>>587286681 and 2 were really good for game boy games in the time they came out.
the other options on game boy at the time were mostly like tetris, other puzzle games that were shit, shitty space shooters, platformers, garbage ports, and stuff that was just dogshit.
and it was an interesting concept even if it wasn't on game boy and it started it all. so there's no way you can call it bad unless you're a fuckin retard.
which is why it became a world wide phenomenon, but you weren't born until 15 years later so you couldn't possibly know.
then 3 ruined the tone of the games but had a lot of mechanical depth, so it was good for the time it came out, but some bad decisions and not really that impressive anymore, especially the graphics.
4 was actually a joke that ran like shit so they did a terrible job until platinum. that's when it became pretty mediocre in comparison to other games.
5 was actually pretty good for the time it came out, but the in-game animations were animated like shit. they had to make tons so that's reasonable. still made bad decisions and wasn't overly impressive.
and then gens 6-9 were extremely dogshit for the time they came out.
