I understand why they remade Gen 1 again. FireRed & LeafGreen came out in 2004. These games serve as an introduction to the new generation of kids whose first Nintendo console is the switch.

But for hardcore fans... yeah we didn't need this. I thought X and Y were easy. Those games are nothing compared to this. Your partner Pikachu and Eevee are op as heck!

The catching mechanic as well as feeding your Pokémon berries was obviously inspired by Pokémon Go. They should have stick to the original formula but whatever.

Blue, one of the best rivals and champions is replaced by some dweeb named Chase. Probably the most unnecessary of changes done.

All in all, bad games. Mediocre at best. I would recommend if they were cheap but this is Nintendo we're talking about. They never discount their games.

Probably the most annoying video game I've ever played. 24 levels is too much for a LEGO game. No character ever talks, they just make Minecraft villagers noises which gets annoying quick. Not a minute goes by where you don't hear some rendition of the Harry Potter theme. To switch characters, you have to go to a cauldron instead of just opening a menu and choosing that way. No, that would be too convenient and accessible to the player. We want this to be as long and tedious as possible.

Unlocking stuff is tedious. To unlock a red brick, you need to do a specific quest, take the red block to an owl, watch a little animation, return to the leaky cauldron, walk down diagon alley, enter the shop, walk up the stairs and then I can finally buy the red brick. Rinse and repeat twenty times. Who the fuck wants to go through all that. How about this? You do the quest, unlock the red block and you can just instantly buy it in the extras menu. There, I just saved you a whole day of your life.

In summary, this has been one of the most torturous gaming experiences I have gone through. Only reason I didn't quit two minutes in is because this is a pretty simple and easy platinum trophy.

One positive that saves this from being half a star is the acquiring of new spells. I thought that was pretty neat. For once, a LEGO game with actual progression.

Hard to judge these games considering how old they are and that they were the first ones. But boy do they have issues.

Type matchups don't really matter. Normal/Psychic spam could get you from beginning to end pretty easily. Item storage limit was tedious. Level up moves were terrible. The original 151 Pokémon are cool but very few are viable.

Very messy game but I'm super happy it become the most popular franchise of all time. My life would be very different without Pokémon. My profile picture is literally a character from Pokémon lol.

This game feels like such a bait. Oh look at the artistic direction we took! It's an environmental story about how if we don't stop polluting and shit the world will end. Game tries to pull at your heart because it's about a fox who's trying to take care of her cubs but one of them goes missing so you have to find them and you do and you die in the end so now the cubs have no mother anymore. It's supposed to be sad but any one with a brain can see this a neutron star away so you just sit there with a straight face saying "bruh". This game falls under the curse of every indie game. In the sense that they try so hard to be a "work of art" but comes out as meh. I'm not falling for it that's for sure. Easy platinum though and game's really short so that's nice.