You have to look at it from a different angle than you are currently looking at it. You see Pokemon as a serious, awesome game, while we see it as just plain hilarious.
LOL people over 13 (so i assume) still play pokemon :X I have honestly never played Pokemon for more than 10 minutes in my whole life and then i realised i'd wasted those 10 minutes.
this is a GREAT example.. why they shouldve left the pokemon "legacy" how it orginally was .. instead of making like 9 different versions of it.. it got repetitive and thats where the awesomeness went..