What’s your first Pokémon memory?

For me, it was the original Smash Bros on N64.  I was playing the game with a friend of mine and he kept naming all the Pokemon that would show up in Pokeballs and on the Saffron City stage.  I had no idea what the hell Pokemon was at the time, but I knew I needed to know more.  Fast forward to later that summer, and I had some Lunchables with me at Bible camp that were Pokemon themed, with cutout cards on the back of the box.  The obsession began, and 20 years later, I’m still a fan!

My first memory is from Pokémon Red and Blue. After choosing my first Pokémon I would spend hours grinding it up to a level that would make whooping the first gym, Brock, very easy.

Do you guys remember those gold plated Pokemon Cards that came in a pokeball at Burger King? That was pretty cool at the time.

At age 46

Blue was my first game and I bought it just before I turned 18. Up until then, I wasn’t big on RPG games. The mechanics of Pokemon Blue helped lure me to that genre of gaming. I ended up getting Red and Yellow not long after. I still have those games, Blue and Yellow still have the original save files. I used Red to get the pokemon I couldn’t find in the other games (thank you Pokemon Stadium for easy transfer mechanics). I still have my original Blastoise at level 100 (he’ll turn 21 years old this September)

I was just the right age when Pokemon first came along (like, eight, I think). I was lucky enough to catch the first episode broadcast on TV and was hooked into it for years. My parents bought me all Gen I & Gen II games and I played the hell out of them back and forth (loved the movies, too). Pokemania was everywhere at that time and I was fully into the culture surrounding it. Unfortunately, when Gen III came along, Pokemon had fallen out of favor at my school and it suddenly wasn’t cool anymore. I continued playing Gen III & IV on my own in my teenage years, but after leaving college I just didn’t see the point.

Still, had good times with this series. It was fun while it lasted.

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