Back to Kanto with fresh colors and the same first question: which one do you pick?

On gut feeling, Pokémon LeafGreen Version lands ahead of 59% of games, barely above average. But two criteria take off: this is the game people take to a desert island and the one they feel most attached to, ahead of 95% of titles in both cases. Fun and art style follow, ahead of 63% of games. Then the drop: controller feel falls to just ahead of 9% of titles, and the soundtrack stays below average, ahead of 40%. That is the real tension: it is loved for what it represents, not for what it gives your fingers to do. Careful though, desert island and attachment rest on very few duels, the early votes suggest more than they settle.

Among turn based RPGs this is a textbook case: the remake keeps the original structure, a collection loop and slow battles that criteria built around modern feel can only punish. What makes it great is not what a controller measures.

So, who is it for? For you if you want a long haul companion, a region to walk across, a team that becomes yours. Much less so if you are chasing nerve, speed, and the gesture that pays off instantly.