Considering that we started out with the grainy flatness of Pokémon Red and Blue, this feels like a considerable achievement. There are bridges, for example, where you get an actual sense of being up high while looking down on something totally different below you. More than ever before, your character feels like a three-dimensional being, and the world around them has detailed background and foreground visuals. Starting a new game on Pokémon Pearl now, one of the first things that stand out is the depth of field that the team at Game Freak managed to cram in.
But thanks to these colossal quality-of-console upgrades, it actually feels fresh and fun again.
Four generations into the franchise, you’d think that going through all this again would feel like a chore. Set in the Sinnoh region, which was inspired by the Japanese island Hokkaidō, the game hits all those familiar story beats of leaving home, catching critters, challenging gyms, defeating an evil team, tackling the Elite Four, and eventually attempting to capture legendary creatures.
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