History YMMV / HeyYouPikachu

* ItsShortSoItSucks: Besides the severe voice recognition issues, the other big criticism of this game is that there just really isn't a whole lot to do, with there being only a handful of different mission types and only a handful of locations, while there isn't much to find in the various locations and there is a very limited selection of pokemon you'll see in the game for Pikachu to interact with. Then for what is available, the fishing has decent replayability as you try to break your records and achieve the world records, but for the rest it can get repetitive fast.

* ThatOneSidequest: The Pokemon identifying game you can play at home. Not that anyone remotely familiar with the Gen 1 pokemon wouldn't be able to identify any of the black silhouettes, but much of the time the voice recognition just won't recognize you saying the name of the pokemon, so often it'll say your answer was wrong even if you're a clear speaker, and if you're not a clear speaker then it's pretty much impossible for the game to recognize you getting you more than a few right. Fortunately it's just a little side game that you get nothing for winning and you can completely ignore it, but the impossibility of it because of faulty voice recognition is still frustrating to those that attempt it.

* HilariousInHindsight:
** Near the end of the game, you have to follow Pikachu while he goes out shopping. What's your stealthy cover? [[Franchise/MetalGear A cardboard box.]]
** Many generations later [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY Pikachu wouldn't be the only one who can be interacted with playfully]].

* TastesLikeDiabetes: The game as a whole. It all hinges on how much you can take a game whose entire premise is romping around with a kid Pikachu. Perhaps reaches the zenith during the credits: Pikachu's singing can either make a grown man blurt out a big "d'awwwww!" or suffer a heart attack.

** The aforementioned AlternateCharacterInterpretation, which could at least serve as a plausible HandWave for Pikachu's inconsistent response to your commands. After all, even real animals (especially ones that aren't as intelligent as the smartest dog breeds) don't always follow their masters' commands.

* FridgeBrilliance: After [[spoiler:Oak makes you say goodbye,]] the second-to-last comment in the credits is "Hey, Pikachu is going home." [[spoiler:[[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Guess who's there when you get home.]]]]

** Ochre Woods can be this if your voice isn't crystal clear--if Pikachu asks to send a needed ingredient to Bulbasaur but misunderstands your "Yes", he'll assume "No" and eat it instead, and there's no promise that that wasn't the only one of that ingredient in the level. On the other side of the coin, he could misunderstand a "No" as "Yes" and send an ingredient that ends up tainting the food (and you can only send four ingredients before Bulbasaur calls you back, so if he does this twice with unlisted ingredients, you're getting Mystery Stew). Discovery Days is the worst in this regard because you can't collect ingredients yourself to hand to Pikachu later while he does his own thing. Also, there's always a fourth ingredient that the game doesn't tell you, and some of the default ingredients can be hard to find anyway.

* BrokenBase: Is the voice recognition poorly programmed, or does the problem just stem from Pikachu flat out ignoring you?

* FridgeBrilliance: After [[spoiler:Oak makes you say goodbye,]] the second-to-last comment in the credits is "Hey, Pikachu is going home." [[spoiler:[[{{CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming}} Guess who's there when you get home.]]]]

* SweetDreamsFuel[=/=]TastesLikeDiabetes: The game as a whole. It all hinges on how much you can take a game whose entire premise is romping around with a kid Pikachu. Perhaps reaches the zenith during the credits: Pikachu's singing can either make a grown man blurt out a big "d'awwwww!" or suffer a heart attack.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: Ways to evolve or otherwise interact with Togepi were speculated on, but there's no way to do so.

** The pinata. Trying to navigate Pikachu around the banana peels to the pinata is borderline impossible, since you can only tell him simple directions with no magnitude(i.e. you can only tell him things like "left" or "right", not "slightly left" or "hard right"). Making matters worse is the fact that all it takes is one slip on a peel to get Pikachu to RageQuit, which is almost insulting given that this isn't the only level where he can slip on a banana peel, but he'll shrug it off any other time.
** Ochre Woods can be this if your voice isn't crystal clear--if Pikachu asks to send a needed ingredient to Bulbasaur but misunderstands your "Yes", he'll assume "No" and eat it instead, and there's no promise that that wasn't the only one of that ingredient in the level. On the other side of the coin, he could misunderstand a "No" as "Yes" and send an ingredient that ends up tainting the food(and you can only send four ingredients before Bulbasaur calls you back, so if he does this twice with unlisted ingredients, you're getting Mystery Stew). Daring Days is the worst in this regard because you can't collect ingredients yourself to hand to Pikachu later while he does his own thing.

Well, when you start with a game that's experimental as heck, of course there's going to be some YMMV.

* HilariousInHindsight: Near the end of the game, you have to follow Pikachu while he goes out shopping. What's your stealthy cover? [[Franchise/MetalGear A cardboard box.]]

* ThatOneLevel: The pinata. That is ALL.
** Ochre Woods on Daring Days can be ThatOneLevel as well.

* ItGetsBetter: With limited camera control and no ability to hold items, Pikachu's Discovery Days is easily the weakest part of the game - it opens up nicely after that.

* FridgeBrilliance: After [[spoiler:Oak makes you say goodbye,]] the second-to-last comment in the credits is "Hey, Pikachu is going home." [[spoiler: [[{{CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming}} Guess who's there when you get home.]]]]

* SweetDreamsFuel[=/=]TastesLikeDiabetes: The game as a whole. It all hinges on how much you can take a game whose entire premise is romping around with a baby Pikachu. Perhaps reaches the zenith during the credits: Pikachu's singing can either make a grown man blurt out a big "d'awwwww!" or suffer a heart attack.

** When you mention the {{Playstation}} or {{Sega}}, Pikachu gets angry. Since becoming a third party, the latter has went on to be pals with Creator/{{Nintendo}}.

* MoralDissonance: Professor Oak's order [[spoiler: to release Pikachu]] in the end seems odd considering his goals involve people building friendships with Pokemon.

** When you mention the {{Playstation}} or {{Sega}}, Pikachu gets angry. Since becoming a third party, the latter has went on to be pals with {{Nintendo}}.

* HilariousInHindsight: Near the end of the game, you have to follow Pikachu while he goes out shopping. What's your stealthy cover? [[MetalGearSolid A cardboard box.]]

** When you mention the {{Playstation}} or {{Sega}}, Pikachu gets angry. Since 2001, the latter has went on to be pals with {{Nintendo}}.

* ThatOneLevel: The pinata. That is ALL.

* ThatOneLevel: The pinata. That is ALL.
* WallBanger: The voice recognition system. Sometimes you have to say things over and over again. Bonus points if Pikachu misunderstands and eats an important item

* ThatOneLevel: The pinata. That is ALL.