Amazon is sending in envelopes now. I'm actually grateful; it's a pain to get rid of those boxes. Also, do you know how much fun it is to play a DS with bright blue nails? It tickles something deep inside me that I suspect is related to Harajaku Girls or some such thing. More likely, The World Ends With You and fashion warped my brain.
Sherlock - Snivy, L15
Rose - Munna, L14
Penelope - Lillipup, L15
Moriarty - Panpour, L13
Anne - Audino, L13
Lara - Purrloin, L12
and I've made it to the Pinwheel Forest, prior to my 2nd gym badge. For the interested, my Pokémon are named after detectives or villains, largely. Sherlock and Moriarty are obvious-- Rose is after Rose Tyler from Doctor Who, Penelope is Penelope Garcia from Criminal Minds, Anne is Anne Bradstreet from Agatha Christie's The Man in the Brown Suit, and Lara is from Tomb Raider.
First impressions: the graphics are impressive. The cities and buildings have such a sense of scope and depth. You get a sense of how big things actually are, which you never did in the previous games. The cut-scene is new, the story is chilling and almost adult. The Pokémon actually move during battle scenes, and the people-sprites are awesome now. Also, I have friends. Friends. In-game. That never happens in Pokémon. They have their own backgrounds and stories and families and I genuinely like them.
Still, the Pokémon could actually attack rather than just move around cutely. And why aren't the Pokémon voice-acted instead of mechanical sounding? Copyright issues? Panning in and out adds to the sense of depth and makes it look as if the Pokémon sprites are actually attacking when they're not. For some reason, though, when you look at your own Pokémon from behind, it's sort of grainy. I accept this in exchange for movement, though.
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