Do You Have A Long History With Pokemon?

[woopyfrood]

I sure do.

*takes up his pipe, takes a manly draw from it, and looks up to the sky in nostalgia*

It all started LOOOOONG ago when I was but a wee lad. 'Bout 4 or 5 years old, I reckon. My first taste of the franchise was when I got to borrow one of my relatives' Game-Boys while I visited them. I started with a Charmander, methinks, and got up to the point with the ghosts and the Silph Scope. Then, when I was about 6, I got my very own translucent purple Game-Boy-Color, and along with it came Pokemon Silver. Totodile was my starter.

I kid you not, from there on, my life changed.

Why? Because I LOVED that game. I played it hours on end, and from it, something quite heartwarming happened. You see, I was only six and rather new to reading, and couldn't read very well. But since I had to read the in-game captions, I became able to read quite quickly. That's right.

I learned how to f*cking read from POKEMON. That's why I have an eternal debt to the franchise.

Indeed, I was so swept up by the craze that I begged my mother to take me to see The First Movie. My mother left the theater halfway through the film.

However, the years wore on, and along came that haughty ******* Game-Boy-Advance. I played Silver Version long into 3rd Gen, even deciding to try playing through the main story mode twice with Cyndaquil (For, alas, it seemed to me that game simply ended at the credits. I have only discovered in recent times that there was an entire second half to the game).

This came to an annoying halt when I went to see my dad this one time a way while back ago. Since he worked in the morning, I got stuffed into a daycare until he got back. I was a bit old for a daycare, but it didn't really matter to me because I had my Game-Boy-Color to entertain me. Well, one day at the daycare I put my Game-Boy and it's games into my personal cupboard, as usual. The fallacy of this was that I didn't know how many days I was going to be visiting my dad, so I just put it there as usual. Well, much to my dismay, that was the last time I would be visiting that daycare, and my dad said he couldn't go back and get it because he owed the daycare Ninety-Something dollars. He never payed them. I still haven't forgiven him to this day.

I did not touch another Pokemon game for quite a few years.

Upon recent times I have gotten a copy of Pokemon Pearl Version, and I, frankly, am not satisfied. Now, with 493 Pokemon to catch, I naturally wanted some help, so I went online to locate the ones I wanted for my team. In fact, I studied quite a lot of the Serebii.net Pokedex because some of the newer Pokemon had downright arcane evolving requirements that I would have no other way of knowing about. Also, I browsed in general, and that must've undoubtedly given away some of the surprise, but I still think that Silver's main story mode was more fun to play in general. Fighting off team rocket was like a story arc, but fighting off team Galactic feels like a nuisance. Exploring Jhoto just seemed more satisfying. Is this because I was much more easily entertained as a wee lad, and this is simply my nostalgia speaking out, or does 4th Gen truly PHALE when compared to it's predecessors?

Either way, Pokemon was a very large icon in my childhood.


AAAAAAnd that's my little tale. What might yours be?















(Oh yeah. 'Splains why I'm ticked that Mewtwo got cut from Brawl, don't it? I f*cking grew up with Mewtwo.)

 

[zrky]

I won't make it long, but I really don't remember the first time I heard of Pokemon
I love the original anime, the toys the games(even though I didn't really play them), but it was and still is one of the best franchises ever

 

[Ilucamy]

Hmm... how to be more dramatic than you when explaining a rather uneventful story.... can't be done.

