Pokemon Violet - Nintendo Switch

This game has the potential to be amazing with an engaging storyline but the lagging and glitches make it far less enjoyable. The open world twist on classic Pokémon is awesome, but the fact that a lot of glitches and lagging happen throughout gameplay make for an annoying experience. Not sure how two years later they haven’t created a patch for some of the gameplay issues.

This game is beyond S tier- it's magical, joyful, and has endless content. Similarities from Scarlet aside, I like how in this game you get to ride Miraidon, and his tummy turns into a neon motorcycle wheel that looks insane as you drive around. The soundtrack and story is amazing as well, and in my opinion the current pokemon community and fan base is not worthy to play it. So many berate occasional glitches, overlooking a funny and very anime sounding story at times! The dlc especially with Carmine is so funny, and worth the game for herz Terapagos, and all the new shiny Pokemon available. I have about 500 hrs on Scarlet, and 40 on Violet. There's so much I haven't even touched yet, like the school storylines with the teachers, getting ribbons for all my pokemon, etc. I personally like the professor in Scarlet a little better, but I do like the one here too. There are a ton of version exclusive paradox pokemon that are great here too. All in all, the best pokemon game imo.

It’s no Pokémon Sword and Shield but it’s pretty good. It’s easier to catch Pokémon. But it can be hard to beat I’ve only beat it once I beat Sword/Shield like 13 times

It’s a fun game. I bought this to play with my kiddo since he has the Pokémon Scarlet version. There’s a few glitches that I’ve encountered, but what game doesn’t have those from time to time. I do like how you can explore the map, and how it’s different from the typical linear Pokémon games back in the day.

Super fun! Has kept me occupied for hours on these long rainy days we’ve had! My kids enjoy playing it as well! Definitely recommend, although it is a little laggy and glitchy at times, the story and gameplay overlap that with great graphics and overall fun!

Bought as a gift for my son. Glitchy and not worth the money.

Save your money and skip Scarlet and Violer . I played this for almost 2hrs and I am upset I can never get my time back. For reference, I have played almost every Pokémon game (I usually pick one version release for the new ones like Violet over Scarlet, and then Shield over sword, etc). There is so much reading and watching unskippable cutscenes from the very beginning, and it's all text dialog! In the beginning you would get stuck with a 5 minute cutscene, then you walk down a road for less than a minute, and congrats on your new 7 minute cutscene. Realistically, I probably played for 10-15minutes during that 2hrs because of the cutscenes. This game was already almost a year old when I bought it yet I still encounters 2 glitches. *Spoiler starting*: When I had to walk to the professor with the 3 starter pokemon, Sprigatito got stuck behind the plants to the left and I couldn't get it to follow me at all. I had to restart the game, which fixed the glitch. Next, why am I meeting a legendary pokemon so early on and why does is transform into a bike?!?! I assume it's for the little kids who think toy cars/bikes are awesome but I did not like this. During the cutscene where you fight the houndoom with Miraidon my game glitched again, and I couldn't attack. It was just frozen- *spoiler ends*. I can't imagine how many other glitches there are. Now my child plays it and she definitely has more patience. When I see her play it's still cutscene after cutscene. If I wanted to watch a Pokémon movie I would just do that.

Brought this for my best friends birthday. She loves the game.

Item came damaged probably a defect in craftsman’s ship being made not targets fault was helpful with refund process

I love this game it is incredible and very fun to play good job target

I’m My son seems to like it. However, I chose this off his list of wanted games for the sole reason of it being the only one on the list that was supposed to be multiplayer. The description specifically says multiplayer, 1-4 players, and online and local multiplayer. It is only multiplayer online with other users. I am disappointed that he and his sister, who also loves Pokémon, cannot play together when the Target app description gave me the impression that they would be able to do so.

My 12 year old son says this is the best Pokémon game he’s played this far!

Bought this for Christmas for granddaughter. She said it is captivating and much better than the prior game

I absolutely was obsessed with this game. I love the story line! Great game!!!

Had so much fun playing, nonstop game play and brought me back to good old days. Only thing I was map was easier to use but other than that cool game!

This game is glitchier and clunkier than all the previous Pokemon games. Sword & Shield are far better games - more dynamic, more engaging, and easier to play without the distracting glitches, clips, and issues. Don't buy this.

Our 11 year old has been very happy and engraved with this game

My son enjoys the game.

Extremely buggy, to the point where I have quit playing several times, usually after the game crashes (often). Many quality of life features have been removed. The frame rate regularly drops below 10fps. Characters clip through the environment more often than not. Unless you're paying for nintendo's online service there is no post game. Even if you do play online, I hope you like battling the same 15 pokemon over and over again because that is all there is to do. The main story is very cool and feels like a step in the right direction, but almost everything else feels like 2 steps backwards. I would recommend waiting on this game until game freak fixes all the bugs or some dlc comes out to give you something to do in post game.

The game is fun, but Nintendo knows they can have about 3 people program a Pokémon game and people will eat it up, bugs and all. It’s a terribly made game.