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I really didn't, actually.
I got into pokemon when I saw my brother playing Pokemon Gold. He was using a Croconaw, and I kept asking him, "AMI!! I WANNA PLAY! DX" and he's all like, "No, later!" But then when my bro finished the game, he got bored out of it, and I started playing. I chose a Cyndaquil.x3 And that's just all I can remember.XD But then after playing Ruby 100 times, I got bored, quit pokemon for...2 years. Then I got obsessed again, tried playing gold, battery died.DX So then I played ruby, then I my little sister threw my gameboy advance at the window and destroyed it.DX So I stopped with pokemon for another 3 years. Then I got into Pokemon Platinum, I have never even THOUGHT about pokemon for such a long time. Then I started playing that, abandoned my starter, tried to link the emulator to get a sneasel and a cyndaquil (and it worked somehow o_e) from my sister's pokemon diamond. The starter I abandoned was chimchar (meh. didn't like 4th gen starters DX) and I basically continued the love of pokemon throughout there. But I'm into it just because of Sneasel, Weavile, Scizor, Typhlosion, Kabutops, Gabite, Eevee, Mewtwo and Mew and Zoroark. I only like the games though. thas' my story. |
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*copy-pastas text from my Q&A thread*
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Now move on later down the line to when Gold/Silver were the big games. During that time I randomly got a free GameBoy Color with games and carrying case (my grandmother used to work at the lost and found in one of the casinos and somebody turned it in. She put it aside and gave it to me. My sister got what at the time I thought was some cheap LCD game that we got rid of a few years later, but it turned out to be a two-screened Game and Watch system. Still kicking myself for letting that go). The three games included with the GameBoy were Lion King and Pokémon Red and Blue. They looked interesting so I played around with them. However I never really got the "point" of the game. I had them for a few months before I eventually traded them into GameStop. Skip ahead to my freshmen year in high school (this was the time of Ruby/Sapphire). Within my first day I became friends with someone else who was also into Nintendo video games, who you all know as Greenman. Eventually I found out that he was friends with someone else in our Computer Science class who was also a major Nintendo nut *cough*Cat*cough*. I became friends with him as well and it turned out he was a MAJOR Pokémon nut. This started to pique my interest in Pokémon a little. Turns out at the time one of my other friends was selling a Gold cartridge that wasn't saving. I bought it off him for a few bucks, replaced the battery and started playing. Now that I was older and had more gameplay experience I actually understood what was going on and what the point of the game was. From that I became addicted. I then bought Red and Blue. A few months after Diamond/Pearl were released I finally got Diamond and that sealed me as a PokéNut forever. I've slowly been back-tracking to all the games I missed (I didn't even get a 3rd gen game until a few months ago) while still playing the newest ones (HeartGold). TLDR: I started a little later in the Pokémon then most people my age did, had a few years without Pokémon (Or as it is referred to in the Lego community, my "Dark Ages"), and my love of Pokémon came back after meeting with Cat and playing Gold. So thank you Cat for bringing me back into the world of Pokémon! |
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I started watching the anime when I was around six or seven. My dad got me two VHS tapes; I believe one of the episodes I witnessed the capture of Ash's cyndaquil.
