10 Worst Pokémon Video Games Ever

5. Pokémon Puzzle League – N64

Nowadays, a game that asks you to combine coloured squares to clear a board and score points is something you do when you’re bored of watching repeats on television or (sorry!) on the toilet. In 2001, it was a £40 N64 cartridge that every child must have because it has Pikachu and Ash Ketchum on the box. Marketing was so much easier then.

The line that really grates on me is the disclaimer on selecting the trainer you wish to play as: “Trainer and Pokémon selection are purely cosmetic and do not affect gameplay whatsoever”. So, in effect, had Digimon been more successful we’d have had Digimon Puzzle League instead. or Dragonball Puzzle League? PowerPuff Girls Puzzle League?!

This is a shameless, arrogant exercise by Nintendo showing that if they put their characters on, in, or around something, it is guaranteed to sell. It received excellent reviews at the time of release too! Can’t anyone else see this is a regurgitation of Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine with Ash Ketchum’s smirking face splashed all over it?!