>>724588974
Had 1 as a kid and never understood it, but I played it recently and it's great. A bit rocky at the start since you need to grind a little for Bill and Professor Oak, but it's great.
Don't like the sequel very much. The gimmick fights have me spending more time in the deck editor between every match, and the forced linearity of GR Island just sucks. 1 let me do almost any club in any order, but 2 forces me through a linear path of clubs.
Psychich is bullshit to fight, though. Usually no weaknesses, and constant coinflips. I started keeping track of coinflips in 2, and the game is heavily weighted. Your actual odds of heads is about 1/3 while the computer is about a 3/4 chance.