#But ur right my perception of the franchise was probably biased by starting with explorers XD

[driftingballoons]

i love your posts about the mainline pokemon games knowing you're such a pmdhead. i always imagine you playing the games like "shouldn't i BE the creatures instead of catching them?"

Thanks! XD and YEAH somehow being the “trainer” doesn’t feel as natural as just being the pokemon itself lol. I think the biggest drawback of the main games compared to the spin-offs like pmd for me are how immersive the pokemon experience is, if that makes sense. I haven’t played a mainline game on the switch, but especially for the installments without overworld pokemon partner sprites (BW, XY, etc), it felt like they were just games “featuring” pokemon instead of those actually “about” them. Like they’re there, you encounter them, the evil teams are trying to exploit them, but outside of battles you don’t really see them much. On the other hand, with games like pmd or pokepark (which I never played but looks like a lot of fun :3), the pokemon themselves get more of the spotlight. It feels like you get to experience the world more, and get a closer look at what a world full of pokemon might be like (at least in the absence of humans lol).