A Pikachu that trails you step by step, and a whole generation seeing itself again, ten years old, controller glued to its hands.

No gut-feeling ranking here, so let us look at the detail. And it is rough. On almost every line, Pokémon Yellow lands in the lower tier. Attachment, ahead of barely 4% of games, soundtrack right at the bottom ahead of 2%, art style no better. Desert island saves a little honor by climbing toward the middle, on few votes so to confirm. The gap is obvious: here is a classic adored by millions, yet its tiny Game Boy sprites and monochrome bleeps are judged against criteria built for today's emotion and aesthetics. The game did nothing wrong, it is the era gap talking.

Against modern RPGs, colorful worlds and polished orchestrations, the contrast is mechanical, almost unfair.

So, who is it for? For you if nostalgia counts, if this Pikachu drags you back to one specific schoolyard. Much less so if you judge in the present, on visual and sonic richness.