I like it. It's not quite as extensive as I imagined it, I sort of pictured we'd be able to explore an entire route or so, but I like it. It looks and sounds fantastic, some of the writing I saw was pretty funny, you get some back-and-forth between Aqua and Magma, AND IT LOOKS AND SOUNDS FANTASTIC. The battles were really easy and you were clearly meant to annihilate any opposition, but I think it's way too early to make a judgement on how easy or hard the entire game will be.



I think we know this from screenshots already but they gave the bottom screen a massive reorganization, and you now have some of that "useful information" being shown to you like a news broadcast or something. I caught something about a sale at a department store, I wonder what else they'll be putting down there in the full game. Return of swarms, perhaps?



At the end of my first playthrough of the demo, it mentioned being able to transfer one of the Pokémon I'd caught (Glalie) to the full game when it comes out. It also mentioned there being more to do the next time you booted up the demo. I'll do that later, but so far I really like what I see.

The demo starts up with you (male trainer) and Steven flying on a Latios to Mossdeep City. You arrive in the city and head to the SPAAAAAAAAACE Center where you run into some team grunts (in my case Team Aqua). Steven lets you pick a Pokemon (the second evolution of all the starters, all at level 35 so very close to leveling up to final evolution) and you battle a grunt (their Pokemon ~level 30). Steven then moves in front of the Pokemon Center saying to talk to him to go on an adventure. You are free to walk around Mossdeep at this point and talk to a few NPCs, but all the buildings are locked or blocked in some way.



When you are ready, talk to Steven and you will both fly to a small island via Latios. There is a small patch of grass here to battle wild Pokemon (for this island Linoone and Slakoth appear). Here you encounter more team grunts (in my case Magma) outside a cave entrance and have another battle. Afterwords, head inside the cave and you will find May against the first grunts from earlier. You take down both grunts and at this point your Pokemon should have evolved to its final form. After this you will see a funny exchange between Team Aqua's Admin Matt and Team Magma's Admin Tabitha, followed by them deciding to battle you. Steven will join you for a double battle, after upgrading one of the moves on your Pokemon and giving you the appropriate Mega Stone. Here you enter the battle where you can see your new Mega Evolution in action, along with Steven's shiny Metagross and its Mega Evolution. After defeating the admins and walking around the small island you'll encounter a small patch of grass where you can find a Glalie. You are given a few Pokeballs and are able to catch it, allowing it to be transferred to the full version of the game via Pokemon Link when it's released. The demo ends with you and Steven flying back to Mossdeep, where Steven says to come back for more adventures. The game gives you notice about transferring Glalie and resets to the title screen.



Next time you start the game you will be back in front the Pokemon Center with Steven, who has now given you all three starter Pokemon (in evolved form with respective Mega Stones) along with your Glalie. He says to talk to him for more adventures. I have to go to work soon so can't try them for a while, but according to Serebii you are able to do more tasks such as finding a certain Pokemon, helping a lost child, or battling everyone on the island.

Mission 1: Glalie with Glalitite

Mission 3: 10 Poké Balls

Mission 5: 10 Heal Balls

Mission 9: Heart Scales? (They don't show up on the list, though, so maybe they're part of 10.)

Mission 10: 5 Heart Scales



There is nothing else after this. It seems to repeat the regular missions after the tenth time.