@coolboymew I had a similar experience with pokemon red since I was really young when I first played. I actually kinda used it to learn how to read but could never beat it because of that.
Later I got a Japanese copy Heart Gold because I didn’t want to wait and I played Gold a ton as a kid so I kinda just understood what was going on. I just guessed around for the radio tower quiz thing but that was the only thing that kinda stumped me due to the language barrier iirc. Safari zone was also impossible to use but you didn’t really need that to finish the game.