Violet and then some

 

So my son bought Scarlet and Violet for the both of us when it came out.  I was fond of Violet, the colors, and the Legendary pokemon, Miraidon.  He loves red and was wanting Koraidon.  It worked for both of us.

I had played it hot and heavy when it first came out, then with life and other games taking priority, I shelved this.  Picking it back up, makes a nice game to play where you can be interrupted (maybe by work?) and you don't need the sounds on.  Thus my return, playing it pretty uninterrupted for the last few weeks.  I finally finished the last few Star paths I was on and I finished up the gyms.  I figured I'd as well just finish up whatever story there was, which lead to completing the story to the credits.  (No spoilers - you can find those easily enough.)  However, through the Nintendo News, I knew there were some special raids going on for a limited time that I really wanted to get.  So my push to finish the game - was a direct result of the Walking Wake/Iron Leaves raid that was introduced at the end of Feb.

I battled my way through higher-star raids.  Trying my best to learn the Pokemon specs' weaknesses and strengths and the raid battle system itself.  Finally, I was able to find the groups (random, of course) that successfully lead me to own my very own Walking Wake (Scarlet special) and Iron Leaves (Violet Special.

Walking Wake (Scarlet)

Iron Leaves (Violet)

I will say this by far has been my favorite story.  Now I've only been recently really playing Pokemon with the Switch, so that was Sward/Shield and the remake, Diamond/Pearl.  So my experience hasn't included some of the beloved classes that do exist.  But I do really enjoy this story.  I'm excited to get the DLC this fall and the other raids that are yet to come.

No spoilers, but don't forget to get your 2nd Legendary (capturable via Masterball) once you are given the Master Poke ball from the Professor!  (I accidentally found this out last night!)