Game Background- This is gamefreak's 6th installment in the Pokemon franchise for Japan and gamefreak's 5th installment in the Pokemon franchise for America.The game picks up multiple years after the Kanto region in the all new Johto region. In this game it's an all new elite 4 with a new champion and gym leaders ect, but instead of Koga(as seen in Kanto as a gym leader) this time around he is an elite 4 member. The game has some interesting new features such as the phone and the day and night feature which only added to the diversity in Pokemon you will encounter.

Graphics- The game have has shown a remarkable improvement on graphics compared to what was seen in previous installments in the franchise. The pokemon now have color when they enter battle and instead of the town all being one color(as seen in older games in the franchise), this time each item/building in town has its on color like what you would see in real life. Also the graphic pixal wise have had an update, the pokemon actually look like how you would see them when you look them up in the Pokedex and show a better more clear description of them(they actually look like what they are suppose to be). So for graphics I gave the game a 10 out 10.

Sound-The games soundtrack changes with the passing thru each town/area. They are no distortions or irregularity's in the sound as far as pitch and acoustics go(unless you use speed bar), although the soundtrack is all new, it does get a little annoying to hear after awhile to listen to especially you get into a lot of wild Pokemon battles. So for sound I gave the game a 10 out of 10.

Addictiveness- I'm very likely to play this game again because of it's story and it's extra perks like not just being able to beat through Johto gym's, the game also allows you to go back to Kanto and re-beat some of Kanto's gyms as well. The new pokemon also play's a part in the games addictiveness, with there looks and stats it really had me wanting to catch'em all. So for addictiveness I gave the game a 9 out of 10.

Story-The story starts off not quite like other Pokemon games, instead of going off into the grass and having the professor chase you down and stop you and for your own protection gives you a pokemon, instead you are asked a favor by the professor to go and get something for him in a far off town. The infamous and notorious international criminal organization  known as team rocket makes a come back in the Johto region in this game where as they were crippled in the Kanto region. The story is quite long with its technically two regions in the game, Kanto and Johto, and there is plenty to keep you entertained for an extended period of time. So for story I gave this game a 10 out of 10.

Depth-The game is huge with it's two regions in game, it offers plenty of things to do like battle well over 8 gym's, play in the game corner, enter Pokemon catching completions, and or catch rare pokemon in the safari zone.The game does take a considerable amount of time to beat i estimate a time of any where from 3-4 days if you play the game for maybe 1-2 hours a day. So for depth i gave the game a 10 out of 10.

Difficulty-Well the game isn't very difficult till you reach the champion of the elite 4. The champion's battle style and Pokemon stats seem far superior over mostly any Pokemon you use and the A.I. seems substantially harder and does formulate and execute a near perfect battle plan to utterly defeat you with nearly no gaps in its defenses.But seeing on how only the champion of the elite 4 is one of the only real challenges I gave the games difficulty a 6 out of 10.

Overall- Overall I give the game a 9.6 out of 10, because the game is very entertaining and has some very good new features on it which only made the games overall feel and appeal go up. With its updated graphics and better story line and plot this is easily one of the best Pokemon games ever made.

Another good review. Good work here. And I never got to finish this one, but I did enjoy it more than the first three (Red Blue and Yellow, since Green never hit the States), so I must agree with your conclusion.

Great review , this is your best work ever . Keep up the good work .

supercool22 : Thanks both of you but this isn't my best, I'm more proud of my featured reviews those are my finest works.

marcus047 : This is an excellent review man! I gotta say fantastic job dude!