One day, I was visiting our local walmart. I saw a green game boy color with crystal on it, so I just wondered around aimlessly for a few minutes before I had to leave. For my seventh birthday, I got a green game boy color bundled with crystal. What a coincidence. I chose cyndaquil as my starter. Will never forget that day. I played it for quite a long time and this was around the 3rd gen period so I was quite behind But I still loved it. Later on, I got to get gold version as well, replacing the crystal that mysteriously dissapeared after letting a way older boy play it. Then my cousin gave me his old blue version. I got one badge, then it messed up my save data somehow and everytime I tried to start a new game, it'd freeze and start making random beeping noises and what I believed to be a garbled Seal cry. There went that. Around '05, I got a n64 with stadium 2, a transfer pak, and my Shadow Lugia special edition gamecube, bundled with Pokemon XD. Soon later on got a gba and Ruby version, which I traded heavily between XD and Ruby with my shiny new gba-gcn cable, of which I had bought originally for Windwaker. I had around 300+ hours of playtime, a lv. 82 legit Groudon, and Pkrus. '08. I got a red ds lite for christmas 07' and it lasted only several months until I dropped it to the point the hinge broke and I was screwed. Back to da' cube! I did, however, extensively help my friend play Diamond and even finished off Cynthia. I loved that game! April 5th, 2009. Launch day for the DSi, and I had been saving money to purchase, so I got it that day and it's luckily still alive. A month later I got Platinum. Actually only had 100 hours of playtime. Got boring pretty quickly due to already playing most of the game in Diamond. Summer 09', I got a Wii and Battle Revolotion. Several months later, I lost interest in PBR and traded it in. Meh. Present- Heard of Heartgold, then preordered 2 months early. I think I have about 120+ hrs of playtime on that. I left my DSi's charger at my friend's house, so I haven't played for a few weeks. Going to his house this weekend to pick it up and do some final ev traning. I'm planning for the Video Game Championship regional in Atlanta right now; I'm so psyched. ------------------------- Fin. That's my story. |
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<3
Thank you. My story: It all started when I was 5. GBA... oh yeah. I was in Japan at the time, getting Green. I could FINALLY afford it. I got it. I loved it. I liked how Nintendo was to creative. Then, I went back to America. Gamecube was the thing then. I was into SSBM, SMS, and other games. Pokemon Colosseum came out! Then I got that. Loved it aswell. I played it everyday. Soon, I beat it. Then..... that same year, I got FireRed and Sapphire. Beat then the next year. I waited for Emerald. I beat that over 10 times in one year. That was the game that got my current name: BlackRayquaza. I got a shiny Rayquaza at Sky Pillar. The Sky Pillar music is my favorite nonremixed. Then. Diamond and Pearl... My favorite games at that time. I got both. And then, I got a, guess what? I got a shiny Dialga. Palkia was Modest nature. Beat the games in 2 weeks. Platinum... Oh joy. Even Arceus with Pokerus. Beat it in a week. HG/SS... Oh yay. I loved these games. My favorites. Beat in two weeks. Thank you for reading. |
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^Ugh, I spent what seemed like weeks trying to plan out my English Heart Gold Team. I ended up just deciding to catch whatever the heck I wanted though. But that's sad that you never beat the first two generations (As those were the best overall in my opinion).
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I've been a fan for about 9 years, since around age 15, 2001. Pokemon is something that stuck to me in a unique manner. In many ways it has changed my life completly, by making me take decisions that had a permanent effect. One of them was getting internet, which I did for a person and something invilving me and they and pokemon, although for less orthodox reasons. XD
Pokemon was never handled properly as a fad here in its glory years. When it hit in 2001 much of the country's entertainment industry was still very expensive, and originals both in and out of that industry were routinely replaced with bootlegs. Chinese cheap imitations trumped hard over licensed products in many areas, and Pokemon was no exception. TCG cards, video games, and clothing involving Pokemon were all bootlegged. The show itself was the other problem. It began airing up to about episode 107 - Charizard Chills, then stopped. Restarted half an year later, gave two more episodes, then paused again. Eventually it picked up again and went as far as end of 8th Johto Gym. Then, once again, stopped. The bootlegs did little to undermine Pokemon's popularity, and children in my school were all into the business. Few had a Gameboy except for me, as again original products were expensive and rare, but everyone ran around trading cards and playing pokemon ROMs on an emulator. Except me, my 486 computer was so old it couldn't handle