Well, I got Yellow version when I was 3, I couldn't read and my dad had to read all the captions for me. Eventually he got annoyed and stopped, so from there I learned how to read on my own. I TOO LEARNED TO READ FROM POKEMON. My starter was obviously Pikachu, and I grew to love that little mouse. Even when all of you hate him just cause he's overused, overestimated, and a lame mascot, I still love that mouse. I don't remember when I beat the game, but I remember beating Giovanni. I was so happy (and I did it with Pikachu). Then I fought the elite 4, beating the first 3 wasn't that hard, but due to an unlucky stroke of unluckiness, I accidentally used my masterball on the ice person instead of a hyper potion. I didn't know to save beforehand, so I just let it go. I blazed through them with nothing but Pikachu and my trusty level 100 Dugtrio. Then I got to lance. Gyarados was easy enough, but the rest of his team destroyed me. I beat him, but with only my Pikachu left. Being the little child I was, I didn't know to buy items, or to save, so I went charging in to face gary with only my pikachu. You would think I would've gotten creamed, but thanks to my awesome pikachu, awesome skill, and crappy AI, I was somehow able to win. I beat the elite four and then went to capture Mewtwo. The dungeon itself was a challenge for my younger, inexperienced self. I kept making wrong turns, and by the time I got to Mewtwo, I only had Pikachu and Dugtrio left. I didn't know to save before legendaries (I didn't catch the birds) and since I didn't have my masterball, I had to kill Mewtwo before it killed me. Then silver came out and I played it, I loved it, I caught Lugia and owned everyone. Then the third generation. I was so excited about it, I even preordered the game. But it was really disappointing. And so is the 4th generation, but I still have to get all of them because of my obsession with Pokemon, even if the games are terrible, I have to get them.

That was long, I think.

Edit: In fact, this thread has made me decide to go grab Silver on an Emulator and run through it with a Pikachu and Dugtrio, just like what I did in yellow

 

[jigglyppuff8]

Kids WB. 'nuff said.

 

[Bowser King]

Kids WB. 'nuff said.

lol that was an awesome channel. To bad they were so behind compared to other channels

I originally started with red. I played every game after. The End.


-Bowser King

 

[0RLY]

OMG YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST! Reading your posts feels like I'm more connected with you guys! *Manly squeeze*

My first experience with Pokemon was at a visit at my friend's house across the street when I was about 6 years old. He was currently on the route between Pewter City and Viridian City. He had just defeated Misty to earn the right to use Cut outside of battle and was backtracking to collect some items. At first, I thought the goal of the game was to collect the Pokeball items on the ground. I spent the rest of the day watching him play the game over his shoulder. Time very, very well spent.

After this revolutionary day, I begged my parents for a Gameboy Color and Pokemon Blue Version. They promised me the game after I went through my first dentists appointment. My only memory of that day was about 1% dentist, 99% Pokemon on the GBC. I was absorbed into this game and played at every opportunity. My reading skills were exceptionally poor because my parents only spoke to me in Cantonese and I only got to speak English at school and at my friend's house. I got to see my friend more often when I needed him to help me through the game. I usually couldn't tell what to do next because I couldn't read the dialogue well. I used logic (yes at the age of 6) to figure out where to go next. I backtracked often and had well over 200 hours of game play before I beat Gary.

Less than a year later, I was introduced to Pokemon Yellow version. Even then, I realized the game was almost exactly the same as Blue only it was more colorful and had Pikachu as a starter. Through my first quarter through the game, I found myself understanding the text more (Reading Skill Lvl. Up!). I could tell what Pokemon would appear judging only from their cry. I could tell what every attack does and how effective they were in comparison to others. I could tell which Pokemon were better than others in terms of movesets and stats. I learned to save the game before anything important on my own. I learned that Super Repels were more cost effective than Max Repels WITH 2nd GRADE MATH KNOWLEDGE. THIS IS BEFORE YOU LEARN MULTIPLICATION! My second playthrough was absolutely a blast with my new knowledge.

It was also then I was introduced to the anime. One day while we were playing Pokemon together at my friend's house, my mom called me and told me that Pokemon was on TV. I grabbed my friend and sprinted back to my house like my life depended on it. It was the episode of Ash meeting Team Rocket for the first time and entering the Viridian Forest. My eyes were glued to the TV. From then on, Barney and the Teletubbies meant nothing to me. It was all about Pokemon now.

Gold and Silver was released a while later. I received them for Christmas (best Christmas ever

Spoiler

lol j/k

). I remember talking to my new rival over and over again until I realized he was kicking me

Spoiler

that dastarb!

