I had to continue 60 times on Hard mode to get through it (Since its one of those games where you have to beat it on hard to see everything) and God damn it, it's just not worth it.
The game puts you through torture as you here the same clips repeated over and over again, and when the opponents Pokemon starts making elongated calls of their name, it's basically over, because you're about to have a block 10 rows big slammed on top of you, most of the time killing you within five seconds of said drop. But it's still not that bad at first; it's tough, but doable.
Then you hit Lorelei and the s*** hits the fan. I will NEVER view Cloyster in the same way again. The sound of "Cl-l-l-l-oyster" will forever haunt my memory. And yet, the round I finally beat her, it took 17 seconds. Go figure.
Bruno was cake, but then came the champ himself; Gary (shocker, I know). He proceeded to whoop me for 25 rounds in a row, all the while the same lame midi-tune of Pokemon World from the fight with him at the beginning of the game going. You'd think some sort of cool final boss music would replace this, but it doesn't. And then, when I finally did beat him, he tells me "Congratulations! You won!" while a little Big Rigs-esque trophy spins in the corner, then a two second anime clip of Ash holding the trophy shows, and then roll credits to a midi of the Pokerap. Blegh.
It's a good puzzle game. It really, truly is. But it's not worth the pain it causes. The horrible, horrible pain.
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