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It's a detailed, highly structured, predictable, and discrete thing. Types, evolutionary lines, movesets, abilities, stats. It's just a bunch of lists, combined in different ways, and the game rewards you for knowing how to navigate those combinations.
Even as someone who's not on the spectrum, Pokemon is this awful, amazing little thing that got into my brain when I was seven and still pumps me full of dopamine. That's why I'm fucking here right now.