YMMV / Pokémon Vega

• Just Here for Godzilla: Because of how bizarre and comedic Machu's presence is, many are lured into trying out the game just to see it in action, especially those coming in after watching a video of the game on YouTube.
• Nintendo Hard: Besides originally being in Japanese, this is probably the most notorious aspect of the game. Wild Pokémon and trainers are incredibly low-leveled, while important bosses such as Gym Leaders come at very high levels (compare the first gym's only gym trainer having a single level 10 Pineco to the gym leader Annette having a level 15 Shuckle as her ace, for example), often with incredible coverage to deal with any super-effective options you may throw out. This combined with limited team-building options means the player will be struggling throughout. It's to the point where there's an incredibly popular Game Mod, Vega Minus, which is designed to smooth out the level curve along with a few additional Anti-Frustration Features.
• Scrappy Mechanic:
  • The limited dex makes teambuilding very difficult, especially when it comes to dealing with the game's tougher threats. Want to deal with the Water gym? Unless you got the Grass starter, your best bets are Strawna or, if you were willing to grind for it, Machu.
  • As mentioned in Nintendo Hard, the game suffers a similar problem to Pokémon Gold and Silver in that wild encounters have incredibly low levels, making raising Pokémon to be competitive for upcoming gym matches a tedious affair. This is only mitigated somewhat later due to gaining access to common grinding tools (the Exp. Share, the Vs. Seeker, and the Lucky Egg in that order), and the disparity between boss trainers’ and everyone else’s levels remains high throughout.