I'm not sure I'm playing the same game as all these other reviewers! Just another Pokemon game...

User Rating: 5.8 | Pocket Monsters Pearl DS
By Iggywade | Review Date:
Another cut and past pokemon game for the most part. I had such high hopes for this installment too! I really dont see much new with this installment. Sure they have lots of new pokemon but that doesn't impress me.It shouldn't impress anyone for that matter. There are a couple of them that are cool sure, but most of them are just absurd looking(what is up with Infernape). Every installment the Pokemon look less and less like Pokemon and more like strange alien creatures.

What is with the sound, BLEH! Horrible and I mean horrible. The graphics are 3d now which is nice but they really could've cleaned it up. The gameplay and interface are only slightly upgraded, obviosly not taking full adantage of the hardware the DS is packing! I am a firm believer in graphics do not make a game, but come on, this is just as pixelated as any other pokemon game. The battle system, yet another cut and past aspect of previous pokemon installments. They just stand motionless and silly graphics come up to represent attacks....this is what we've been waiting for on the DS? THIS is the first Pokemon on the DS?? We cant even get pokemon actually moving for their attacks, not even a facial expression change when they get hit with an attack?

I'm tired of the people at Game Freak destroying this franchise when it has so much potential, UNTAPPED potential. When did gamers get happy with this kind of sequel? We owe it to ourselves as Pokemon fans to let GameFreak know that this is not gonna fly, let them know we want some innovation, some style, some...creativity!

I dunno what 'super' version of the game the rest of you got but could you let me know where I can get it? Because the version I'm seeing is well....Uninspired, Overrated, Disappointing!

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