i havent finished super mystery dungeon yet im stuck in the sacred tree pls forgive me
that aside tho like...listen my favorite is always gonna be explorers of time/darkness/sky. Most of what I’d do is bring systems from that back. I loved the species-specific items, I loved searching for chests and knowing they’d have something way cooler than just like a neat looplet or w/e, I loved the carefully rendered pixel art, I loved the spontaneous plot that just happened like ingame WEEKS after the main campaign ended and it just keeps you playing and on your toes because oh MAN WHAT IF THERE’S ANOTHER EVENT??? those were really goddamn good games man.
gates to infinity was....man. it was not that great. i couldnt get past like the first few chapters. I’d put all the series staples back in- species is determined by personality test, you don’t meet the legendaries until you get to the MEAT of the game, GIVE THE PLOT SOME GODDAMN PACING.......I just. man. thats the only pokemon game ive never finished tbh
bring back the friend areas please. i love the friend areas
id make super mystery dungeon a bit less bullshit hard oh my god
SMD also had a LOT of tutorial- there were a lot of new concepts this time around, so it’s understandable, but in the last games, I was just left to figure stuff out for myself, but being a dumb 11-year-old I figured it out pretty well. We got good character building out of it, but...we could’ve done with LESS of it.