. I spent well over 300 hours on this game, destroying worlds with Feraligatr and Nidoking. There were so many memorable moments in this game. The man who brags about his surfing Rhydon. The girl with the Mareep/Ampharos between Ecruteak City and the Moomoo Ranch, whom I've battled with countless times using the Pokegear. Reading Unowns (EPIC). Jasmine, the only gym leader to ever give me a challenge with her Steelix who refuses to die (I got an erection when I saw her again in Diamond). Going to the (once) Pokemon Center in NYC to get my event Celebi. I don't know what I would've done with my life if it weren't for this game.

After my experiences in Pokemon, I was soon introduced to Nintendo Power magazine. I was hooked to this for news of good games coming out. It was from this I discovered Pokemon R/S coming out. Before this, the only way I found new games was from visiting the store. I was stuck with crappy games like frogger as well as masterpieces such as Pokemon. This was also the first time I have ever filled out one of those giveaways that gives you a 0.00001 chance to win a prize of a free GBA and copy of Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire. This was also the game that taught me how to spell Sapphire correctly and helped me get 7th place in a Spelling Bee.

Pokemon Sapphire would be my favorite Pokemon game for the longest time. In fact, if it had the physical/special split that D/P has, it would still be my favorite. I was a lot older and wiser that time, so I was able to use the internet to help me catch every Pokemon there was. You know how I learned how to read in Pokemon Blue? Well, Pokemon Sapphire taught me how to read Braille. I seriously looked up how to read Braille and compared it back to math to help me understand it. Solving the puzzles for the Regis felt much more satisfying than solving the Ruins of Alph puzzles in G/S. Secret Bases were extremely fun to customize and at the same time, it didn't feel like a chore. Two bikes, count'em TWO bikes made my inner child smile. By the time I was through 200 hours of Pokemon Sapphire, I probably already learned almost 85% of my current knowledge of Pokemon.

The rise of D/P wasn't disappointing for me. A lot of Pokemon have been improved to make them more viable in our competitive environments. I owe a lot to D/P for introducing me to competitive Pokemon, as well as this sub-forum of SWF. Though the Pokemon ideas are stale, the concepts and strategies have been improved. I have never learned so much strategy in my entire life for a single game before D/P (excluding ssbm). Back then, Pokemon was just about best stats, and diverse attacking moves. Now, I have a solid grasp on what's good and what isn't. The story in this game isn't nearly as good as it was in previous generations, and I didn't learn any new languages from this.

Pokemon was my first video game. So Pokemon and Nintendo was something I grew up with. I will never stop playing these games because they remind me of my past. They filled my childhood with joy and experiences I'll never forget.



I wish I could fit more than just my experiences in the game, like what I did for my first paragraph. Unfortunately, I don't remember as I normally could like I did in Pokemon Blue. Old memories last, new ones just aren't as epic since you're used to them.

 

[XACE-K]

Since I don't feel like typing a big ol' wall o' text, I make this quick.

I was little and my older brother had Pokemon Red and Blue. I played them and liked. I than became a fan of pokemon and have played all true Pokemon games (not the spin-off games).

That's about all I can say that isn't a giant post.

 

[Commander Blizzard]

I'll try and make this a medium sized post.

It all started in 1999. I just turned five and watched KidsWB everytime I had a chance.
Pokemon was one of the shows KWB had at the time and it was my favorite one. Soon after, I got into pokemon and watched the episodes everyday. When Johto was announced, I disliked pokemon mostly becuase at the time, I didnt like any of the Johto pokemons. It wasnt until Hoenn was announced when I got back into it, mostly becuase I liked the new pokemons. After I got a GBA, the first game I bought was Pokemon Sapphire and I was addicted to it. Soon after, I lost interest in pokemon and decided to quit playing them. Until I heard about Diamond and Pearl. I got back into pokemon for another year or so before I lost interest in it again.
A few months ago, I decided to play Diamond again and was addicted to it once. Then I played Emerald and got back into pokemon.

Thats my history of pokemon.

