Conner Morgan

Mediocre remake and way too “faithful” to the originals in a bad way. In the same generation as Sword/Shield, this game is such a step backwards in terms of QOL. The only real improvement from Gen 4 are the graphics, and even then the chibi style is unappealing when you compare it to how beautiful SwSh looks. Even Let’s Go looked way better! TMs being consumable and either taking forever to grind BP for more or just flat out unavailable after use makes building a roster of competitive Pokémon impossible. I can’t even transfer Pokémon with moves from Home…No raid battles, only the Battle Tower; there’s very little features in this game. The level scaling makes it mind numbingly easy. Clearly this was a low effort cash grab. I only still play it to put ribbons on Pokémon. At least this game doesn’t have performance issues like Scarlet and Violet do. 2 stars because despite all the problems I enjoyed Sinnoh back in 2006 and was happy enough to play through it again. If you’ve never played Gen IV it’s fun enough, just don’t expect the same sort of quality as in other modern Pokémon games. To sum it up, if Sinnoh was reimagined in the same way that Galar was (graphics, Wild Area, raids, TMs) it would have been so much better. Potential wasted.