I really enjoyed the turn-based combat! The progression of difficulty was well-paced, and I felt like the story really helped 'raise the stakes' for the late-game combat. Although yeah, echo locate did seem useless haha but I did use it a few times! I thought of it as like a nod to the combat mechanics in Pokémon
Overall though...
great game! :D
Also the audio/visuals/gui were all really good and fit the theme!