You have to admit they're lucky we love Pokemon so much that we're willing to tolerate restarting the game every 2 minutes to continue playing the game. I'm on HN. When I say execution is poor, I'm referring to their technical execution. In terms of game design, as someone who puts in several hours a day into the game, the execution is of course great.

> Fastest downloading app of all time, global phenomenon, absolute zeitgeist

All three of which can be attributed in large part to the Pokemon IP, rather than any other characteristic of the game.

"Worse is Better" in action? :)