emulation until very late into the fad's first phase(when ep 107 was reached). I bought a bootleg Pokemon Blue which could not save thanks to its SRAM battery draining much faster, and then had to go for a bootleg 40% translated Silver cart, which was bad. After phase one interest in pokemon dropped. Furthermore I went to hischool. Hischool was a completly different environment. I am not a nonconformist "conformer", that is I don't use the terms that goths and metalheads and emos use, but I found the American definition of "prep" to describe them very well. The new crowd, along with my limited social skills, which took 6 years in school to start making friends, plus their disinterest in Pokemon, meant I was unable to relate to anyone. All of a sudden I had cards and games I couldn't play with or talk about. To me it was like having $100,000 in a country that didn't accept dollars. As the show began to air again and phase 2 started, a number of people picked up interest again, but being the same generation the reaction was more mild. Not being in touch with people into pokemon, and not being part of a world where art, fanfics, and anime were hip, pokemon was widely viewed with strange eyes as a children's cartoon and nothing more. The anime culture in Romania was just beginning, but again my hischool was devoid of people of interest. A depression from the loss of touch with points of interest, friends, aswell as the environment change ensued. Generation 3 came out and was the first move that cured a near paranoid sorrowful sense that I was holding on to a kids' cartoon in a world where a fad had died and the world moved on. Nonetheless, I remained out of place, and depression continued. This was broken as phase 2 was reaching its end, and Johto was around halfway done. It was because of a weird conjecture of events involving fanfics, a visit on, PokeCommunity forums, a person I would later call Ssar, and a new "development" inside me regarding Pokemon that is very vast and so comprehensive that it belongs in ahem, its own board. The broadband internet came to me 4 years after pokemon had begun, and put me directly into contact with the people and places I felt right in. Messenger contacts were created, friends and art galleries and forums made my pokemon complex, about everyone forgetting how great it was and how I stood as an old, lone fan, disappear. Online dramas ensued and eventually my pokemon-loving friends would be filtered, leaving only a few and faithful. Five years have passed since internets. I continue to play pokemon and speak with online friends. I found a person IRL who is into anime and partial to pokemon, although not very social and I wish I would spend more time with him. A real life family crisis is happening now as generation 5 begins to dawn. Up-to-date Pokemon episodes are now being aired on TV, aswell as the movies, although official events such as TCG tourneys, pokemon distribution and theater releases of pokemon movies never were. It's been a long, strange trip, but I'm still standing, and the people I've earned from this pokemon journey, I hope to build a future that includes them. <3 |
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I was a slow starter, and being only 13 years old now, Red and Green were released in Japan months before I was even born. Red and Blue came out approximately 2 weeks after my first birthday. Of course, I never really learned about Pokemon until one of my sister's friends gave me a bunch of Pokemon videos that she doesn't watch. I watch them all, one by one, watched Pokemon: The First Movie and Pokemon 2000, and when I got my first game, Pokemon Ruby in 2003 (told you I was a late starter!), I was addicted to it. After a whole year of Pokemon in my life, I went back to the beginning with something new, Pokemon LeafGreen. With Ruby, my parents decided there was no need for me to have Emerald. I got the DS Lite 2 years later (my family is technologically slow) and got Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team. With that to keep me occupied, it seemed like no time at all when the next Pokemon Mystery Dungeon came out. My friends gave me old games as well, such as Pokemon Dash. Finally, Pokemon Diamond came out and I got it for my birthday after its release. Sadly, as I had gotten my dog the year before, so Pokemon Diamond and my previously acquired Pokemon Dash were destroyed. Years passed, I never got another game until 2008, when I got Pokemon Ranger 2: Shadows of Almia. A new concept on my hands, I was thoroughly addicted until I beat the game in a sad, short amount of time. The next year, my friend, who had gotten Platinum already, gave me his old Diamond to compenssate for my old one. I also got Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky and a Wii, which lead to my very late acquirement of Pokemon Battle Revolution just two days ago. And that's my story.
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I actually posted my story in a different thread. Let me paste it onto this one (it fits better here then on my 'Why do you like Pokémon' thread).
