I didn't play a Pokemon game when I was the target-demographic, despite being among the generation that loves these games the most. I was shown Pokemon after having already finished Ocarina of Time, Devil May Cry, Onimusha, and several other, by comparison, action-intensive games. I had no interest in ever trying a Pokemon game. Fast-forward to 20 years after this game's release, and to make my local friend-group happy I fired it up. It was just as boring in 2016 as it looked to me in 2001.

As always, not going to say the game's bad, but I'm not, and possibly never was, the target-demographic.