I have played pokémon for all of my life in these 19 years. My older brother is also a huge fan into the games and card games, has the same opinion as me. I have played every main game and most spin offs. I cried with MD games, I laughed with pokemon stadium minigames. The lore of Sinnoh kept me intrigued. I’m one of the biggest fans of the whole country as I beat the champion of my country on 2014. So yes, I probably have more experience than you will ever be.

BTW I made a better pokemon game that actually is a revolution of the franchise and it only took me 2 hours. Game freak gives no shits.