I am not rating the game here but how it is programmed on a literal nail.
This is a game that was condemned to success, even if it is an utterly huge failure overall, by the sheer design that makes it extremelly marketable. This is very similar to what happened to Harry Potter or Star Wars, mid to low quality works that get elevated by the sheer amount of merch you can generate by it, being spammed to hell and back by companies to sell cereal boxes or whatever the fuck they want. Maybe it wasn't the original deal when it was created, but it's the best potential it has.

Anyways, similarly to mario 64, I will never get enough of this bugfest, I love how deep the mechanics of the bugs go and how you can even input arbitrary code on it, it's absolutely insane. Otherwise this game would have a score of 1 or maybe even a score of 0.5, which would mean that I consider this game a poison for society, but alas if it wasn't pokemon it would've been something else anyways.

Growing up means realizing Pokémon in general has always been fun and you can still consider yourself a fan of the series even if you think the newer games could be more than they actually are

Only slight problem I have with gen 1 tbh is how suddenly the levels jump up at the elite 4 but thankfully the AI is stupid enough to where it doesn’t matter + you could just use the rare candy cloning glitch if you really want to. For this playthrough my friend and I played alongside each other via the 3DS vc releases and I think that definitely was part of the reason why I enjoyed this game a lot more. Now I actually have a realistic chance at catching them all!

Edit: I got all the pokemon yeah this game is good.