kind of a wraparound charm to the no-doubt rushed as hell localization and skinswap to make panel de pon into pokémon here - as another site member noted, very flash game vibe to this one, and i like it. i grew up with generation 1 and though i'm by no means a pokémon fan today, not by a longshot, this does poke a little effectively at the nostalgia part of me still holds for this era of the series. seeing all the wonky gym leader designs from the era was super charming and this was a great time to play with my friend much more knowledgeable about the franchise these days than i. i'll make the funny contrarian joke and say this is my favorite pokémon game and it's not EVEN a pokémon game but i could genuinely see myself getting a lot of mileage out of this one.