re: Who else is getting the let's go Pikachu/Eevee Pokémon game on switch?

Bump now that the game is out.

Did anyone on here get it?

I was initially worried about the replacement of classic battle/catch mechanics with the Pokémon go versions, but before yesterday's release the critics metascore on metacritic had me hopeful. There were no negative reviews, a few neutral, but mostly positive.

Then I saw the user score after the game released and it confirmed my initial worries. Ive looked only at the user metacritic score (4.8 out of 10 last I saw) and the Pokémon subreddit, but the community seems split almost 50/50 over it. Complaints are primarily about the new Pokémon Go mechanics and that it's way too easy. Your starter can basically be taught any move, EXP share cannot be turned off, you're given free Pokeballs constantly, etc. I guess they were trying to make it safely approachable for new people who may have only gotten first exposed to Pokémon gameplay via Pokemon go. I'm not sure that was a great idea because I doubt this game is going to be a Switch-seller. So if someone's only experience playing Pokémon is with Pokémon Go, I can't envision them dropping 200-300 bucks or whatever for this.

Despite all that, even some of the negative reviews did acknowledge that the soundtrack was good and that the handheld Pokémon plus ball or whatever is a fun way to play.

I really wanted the game to be good because I started out with Gen 1 as a kid. Unfortunately I'll probably be skipping based on what I've read. I really hope that the community feedback is enough to ensure that they don't oversaturate the next main series title with the same Pokémon Go mechanics.