I started knowing pokemon with I believe an episode (not the pilot) of the aname and somewhat liked it. I soon had Pokemon Red, and started becoming like any other 5-year-old addict of pokemon (i.eokemon posters, acessories, gameboy holders, calendars, etc.). I think I also had Pokemon cards, because I saw a few cards around the house many years later, even though I have no knowledge of collecting them. At that point I liked pokemon for the same reason everyone else at my age liked it: it appealed to me somewhat. I had been fading in and out of watching the aname, but I was very addicted to my Pokemon Red. (I've finished the game, but it was deleted by someone. I played again, and tried the Missingno. Glitch, being only able to get infinite items. Someone deleted that game, too. I haven't played it since.) Somewhere before the 2nd Gen comes out, my pokemon addiction (yes, addiction) stops. I stop watching the show almost altogether, I never got Gold/Silver/Crystal (I still don't have it), and I had no knowledge of the 2nd gen. (I refer to it as a hole in my pokemon life, because it is my only weakness of my current knowledge of pokemon). I still played Red, though. I think I had just lost interest, just like everyone else. Looking back at it, I really wish that I didn't pause my pokemon life at the 2nd gen. If it weren't for Heartgold, I wouldn't know how good it was, except for other people's reviews. When the 3rd Gen comes out, I start gaining interest again. I bought a Gameboy Advance SP, and Pokemon Emerald. I also start watching the aname again. Even though I start up again, I was still not as interested/addicted as I am now. I didn't watch much of the aname (but I did watch a lot of the movies), but I was more interested in the game. I finished the game, caught the legendaries, and was now winding down on the game, when it was stolen. I was somewhat lucky that I was pretty much done, but I was very mad, and I couldn't trust people as much anymore (anyone, because I never had one friend until 6th grade). At this time, I also get Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness. At this point, Pokemon was just something, and at this point I could actually give it up if I had to. When the 4th Gen comes out, I start to have a little more interest. I don't get Diamond right away, I think because I just got a hand-me-down DS and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team from my dad. I do get Diamond, then Platinum (the first Pokemon game I get and play before finishing the last game). I then get Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, then Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky. I then become a little obsessed with Pokemon. Very soon, I start to get doubt on my interest in Pokemon. I don't see anyone else my age liking Pokemon, and I'm starting to lose a little interest. Luckily, I stumble upon Floatzel.net. I look around, and very soon my doubt goes away. After being on floatzel.net for about 6 months, I also find victoryroad.net, where I gain more interest/addiction to Pokemon than ever before. I earn more encyclopedic knowledge than ever before, and I become obsessed with pokemon. I then get Heartgold (the first game I ever pre-ordered), and then hear about the 5th Generation. That brings me to the present. I currently like pokemon because it is a world that I would really like being in, because it eliminates many problems in life, without it being a perfect paradise. I also like it because it is something that I am better that than almost everyone I know. Pokemon has been with me for 75% of my life, and it will be with me for my entire life. |
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Okaay...
For Christmas I got a Game Boy and Silver, which I played CONSTANTLY. Forever. I loved it. I'd always watched Pokemon from a distance, and never really gotten involved; I listened to the IDIOTS that told me girls can't play Pokemon. I went and saw my cousins, and they gave me a lvl 100 Arcanine and Dragonite on my game. I then went back to school and KICKED THE ASSES of the guys who told me I couldn't play. Then I found some cards, and it really went on from there. As I played more, I got fatter and fatter; so my mum tried to break me away from Pokemon. Which made me hate her for a very long time... </3 Eventually she succeeded, and I stopped playing. When we moved house, I found my old Pokemon cups and plates, horrified at myself that I couldn't remember what I now know is Zubat. Then I went upstairs, fished out my Silver, and was reunited with my gorgeous Arcanine. After we moved, I was home alone. A lot. In the summer, Cartoon Network had a 'Pokemon Marathon' every morning until 12. I watched the whole series, and fell back in love; but not completely. Then I went to Woolworths (RIP) to buy GTA on the GBA (which I got for my birthday once, 'cause there was nothing else I wanted). It was a buy one get one half price offer, so I stared at the shelves for a while, deciding against all the stupid games that were included, until I found a Pokemon Sapphire. I bought it, and went home. Discarded GTA completely, and just played Sapphire. Over and over. And over. Then it got worse... I went from Sapphire to Ruby, to Red, Blue and Yellow, to Green, to FireRed. My mum nearly had a fit, because she was terrified of me gaining weight again... And I did. But she never stopped me from playing. And then I came onto the internet, and that was that. I think I'll die a Pokemon fan. Oh, and for the record, I've now lost my fattehness and am a perfectly normal size. n.n' |
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I would like to edit my story... but in a way that makes sense.
