[nogbit]

All games are supposed to be like this. A player has fun (hopefully) grok's it (usually) and then moves on (beat it, got frustrated or bored).

However, games that implement vegas like mechanics turn their games into an addiction. I can see that happening with this game as there are 720+ pokemon and only 150 in the game currently https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pok%C3%A9mon

Though, this game is kind of like the iPhone, it's "cool" to be seen playing it (I presume, I've never played but do witness the pokehorde often). It may stick around for various reasons.