Quote Originally Posted by Arrow-Jolteon View Post
I think we all prefer to be the Pokemon. I mean, look at how many people have Pokemon OCs versus trainer OCs. Those that have trainer OCs tend to also have Pokemon OCs, but not viceversa. After all, the Pokemon is the badass creature doing all the real fighting.
Hate to say it, but I stopped playing SuMo right after the second trial. :x Yes, THAT early. Even worse, I'll admit I dropped out of XY around the same time! I just felt like it wasn't really changing and even trying to Nuzlocke the game wasn't making it any more interesting. I didn't really care about the characters either, and at first, I thought the Hawaii-like setting was neat, but after a while, it didn't really keep me going or avid to explore more of the islands. Every area kind of felt the same. I was really beginning to feel like I was growing out of playing Pokémon games...

I realized that to me, storyline is SUPER CRITICAL. The regular Pokémon games just don't have much of a storyline going on, and the little that they have progresses extremely slowly and only does every once in a while. Meanwhile, PMD games have very fascinating characters, storylines, the Pokémon have sooooo much more personality than their main game counterparts, and even the little things like music and the way PMD games can make you laugh, smile, and even pull on your emotional heartstrings make them VASTLY superior. I realized the first time I dropped out of PSMD, I was kind of at a low point in the storyline where not much was happening. I decided I was pretty much done with SuMo and decided to give PSMD another try. And bang, I quickly get back into it and the storyline takes me into Lively Town which gets me immediately thinking "Yes, they finally have a PMD game with multiple Pokémon towns!" And boom, the part where you and your partner join the Expedition Society is nice, filled with humor, and keeps the game interesting once again. I'm glad I decided to fire this back up rather than just force myself to play SuMo when I really wasn't getting that into it.

Thing is, with the regular Pokémon games, I already know what to expect at the end. A slow and agonizing Victory Road, an Elite Four drudgery with incessant Full Restore abuse, a rough Champion battle with even more Full Restore abuse, and the end. There is no climatic battle where everything hangs in the balance and you're the hero that separates total disaster from saving the world. But PMD games on the other hand... you don't know WHAT to expect and it's totally the opposite! And the endings are so much more meaningful and genuinely feel like a full fledged storyline experience!

TL:DR - Forget the main Pokémon games, I want more PMD.