistent post game that they will probably sell apart as a "DLC" just like they did with Sword and shield.. Still, it's called Pokemon so even if this one is a disaster they will keep selling millions and decreasing the quality because they can.    … Expand
  21. BetaTheory
    Nov 20, 2022
    3
    Gamefreak has had an absolutely bad performance for years.
    But this game surpasses everything. It feels like an alpha or beta at most.
    In cities, the FPS rate drops from probably 24 to about 15. Shadows, people and Pokemon just pop up 5-10 meters in front of you. People move in 2 frames when you are 5 meters away from them. I don't really care much about graphics and performance.    Gamefreak has had an absolutely bad performance for years.
    But this game surpasses everything. It feels like an alpha or beta at most.
    In cities, the FPS rate drops from probably 24 to about 15. Shadows, people and Pokemon just pop up 5-10 meters in front of you. People move in 2 frames when you are 5 meters away from them.

    I don't really care much about graphics and performance.

    I've played games like Hyrule Warrios: Age of Calamity.
    The performance of that game was also already very bad.
    But I promise you, at this point Pokemon is even worse.

    I expect a performance patch in the next 1-2 weeks, otherwise I'll send the game back.

    Now let's talk about the game and the content:

    I'm currently on the 2nd Pokemon arena if you run west. I would love to play more, but it's just not fun at all.
    The cities are absolutely boring though.
    Except for a few NPC's, nice design and probably ten stores that all sell the same thing, there is nothing exciting.

    You can't enter normal houses, which you always could in Pokemon.

    Clothing stores are divided into 5-6 different stores.
    So I have to run all over town to buy a whole outfit. This feels like game time stretching.

    I could probably make this review 3 times longer, but let that be enough for now.

    Otherwise, the game seems to have potential. The Pokemon are cool, there seems to be a lot to do.
    The world could maybe be a bit more interesting, but that's ok so far. However, the game is simply not playable with this framerate.

    Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)    … Expand
  22. Sofa1990
    Nov 21, 2022
    3
    Yes, the game is going in the right direction and yes, the game is quite fun and has its upsides...but still I just have to say that the game is a disgrace, a cheek and an insult to all fans.

    The Pokémon brand is the most valuable media franchise in the world with an estimated combined turnover of 100 billion US dollars. They have all the money, all the power and all the ability to make    Yes, the game is going in the right direction and yes, the game is quite fun and has its upsides...but still I just have to say that the game is a disgrace, a cheek and an insult to all fans.

    The Pokémon brand is the most valuable media franchise in the world with an estimated combined turnover of 100 billion US dollars. They have all the money, all the power and all the ability to make the best games ever for what is arguably the largest and most passionate fan base in the world. But they're kidding us by making bad games over and over again knowing "You idiots are going to buy it anyway."

    Graphics and performance are sub-par. And we all know from games like Breath of the Wild that the Switch can do more. And by God we finally deserve more from the most powerful franchise in the world!
    Everyone who claims that the graphics aren't that bad is lying outright. It looks terrible, has performance drops all the time and you have the feeling you are playing an alpha at best beta game. The game is not finished, it is an early access title.