 

[Lord Viper]

I never miss an episode of Pokemon, yes it's that epic to me and it always will be, May & Dawn FTW. :D

My first Pokemon game was Yellow, I was playing that game for fun, then after a few weeks after I completed the game all my friends played competitivly for money and such and I was dragged along with it. It wasn't my best experience when it came to playing like that but it got better later on though. When I played Pokemon Silver I used nothing but legendaries and people would always call me cheap. XD

When I got Sapphire I was pretty much the same, used nothing but legendaries for my team to win all, but in uber battle's I use side legendaries for my battles, what can I say, I love legendary Pokemon the most. XD My Sapphire date got erased.... three times, so when the last time it got erased I picked the female trainer for the lulz of it.

When I got Diamond, I finally made my Pokemon team unbeatable with some of the new legendaries in my team and such, of course all my firends didn't want to battle me anymore because I only use Ubers on my Pokemon team. *sigh* I wish my friends wasn't such.... cry babies, but oh well eh. All my friends is getting Platinum and so am I, so hopfully it they won't think I'm cheap anymore even if I don't pick Ubers, oh and I'll pick Dawn this time because I love her new outfit... I'm weird arn't I. XD

 

[smallwolf24]

When my best friend gave me a Charizard Pokemon card holographic and I told her what the hell is this? I still treasure it. When I saw the series I loved Charizard because I can relate to it. I try to use him in Brawl but I'm not very good with him

 

[Pika25]

For Me:

It all started with a Pokémon Yellow game I got (Christmas 1999 iirc). I remember sweeping Brock with Butterfree, trading Growlithe for the Dewgong that's been since leveled up all the way to 100, and even using the Masterball on Zapdos. (I got Snorlax, Moltres, Articuno, and Mewtwo from other games that I used the respective Masterballs on, two Blue and two Red). Then came GSC. I had a Feraligatr leveled all the way to 100 in Gold (the same Totodile I started with); unfortunately, it somehow apparently got deleted. In my Ruby, I had 6 Pokémon on 100 (starter Swampert; Skarmory; Colosseum Umbreon, Espeon, Plusle, Hariyama) as well as Pikachu and Flygon (both iirc in their 70s) and that too was deleted (as well as the Colosseum file itself, but the Feraligatr therefrom somehow survived and it's now in my Pearl). DP then came along. This is where I first learned about competitive battling (as well as these forums), and it made me want my own YouTube account (shown in sig) for my Pikachu only challenge in my Diamond. I started temporary Diamond files just to improve Pearl's Pokédex (now I'm at the full 493) before starting the real Diamond for my Pikachu only challenge.

As for the anime I made every last attempt to watch every last episode. It doesn't matter if the episode is plain filler or not.

Even the TCG. I still have TCG-GB (although TCG-DS would be even godlier).

 

[Pink Reaper]

Just to make everyone feel a little worse about their childhoods, I would like to point out that I managed to get an english copy of Pokemon Gold 5 days before its release date. Take THAT!

 

[woopyfrood]

Just to make everyone feel a little worse about their childhoods, I would like to point out that I managed to get an english copy of Pokemon Gold 5 days before its release date. Take THAT!

....So?....

 

[Platypus]

My story is a bit of a downer...

I got the game when I was still in elementary school. To make tl;dr proper, I was suspended from school, later the same day. My parents smacked me for getting into disciplinary issues, and my sibling ended up making the save file, and, pretty much, owning the game.

I used to play from the beginning of the game and end without saving over my sibling's file. As my sibling moved up in generations, the spread changed. I learned that Brock couldn't be beaten by any unevolved non-starter in Blue. I found Surskit over and over, on plane trips and on holidays. I trained even the monsters that I didn't like, and found them cool. These day-trips to Trainerhood were pretty fun.

I also had my own box within my sibling's file. My sibling would have Tyranitar and Linoone, Sceptile and Gardevoir, Charizard and Vaporeon, whilst I would punch in with a Nosepass, a Ledian, an Altaria, and, more recently, a Drapion (ACUPRESSURE!)

In recent times, the game has literally taken over my mind. I can state in a second what Castform can breed with to get TM-less Shadow Ball (Banette), but I can't shake the feeling that I'm sacrificing brain cells in the process.

