It's a Pokémon game which means if you let it, it will waste your time. I cannot recommend playing this without an emulator even if you have a DS. The fast forward feature and save states will be your best friend. This game isn't difficult but it's extremely tedious. Text will take forever to scroll through, and Pokémon will have long attack animations. I cannot believe the patience I had as a kid to sit through some of this, it's egregious.

The flip side is that the hand eye coordination neurons in my brain activate from drawing circles around moving things. It is so simple yet extremely engaging. The tension that builds as you get close to drawing the final circle is palpable, but this can lead to exasperation. There were plenty of times where I swear I had it only to lose the capture. The Pokémon abilities you can use to augment your captures are varied in effectiveness but add a level of strategy to the game that otherwise would grow stale.