Comments on: Pokémon Red & Blue Released 17 Years Ago

By: Lando The HoennChamp

Lando The HoennChamp — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 21:08:00 +0000

My first was Sapphire and Mudkip looked cool. The Elite 4 in Hoenn was so new to me and I loved raging everytime Steven 6-0’d me. I also remember getting Emerald and going to the BF for the first time.

By: DefensiveSharpedo

DefensiveSharpedo — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 12:06:00 +0000

In reply to belmad. That's what I originally thought Aromatisse would be.

By: Malachite Olaf

Malachite Olaf — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 08:42:00 +0000

My first Pokemon Game was Sapphire, but I played it on an emulator. Still, it was a fresh new experience, and I totally didn’t know about the Physical-Special split until much later, though the release of Pearl means I didn’t need to know that anymore. I actually bought a DS with my own money for Pearl, making it my first legit Pokemon game.

Mudkip is still the best starter of all time, because of this. Alpha Sapphire, I would say, is just a “memory upgrade” for me, it gave me an incentive to go back to the region that started it all with a fresh new coat of paint.

The only time I cried in a Pokemon game, and it wasn’t because of sadness: “Wait, am I really going to space? On Rayquaza? With this space suit? Is this really happening!? WHOAAAAAAAAA!”

By: BeautiflyEffect

BeautiflyEffect — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 07:56:00 +0000

My first Pokemon Game was Diamond. Back then, in india, it was kinda hard to get your hands on Nintendo consoles (still is). My dad was leaving for the US and i remember thinking that the gameboy was the latest console and pokemon emerald the latest game. I’d been watching the anime for a while then and i was hooked! So i told my dad to bring back a gameboy advance and emerald and imagine my surprise when i find in my hands three weeks later a DS and a copy of Diamond. Using primitive internet, i had already found out all there was to know about emerald and had already memorised all the third gen pokemon from watching the anime. Diamond however, came to mean adventure exploration and excitement to me. It meant being able to discover a new pokemon in the next patch of grass while adventuring across unknown territory and facing off against team galactic (second best villainous team after team plasma!). I don’t know where these games stand objectively, but i know that they’ll remain the best generation just cause of all the memories!

By: EarthenWarrior

EarthenWarrior — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 00:17:00 +0000

In reply to Chicolombia. Right back at ya turd

By: Chicolombia

Chicolombia — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 00:14:00 +0000

In reply to EarthenWarrior. It looks a bit like you tbh

By: Strawberry_Pocky_Moose

Strawberry_Pocky_Moose — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 00:13:00 +0000

In reply to ShinyXatu. Pokemon fans 4 life ^_^ #solidarity

By: Strawberry_Pocky_Moose

Strawberry_Pocky_Moose — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 00:12:00 +0000

Around the time the first movie came out in the UK, I started to bug my Dad (who travels overseas) about Red Version with strong hints. Bless him, he sent me a gameboy and Red Version for Christmas. Bless him slightly less – it was in French, which I do not speak. Of course there was no Google in those days, so I had to keep running to my mother (who speaks pidgeon French) to translate for me every five minutes. When she was at work, I struggled by alone, just me and my Charmander. No internet walkthroughs, no friends to share tips with, and in a completely different language. It was also only the 3rd video game I had played in my life, the 2 previous being on Playstation. Which goes far to explaining why, when I reached Vermilion City and the SS Anne departed, I freaked out and figured I should have been on board it for the journey or something, and so reset my game believing there was nothing else to be done. Then I kid you not; the same thing happened again.

Eleven year old me was apparently REALLY dumb.

My third playthrough I made it up to Erika and then kinda lost interest, because Mum bought me Yellow Version in English (huzzah!). My French Red lay dormant for over a decade…until I picked it up 3 years ago, dusted it off and, with a little help from Google Translate, finally finished it. Good memories never die 🙂

By: EarthenWarrior

EarthenWarrior — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 00:11:00 +0000

I give you the world’s first Poison Fairy
http://i.imgur.com/PcimfhZ.png

By: EarthenWarrior

EarthenWarrior — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 23:28:00 +0000

In reply to Green. I like i like, go on