I occasionally find myself thinking about Poke`mon while I'm playing Melee.

Please, someone help me.

 

[Hobobloke]

dont want make it too long (im just too **** lazy) but my pokemon journey began on christmas 1999 i think when i got a GB colour pokemon edition (it is blue and yellow and the battery light is the center of a pokeball with pokemon surrounding it) and yellow version i was ecstatic and played it all the time ever since then i have been addicted to pokemon and it was a huge part of my childhood

 

[Bowser King]

Just to make everyone feel a little worse about their childhoods, I would like to point out that I managed to get an english copy of Pokemon Gold 5 days before its release date. Take THAT!

That's pretty awesome. You probably beat the game by the time everyone got theres

-Bowser King

 

[Terywj [태리]]

I don't remember how I came to know this game.

I didn't start playing competitively until around RSE. Then I joined SWF last year and was part of the "Glorious Era." I'm still here once in a while, but not as often as back then.

-Ter

 

[Bowser King]

I don't remember how I came to know this game.

I didn't start playing competitively until around RSE. Then I joined SWF last year and was part of the "Glorious Era." I'm still here once in a while, but not as often as back then.

-Ter

You mean the "speculation era" (if we go brawl related). That was my fav. era too
If you mean by pokemon...well I wasn't really here in the PC a lot before December (when everyone left )
-Bowser King

 

[Mewter]

I remember how I got my first pokemon game at around 6(?) years old.
WALL OF TEXT
Before then, I never knew what a gameboy was....
I saw a gameboy on a table in the house and picked it up and started playing it. It was yellow version, and I liked it! I don't remember the specific details, but it was unlike any other games I've played. My dad walked into the room and said something along the lines of "Hey ! You found it!" and gave it to me. I still have my awesome transparent Gameboy color....
I basically played that game for years, along with my first console game, OoT, and basically lived with the knowledge that everyone else had a GBA while I was stuck in the stone age. It didn't matter to me, because I had Poke' Stadium and Yellow version.
Basically, like you guys, it improved my reading skills a bit more, and I played it over and over again.
About 4 years ago, I got gold, and I LOVED it! It was THE BEST pokemon game EVER! I trained my own Feraligator and played through the game, trading pokemon into the game from yellow. It was an AWESOME expansion from yellow! I actually thought this was the peak of pokemon(and I still do)
I didn't get my first Advanced system until 3 years ago. I got a gameboy advance with emerald version in it, and liked it a lot! It wasn't as good as Gold, but it was good. I caught up with my friends and started soon to make teams that could beat theirs. I also liked Emerald because of the advancements. Way to go pokemon!
To make a long story short from here on, I liked diamond but it didn't have the same feeling.

 

[---]

I remember when I was 6 and the thing I had even heard about Pokemon was the anime. Soon like everyone else I was pulled into the franchise.
I then later bought Crystal version, and fell in love with it, and the first pokemon I even had was a Chikorita.
I even started to read the Pokemon Special manga, which is WAY better than the anime. Soon once everyone stoped playing it, I still did happily, but started to stop playing less and less.
In which at that time I discovered Smash and moved to that instead. Now I don't play as much since Wi-Fi is terrible, everyone uses Ubers and Lengendarys now, the anime's ruined the series for many people, and I think Pokemon series in general has lost it's touch.

But I still main Smash Pokemon charaters though, still hoping for Arceus in the 12th Movie, and eagerly wait for Platinum Version to come out.

