Pokemon Pearl (2006). Junichi Masuda, Game Freak.
I think this is the definitive Pokemon game (or at least it has the potential to be). From the very first moments I had with this game, looking at how the day/night cycle came back in all of its glory and its vibrant spaces brought to life with that kind of rudimentary 3D from the DS I knew I was going to love it. After looking at how it already incorporated my favorite characteristics from previous games there was very little left to ask for this game, and even with my favour practically won, it delivers a really decent product. As I said in the beginning, it feels like the culmination of all the succesful ideas of previous games. It has the immersive and alive world of the Gen 2, besides bringing a couple Pokemon guests from the same gen and giving them evolutions, in general it kind of feels like a more direct succesor of everything explored in Gen 2, but with the visual and techinc advantages from Gen 3, making it a delight to cross its world in all aspects. It feels like the best ...