Significantly less disappointing than I was expecting.
I might actually be open to this change, even though I think it came a bit earlier than I'd have liked and it's yet another endless pile of Pokemon (seriously, when they get to 800 that is enough
). As a lifelong fan I'm excited to see this new st - it looks far more promising than B&W did, and I ended up loving them. However, it's extremely disappointing we didn't get to go to Hoenn again yet.