027: Pokemon Channel (2003)

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4elGAOwNMLi31tEZB28wTQ?si=u5wsYcZdRACUZi1XQ20k7g

Is Pokémon Channel the worst game in the franchise? Not by a long shot because games like Hey You Pikachu and the original Pokémon Pinball are borderline unplayable in the year 2024. Channel is just kind of a little slow with not a ton to do. If someone is looking for a game where you can decorate a room and talk to Pokémon to collect cards, this will be a game that will temporarily fill that void. That said, the actual watching of the channels could be grating at times, especially since the vast majority of anything resembling dialogue is just Pokémon saying their names over and over as is the speaking convention from the anime. This is a two star game since it works well as a daily check-in thing but not as an actual experience.

★★