Time to start checking in on the Bandai Namco Cross store in my city again

And yes - in Kalos fashion.
Player Customisation is one of the best parts of this game for sure.

Oh also tried the online - decent. But without a convenient way to breed for IVs, or effectively EV train... It's gonna be a grind.
Yes they used the stat system from the mainline games btw.

Overall. Skibidigatr/10

Performance on Switch 1 is buttery, the only frame drops I noticed were at the very end of the game, throughout most of your adventure it's smooth. And graphically, this is the art-style for Pokémon, please Game Freak stick with this look for Gen 10 onwards.

And a lot of characters felt rushed into the plot, a whole bunch of storylines happen and you're just sitting there like "if this was introduced or hinted at earlier in the game, this would feel much more satisfying"

I do enjoy the setting though, and hope more cities like this come to later games

In terms of the story? I think it's single-handedly the worst aspect of the game. The mid-game is introduced in a way that will upset you if you enjoyed the tournament ranking like I did.

Lumiose was fun to explore, my biggest criticism of it is maybe it's a bit too small? I understand this game is a much smaller scale, but once you've hit the mid-game there doesn't really feel like there's a lot left to explore.