 

[A_man13]

I have little or no memory of pokemon since I was little (due to both age and parents). *ahem*

I grew up knowing somewhat about pokemon, but my parents weren't apting to let me play video games let alone Pokemon (which they are still nazis about to this day). I first learned about them from a back of a Luncables box in preschool which showed various water types that I thought were neat and impressive (Favorite was Polywhirl). Then (without even thinking once), I knew a good majority of the pokes that were out there from nowhere (getting Golem and Machamp toys, Jiglypuff and Pika from card collections of clasmates, etc.).
Course I never thought once about playing it until recently. I remember going to my brother's football game and having to entertain some kids one day. One, of course, had Diamond. I tried it out and fell in love fast (I always loved RPGs much to my parent's disaproval). My first instinct was to start googling it up. Pretty soon I knew a majority of the 4th gen Pokes and was thinking of a lazer targeted defense to get the game.
It succeded and I got diamond (long past 3rd gen by then, FYI). It was definetly a lot different then the other stuff I played (Smash, Pikmin, Paper Mario to a degree), which added to the charm. For the most part, it was fun. Though, right after Gardenia, I got grounded big time (let's just say that anything more then a day to beat a game is abnormal for me, and add in the fact that I played it almost all the time up to that point and their disposition). It was all downhill from there. Beat the game after many groundings and tries to beat Bertha (my least favorite E4, everyone else was a piece of cake, even Cynthia).
Shortly after that, started getting competetive. Trained like mad and was relativly strong on the serebii chat (Ace Trainer was my nick in case someone is wondering). I also got FireRed which didn't do anything to help my parent's stance on the game. By then it was starting to become an all the time affair. When I let my guard down right after getting an aerodactyl trained up that they snuck the game away from me, grounded me from both, and got rid of the game to an undisclosed location. They are letting up on the grounding, but they will likely never let me get a Pokemon game (or anything that has a story) again.

 

[woopyfrood]

I have little or no memory of pokemon since I was little (due to both age and parents). *ahem*

I grew up knowing somewhat about pokemon, but my parents weren't apting to let me play video games let alone Pokemon (which they are still nazis about to this day). I first learned about them from a back of a Luncables box in preschool which showed various water types that I thought were neat and impressive (Favorite was Polywhirl). Then (without even thinking once), I knew a good majority of the pokes that were out there from nowhere (getting Golem and Machamp toys, Jiglypuff and Pika from card collections of clasmates, etc.).
Course I never thought once about playing it until recently. I remember going to my brother's football game and having to entertain some kids one day. One, of course, had Diamond. I tried it out and fell in love fast (I always loved RPGs much to my parent's disaproval). My first instinct was to start googling it up. Pretty soon I knew a majority of the 4th gen Pokes and was thinking of a lazer targeted defense to get the game.
It succeded and I got diamond (long past 3rd gen by then, FYI). It was definetly a lot different then the other stuff I played (Smash, Pikmin, Paper Mario to a degree), which added to the charm. For the most part, it was fun. Though, right after Gardenia, I got grounded big time (let's just say that anything more then a day to beat a game is abnormal for me, and add in the fact that I played it almost all the time up to that point and their disposition). It was all downhill from there. Beat the game after many groundings and tries to beat Bertha (my least favorite E4, everyone else was a piece of cake, even Cynthia).
Shortly after that, started getting competetive. Trained like mad and was relativly strong on the serebii chat (Ace Trainer was my nick in case someone is wondering). I also got FireRed which didn't do anything to help my parent's stance on the game. By then it was starting to become an all the time affair. When I let my guard down right after getting an aerodactyl trained up that they snuck the game away from me, grounded me from both, and got rid of the game to an undisclosed location. They are letting up on the grounding, but they will likely never let me get a Pokemon game (or anything that has a story) again.

Ouch. Your parents need to ease up a bit, eh?

 

[Chagen46]

I think I had heard of pokemon all the way back to G/S/C, and begged my dad to get it. My dad always said "no", because he thought it was satanic. Finally, after begging him for ages, he let me get emerald, and that's when I became forever loyal to pokemon.