    I've gotten to the point where I hate being a Pokemon fan because I spend my money on **** Because I "have to" spend my money on bad games simply because I'm a Pokemon fan. It just makes me sad.    … Expand
  23. Egip9
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    This Game is bad, the Graphics are horrible and its sad that we get somthing lile this !!
  24. David36368
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    This is a really bad game lots of delay and horrible graphics as well as textures that look like ****
  25. LemonMadness
    Nov 21, 2022
    3
    This is embarrassing. Only one Critic out of 47 that voted this game negatively is the clear sign that their vote is meaningless.
    Bugs, glitches, broken animations, low res potato textures, rendering distance stupidly short, frame lagging on anmations that are a couple of steps away from us, random stutters and so on.
    Gameplay wise? The game is insanely easy, a few steps back from    This is embarrassing. Only one Critic out of 47 that voted this game negatively is the clear sign that their vote is meaningless.
    Bugs, glitches, broken animations, low res potato textures, rendering distance stupidly short, frame lagging on anmations that are a couple of steps away from us, random stutters and so on.
    Gameplay wise? The game is insanely easy, a few steps back from Legends Arceus, weird and long pauses during actions that make the gameplay really sluggish, completely empty cities, cannot enter buildings to explore them and the few you can are shops that are either just a menù where you buy stuff, a stupid sandwich shop or a copy-pasted barber shope directly from Sword & Shield (I'm not joking, go look at a barber shop there and compare it with the ones in these games).
    Choice of paths is just an illusion: gym leaders and Pokémon do not scale with your level and you still need badges to make sure your Pokémons don't disobey you, exploration in the "open world" is boring, empty and ugly, dialogues with NPCs are pointless, some of them have bubble texts over their head which, if there are two people talking next to one another, both text boxes clip making it hard and annoying to read, and some don't even have dialogues.
    And I can go on and on.

    I can't even think about positive points about these games in this exact moments. I've never seen a work this embarassing, especially because we're talking about multi-millionaire companies.    … Expand
  26. mattsuetam
    Nov 22, 2022
    4
    its great for being pokemon, but it gives me headache on laggy gameplay and fps drops. Pkm company continues to be lazy with their game products.
  27. Nicola74747
    Nov 24, 2022
    4
    Couldn’t finish the game bc of the low frames and the glitches not worth 60€
  28. kems
    Nov 26, 2022
    0
    I give it a 0 to average the 74 from critic. The game is probably around 35-40.
    It's unprecedented an AAA game this unfinished. There's no excuse for this, it needs AT LEAST one more year of development.
    I didn't want to believe it was this broken, but after trying it by myself, at least I can say I've laughed a lot at how bad the game runs, so that's a good point. The only reason this    I give it a 0 to average the 74 from critic. The game is probably around 35-40.
    It's unprecedented an AAA game this unfinished. There's no excuse for this, it needs AT LEAST one more year of development.
    I didn't want to believe it was this broken, but after trying it by myself, at least I can say I've laughed a lot at how bad the game runs, so that's a good point.
    The only reason this game score is above 40, it's because it's called Pokémon.    … Expand
  29. Sandman83
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    I like that they are trying to evolve the Pokemon formula but performance issues just destroys the experience. Feels like it needed a bit more time before being released. Because of this I can't recommend the game before they patched this.
  30. qchick
    Nov 26, 2022
    0
    A soulless cashgrab, that was rushed to get it to release before Christmas. It's honestly sad what Pokemon has become.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 118 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 56 out of 118
  2. Mixed: 60 out of 118
  3. Negative: 2 out of 118
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 24, 2024
    60
    Not a bad game. It still has its solid core, new Pokémon, and what's worked for years continues to work. The open world is a questionable addition in my opinion. [Issue#324]
  2. VideoGamer
    Dec 14, 2023
    70
    Pokemon Scarlet and Violet take the long-awaited step into a fully open-world, but one poorly implemented and marred by frustration. A compelling story and characters are a saving grace in what is ultimately a fun game, but Pokemon's attempts at modernising continue to fall disappointingly short.
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  3. Het Nieuwsblad
    Jul 31, 2023
    20
    A square wheel spins more smoothly and fluidly than this game. If three Pokémon or characters come into view at once, the whole game creaks and falters. Edge-off unplayable. And that's a shame. Because the addition of an open world is "on paper" a puffy idea to refresh the franchise. No more linear walking that takes you past gyms and ever stronger and different Pokémon, gotta catch 'em all. You can go wherever you want. With some tactics, you can take on some very tough challenges with Pokémon that aren't nearly strong enough. Fun! Except this game just wasn't ready. It's shameless that Nintendo and Game Freak are still throwing it on the market. Nevertheless: 10 million games sold in just three days.
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