I have been playing other games amidst this Pokemonning and comicing. However, one of them is a Pokemon game. I got to the credits screen, so I guess I finished it, but I’m still using it. It’s a useful tool to get some different Pokes, and also very good for elemental stones.

I suppose in that sense I’m not treating it as a game, more as a task in order to enhance my White 2. Same with the Dream World, but everything’s really cute there so it has that going for it. Dream Radar, on the other hand, represents all Pokes apart from the Kami trio as flying spheres. And AR games are really more interesting when virtual things actually interact with your environment, like the surface warping in the “?” AR card games. Here your surroundings are just a static backdrop.

I seem to have got through it fairly quickly, but I think if it dragged on too long it could get old fast. I have played it almost every day though. It’s quite good for the small price you pay, there’s a nice ramp of upgrades and unlocks and such. The new Pokemon professor has kind of a silly design, like many characters from Gen V and indeed most Pokemon games in general.

Eh I don’t feel like structuring my paragraphs too much because there’s not much to say. Don’t get this game if you don’t have B/W2, it’s not the successor to Pokemon Snap. Nowhere near. It’s not even a successor to the Pokewalker because that was more varied and a much lengthier proposition, whereas I’ve already got most of the Pokes out of this that I can (and overdosing on Bronzors). But as a distraction, like Face Raiders, it’s nice for a while but it can also give you a head-start for your team. Also, transferred Pokes’ levels scale with your progress so you can use one right away. Also also good for elemental stones, like I mentioned.

I’m the collecting type, so completing the Pokedex is actually a major goal of mine. For this reason, I’m glad I got Dream Radar. It’s got original art too and I wanted to get a more full Pokemon experience here. If I’m getting a new main series game on day one, I wanted the whole deal. So yeah. Ok, back to Pokemon! I just beat Skyla so I’ve got a tower to explore! Smell you later!