I finally beat blue version. I think the reason why I didn't beat it as a kid is because I was always clueless on what to do. I beat Heart Gold. That's all I have to say about that. |
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ok back in 95 i used to get up early and watch fox kids and kids WB. thats when i saw the first commercial for pokemon. im like"why are these people hurting those animals and putting them in balls then sending them out to hurt eachother?" lol i was only 5 at the time.
the more i watched the anime the more i liked it and the more i got into it. then a few months later i get a gameboy color with pokemon blue. lol i used to love that game. then i got yellow version. i loved cuz pikachu could follow you and jesse and james were in it , lol then in moved to ohio for a half a year. back then burger king had these pokemon toys in pokeballs. lol everyone in my class would bring them to school and play with them. one person even stole a little venusar toy i had *Gold and silver generation* at this time the kanto saga of the anime was ending and i was sad as hell lol. i almost cried litteraly. i also got pokemon stadium for my N64. i still have the system but the game is long gone until a commercial for the beging of the jhoto saga. i was so happy and i loved the new pokemon. the starters were my favorites. then i got gold silver AND crystal for my birthday. i brought my gameboy EVERYWHERE i went. i also got pokemon stadium 2 which i still own to this day. *Pokemon ruby sapphire and emerald* so its 2003 now and im still into pokemon. i had just gotten a gameboy advanced and REALLY wanted to get ruby and sapphire. i did get sapphire and i was so happy. then i see the anime going into the hoenn saga. New clothes and NO misty. lol i was like WTF no misty? did she die? *diamond pearl and platinum* i never actually owned any of these games cuz i didnt have a DS and i was kinda getting out of pokemon. and i didnt and still dont watch the anime cuz i hate the new voice actors. *Heartgold and soulsilver* i saw commercials for this and was awestruck. i wanted it so bad. and just this past july after i got my highschool diploma i got 100 bucks from grandpa and bought an 80 dollar used DS and a use soulsilver game. im kind of starting to watch the anime again. |
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I was into Pokemon since the beginning, but not really the games. I got into Pokemon when I heard the date it was going to debut, and I watched it a lot as a kid. I really, really loved Team Rocket. I knew a little bit about the games, but I never really wanted to play them because I figured it would be all about Ash and Pikachu, and I hate Pikachu with a passion. Eventually when I hit elementary school a good friend of mine was playing Pokemon Gold, and got me into it. My mom and I were driving to deliver something for my dad, and she ended up stopping at Wal-Mart and I got Gold. I loved it. Ever since, I bought the games.
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Well it all started when i was about 2 i watched the show for about 3 months. I quit Pokemon for about 6 years. Then i got Pokemon yellow in about 2006. I couldn't get pass Brock so I let my older brother beat it for me. I went and visited him about 3 months later and not only did he beat brock but he got me a Mewtwo and all the badges. After that i started the game over and still couldn't beat brock. I quit playing the games for about a year but still watched the show. After that i got pokemon ruby i got groudon and one day i got bored with it and stepped on the cartridge. After that i quit playing the games for about 2 months. After that my cousin got a game cube and got pokemon colleseum. He got another game cube and gave me that one. I went and bought colleseum i beat it and stopped playing the games until XD gale of darkness came out. i played that and beat it and never stopped playing it until i broke my game cube. i waited until christmas when diamond and pearl came out. that christmas i asked for a ds and diamond. My dad got me Pokemon trozei though(horrible game) i threw a temper tantrum and he bought me diamond. I beat that until my charger shorted out. My cousin gave me his and i shorted that out too. After that i waited a while and got platinum. I can't remember wwhat happened to diamond. I beat platinum and got soul silver. i traded my platinum to a friend. Now i'm waiting for black and white and still watching the show. thats my story.
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