Almost matching the excellent Black and White was quite the achievement. I like this new style of "third game" being a direct sequel rather than just a slight modification of the original. This game is easily on par with Black and White and everything I said about those games can also be applied to these games. My only criticisms are the design of the main characters, the fact that you can't activate hard mode from the very beginning unless you link with someone that has finished the game and the lack of N and Ghetsis in the story. (Only appearing once or twice.)