 

[Chagen46]

I have little or no memory of pokemon since I was little (due to both age and parents). *ahem*

I grew up knowing somewhat about pokemon, but my parents weren't apting to let me play video games let alone Pokemon (which they are still nazis about to this day). I first learned about them from a back of a Luncables box in preschool which showed various water types that I thought were neat and impressive (Favorite was Polywhirl). Then (without even thinking once), I knew a good majority of the pokes that were out there from nowhere (getting Golem and Machamp toys, Jiglypuff and Pika from card collections of clasmates, etc.).
Course I never thought once about playing it until recently. I remember going to my brother's football game and having to entertain some kids one day. One, of course, had Diamond. I tried it out and fell in love fast (I always loved RPGs much to my parent's disaproval). My first instinct was to start googling it up. Pretty soon I knew a majority of the 4th gen Pokes and was thinking of a lazer targeted defense to get the game.
It succeded and I got diamond (long past 3rd gen by then, FYI). It was definetly a lot different then the other stuff I played (Smash, Pikmin, Paper Mario to a degree), which added to the charm. For the most part, it was fun. Though, right after Gardenia, I got grounded big time (let's just say that anything more then a day to beat a game is abnormal for me, and add in the fact that I played it almost all the time up to that point and their disposition). It was all downhill from there. Beat the game after many groundings and tries to beat Bertha (my least favorite E4, everyone else was a piece of cake, even Cynthia).
Shortly after that, started getting competetive. Trained like mad and was relativly strong on the serebii chat (Ace Trainer was my nick in case someone is wondering). I also got FireRed which didn't do anything to help my parent's stance on the game. By then it was starting to become an all the time affair. When I let my guard down right after getting an aerodactyl trained up that they snuck the game away from me, grounded me from both, and got rid of the game to an undisclosed location. They are letting up on the grounding, but they will likely never let me get a Pokemon game (or anything that has a story) again.

What the hell is wrong with your parents? I mean, my dad thought it was satanic, but let up eventaully...

 

[A_man13]

I know I talk bad about them sometimes, but they weren't bad. They just wanted to protect me (Assumibly their friends told them it was addictive and said no. They even read it in parenting books). I definetly was a bit of an obsessor and they don't like me playing video games to begin with (notably RPGs. For a while, they thought brawl was an RPG and were a few steps away from grounding). And they are letting up, but it's still gonna take something fierce to let me get Platinum.

 

[jigglyppuff8]

They're probably thinking of MMORPGs like WoW and WAR. If you ever watched South Park's recent episodes, you'd understand why.

I'm just that guy who took that Pokemon fad and made it his life...kinda.

EDIT: Hooray for a 1.00 posts a day!

 

[A_man13]

Oh, they weren't. They let me play zelda and other RPG's (Paper mario in particular, if it is worthy to be called one). And I still have PBR with all of my pokes, so they aren't that huge of Nazis (and in case you ever want to fight).

 

[SkylerOcon]

My awesome Pokemon Story:

I saw this cool game with a turtle with water cannons on it once at EB Games. It was called 'Pokemon Blue'. I bought it. And it turns out, that I decided to use the giant fire lizard instead of the turtle. <3 Charizard

 

[zrky]

Skyler, that's was a WONDERFUL story

MEWTER, WHERED YOU COME FROM?

I started playing more in Silver, as ive said before"my poor poor lv. 98 quilava"

 

[Pink Reaper]

I have little or no memory of pokemon since I was little (due to both age and parents). *ahem*

I grew up knowing somewhat about pokemon, but my parents weren't apting to let me play video games let alone Pokemon (which they are still nazis about to this day). I first learned about them from a back of a Luncables box in preschool which showed various water types that I thought were neat and impressive (Favorite was Polywhirl). Then (without even thinking once), I knew a good majority of the pokes that were out there from nowhere (getting Golem and Machamp toys, Jiglypuff and Pika from card collections of clasmates, etc.).
Course I never thought once about playing it until recently. I remember going to my brother's football game and having to entertain some kids one day. One, of course, had Diamond. I tried it out and fell in love fast (I always loved RPGs much to my parent's disaproval). My first instinct was to start googling it up. Pretty soon I knew a majority of the 4th gen Pokes and was thinking of a lazer targeted defense to get the game.
It succeded and I got diamond (long past 3rd gen by then, FYI). It was definetly a lot different then the other stuff I played (Smash, Pikmin, Paper Mario to a degree), which added to the charm. For the most part, it was fun. Though, right after Gardenia, I got grounded big time (let's just say that anything more then a day to beat a game is abnormal for me, and add in the fact that I played it almost all the time up to that point and their disposition). It was all downhill from there. Beat the game after many groundings and tries to beat Bertha (my least favorite E4, everyone else was a piece of cake, even Cynthia).
Shortly after that, started getting competetive. Trained like mad and was relativly strong on the serebii chat (Ace Trainer was my nick in case someone is wondering). I also got FireRed which didn't do anything to help my parent's stance on the game. By then it was starting to become an all the time affair. When I let my guard down right after getting an aerodactyl trained up that they snuck the game away from me, grounded me from both, and got rid of the game to an undisclosed location. They are letting up on the grounding, but they will likely never let me get a Pokemon game (or anything that has a story) again.

