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8.2/10

I dont think it aged that badly tbh, other than the primitiveness of the original game boy. I mean how does something age badly and also "is still the template for the franchise" 25+ years later.

It gets docked because its ridiculously easy, psychic type is OPed, certain type attacks barely exist (pin missile is the only bug type attack that is kinda normal iirc, and bug is supposed to beat psychic. It also has low damage. Also all bug types are poison pretty much which psychic ruins for some reason. Night Shade is one of the only ghost attacks and it does fixed damage, etc).

Also, the red/blue gimmick is used to sell more copies and thats about it.

But the adventure of it is quite fun, the towns I think are very polished and good examples of JRPG towns, there is a lot to collect, and the dungeon designs are fairly unique.