I love Stone Edge's animation. Even if it isn't really fancy or elaborate, the way the stones just suddenly pop up underneath looks way more appropriately painful than its previous animations.
So far the only background that's really disappointed me is the tiled floor and blank black or white wall combo used for most battles in buildings or gyms (excepting the gym leader battle). It just looks awful, not to mention it doesn't look anything like the gyms where it's used. Other than that, I think the battle backgrounds are pretty good. I especially like the alleyway background when battling in Lumiose City.I'm disappointed with the backgrounds in this game. They all look incredibly generic.
Though obviously it's a step up from the previous games on handheld which had no backgrounds at all.
The alleyway background is my favorite, too. If only they let us choose a background during wifi battles! You'd think they would offer at least a little bit of background customization considering they let you choose your battle music. Maybe in the sequel(s)?So far the only background that's really disappointed me is the tiled floor and blank black or white wall combo used for most battles in buildings or gyms (excepting the gym leader battle). It just looks awful, not to mention it doesn't look anything like the gyms where it's used. Other than that, I think the battle backgrounds are pretty good. I especially like the alleyway background when battling in Lumiose City.
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