You know when this game was first announced, I was very worried that this would be the new gen 8 main series style and was ready to drop off the series if so. Now that I know it's just a side game I think it's sort of neat, even though I have no personal interest in it and won't be getting a Switch for it. In some ways it reminds me of Final Fantasy Mystic Quest (although different circumstances, of course), in that it appears to be like an entry level game to give people a taste minus some of the finer complexities. Appears to me like a really good bridge between Pokemon GO players and mainline Pokemon game players...pretty smart to do.

For my part though I'm waiting on gen 8 main series to be announced, side games were never my thing. I'm all for new features but I sure hope they don't mess with the stat and turn based battle mechanics, or pull something like this in it. That would be the stopping off point for me..though I guess that's for another topic entirely.