Wow, this is the first time "Nazi" has ever been an apt description of someones parenting skills.

 

[A_man13]

I ment the term loosly. Think Soup Nazi or Bathroom Nazi.

 

[Spire]

Christmas of '98. Blue version. Charmander. Truly, my life was changed, and I cut this short because if you experienced the first generation of Pokemon games, then you know how great it was.

Why, just yesterday, I relearned the Pokemon card game, and man -- it has never been more fun. If you don't play it and still have all your old cards (the only real cards), then you should try playing it.

Reminiscing about the first gen of Pokemon and the cards to compliment it is a great feeling. Truly uplifting.

 

[woopyfrood]

Yeah, I still have a bunch of my old cards...

 

[Metal~Mario]

I got Blue as a birthday present when i was eight (My dad now refers to it as a "big mistake") LOVED IT!!
Couldn't get enough! Sadly, I didn't know anyone I could trade with, so I never completed my pokedex. I hope you all had better luck than me (I didn't know Zapdos was a one time only thing until after I killed him)

....of course, all good things must come to an end. i got in huge trouble (grades) and my dad gave it to some kid on his delivery route and broke all of my SNES cartridges as well as my console. and pokemon fell by the wayside, until....

My little brother is 12 and is also the only person I know of with a lvl 100 pokemon (umbreon). His love of the game brought me back into it, especially after he got and cleared XD. I love how almost all of the purified pokemon in it have **** good movesets. I bought firered, and also bought emerald from a friend for 5 bucks (shweet) and now I'm trying to get D/P

 

[SkylerOcon]

Just a question, Metal~Mario, did one of those games happen to be called Nintendo World Championship?

If your dad did destroy that game, he's a ****ing idiot and I will kill him myself.

Spoiler

Though it's incredibly unlikely that you or anybody you know actually has that game.

 

[RednaXale]

I remember seeing a commercial of a bunch of those little pokemon getting sucked up by a vacuum cleaner. Gotta catch 'em all.

I don't know why... but that made me want the game. It's probably the best game for gameboy.

 

[Bowser King]

I got Blue as a birthday present when i was eight (My dad now refers to it as a "big mistake") LOVED IT!!
Couldn't get enough! Sadly, I didn't know anyone I could trade with, so I never completed my pokedex. I hope you all had better luck than me (I didn't know Zapdos was a one time only thing until after I killed him)

....of course, all good things must come to an end. i got in huge trouble (grades) and my dad gave it to some kid on his delivery route and broke all of my SNES cartridges as well as my console. and pokemon fell by the wayside, until....

My little brother is 12 and is also the only person I know of with a lvl 100 pokemon (umbreon). His love of the game brought me back into it, especially after he got and cleared XD. I love how almost all of the purified pokemon in it have **** good movesets. I bought firered, and also bought emerald from a friend for 5 bucks (shweet) and now I'm trying to get D/P

Your dad broke all your SNES cartriges!? That's pretty harsh D:

-Bowser King

 

[Terywj [태리]]

^Ouch. >.<

-Ter

 

[Wrath`]

It all started with a lv 5 cyndiquil on my gold version. Played that thing for hours on end, i have played ever scince, but I want a G/S/C remake so I can end the same way I started.

 

[UncleSam]

I've been playing pokemon since yellow (I still have my GBC)
So i've been seeing the pokemon series evolve since 1998.
10 years wasted, but worth it.