I don't see how one appearance of Mega charizard causes the whole thing to exist only to show it off.
Plus the anime has always been about advertising the games anyway, and this one is just following suit
Indeed - you speak as if this is the first piece of Pokemon media made to advertise the games. Series 3 and 4 have had whole Contest sidearcs (or whole arcs, I haven't seen much beyond Johto) which were a feature introduced in the third generation. Pokemon from new generations have been given starring roles in Pokemon films to generate hype for new games.
But yeah, visuals and nostalgia probably sums it up nicely. They still cared enough to give you 88 minutes of entertainment, which you probably watched for free with subs (and won't buy when it inevitably goes out on DVD) and pandered to every classic base they could before breaking out the gimmick, so I wouldn't just write it off. They sold the evolutions, but they gave you a large free gift in exchange, barely proportional to what they asked of the viewer.
I think a big portion of the struggle Red had with Brock was a way to acknowledge what many older players went through in the original games. I myself tried just pounding away at the Rock-types, until I finally learned how to match them up (much like Red) and I had a much easier time of things. It's a nice summary of Red and Blue/Green's plot, and it doesn't overstay its welcome. Sure, it may seem an advertisement for X and Y, but it's also a way to say they haven't forgotten the old fans, too.
\"illegitimate victories Ash gets for his gym badges\". And with that sentence, your \'review\' becomes an absolute joke.
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Pokemon X & Y advertisement.
The original(no pun intended) anime series didn't satisfy many people, whether it's due to being littered with fillers or the illegitimate victories Ash gets for his gym badges. Thus it's understandable most of us wished for an ideal Pokemon anime and when Origin was announced, it seemed as though our savior had come.
However, the point of this special wasn't Red's adventure. Yes, by the end of it, it turns out the purpose of the whole thing was to advertise mega evolutions and everything else was to attract attention. This explains why they wanted to rush the entire journey to reach Mega Charizard X vs Mewtwo, picking out only 5 key points of the game to go into detail.
The characters themselves weren't much. Red was the run of the mill Idiot Hero who happened to be badass and Green's character seemed out of place. Acts nice at one time then suddenly says douchey things, but overall felt lifeless. Giovanni was the one character I found interesting with his development during his battle with Red but that alone wasn't a saving grace.
Also another thing that disappointing me was how the way they went into battle mechanics early on against Brock, you'd expect to see more decent strategies but he was defeated with a basic concept everyone would have learned from reading the instruction booklet. So they wouldn't have many ideas for a full fledged series anyway.
The animation was decent though, but in the end, the appeal to this was mainly just visuals and nostalgia.