what attracted you to pokemon

I'd say the squirtle. he was soo cute lol. and the little music when you walked .

Ash Ketchum. I liked him as a character as soon as I saw him for reasons I can't remember. Maybe it was just the fact that he was a little amusing to my ten-year-old self back in the first season.

Just the idea of it, when I was like 4 pokemon can to Wb11 and I was just mezmorized by the idea and pikachu sounded so awesome back then.

I don't know what attracted me originally to Pokemon. All I remember is asking for Pokemon Red and a Game Boy Color for my birthday, and playing from there. I don't think it was a real addiction back then, at least not as much as now. But I did buy Gold, both Stadiums, and Snap (which I can't seem to find now).

However, things changed when I got Ruby. I said, "This is the same crap I've already played". And so, I gave up Pokemon FOREVER.

Then my friend told me that he started playing Diamond. After blatantly insulting him a few times, I broke down and got Pearl. I played it a bit, then got bored, and it sat on my dresser, unplayed, for a few months.

Then I heard about competitive battling, and I've been playing obsessively since.

My friend introduced me to it, I think. He had a huge poster of Ash with Pikachu sitting on his head. I asked him what it was, and he explained it all to me, and forced me to watch the TV show.

And so, because I didn't have a GameBoy, I bought Stadium for N64 and a copy of Red, and we played it from there. That Red cart has been in the washing machine at least five times, and it's still going strong.

Then, when I went on holiday to America, my brother and I bought ourselves a Gameboy Colour each, alongside which he bought Yellow and I bought Blue. I still have all three original carts, and they're still in full working order.

People were collecting the cards at my school and I bought some and eventually got blue from Amazon

....So it is told

Well, I first got attracted to the games, when one of my friends decided he didn't want it anymore and just gave it to me. XP From there, I started watching the show, getting more games, and just addicted to it.

I was big into anime at the time, and I happened to catch the show on weekday afternoons after school. Soon after, I picked up Pokemon Yellow and nicknamed it "Neo Giga Pets". Pretty cute if you ask me.

I had a gameboy. Red/Blue became popular and I became pulled into the game and the show.

Enjoyed it ever since.

borritoe said:

I'd say the squirtle. he was soo cute lol. and the little music when you walked .

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hmm for me it was the anime, then i got yellow and for christams the same year i got gold i forgot to bring my gameboy to my grandmas house (were i originaly go tit) so i flipped out adn the next day i played for hours then when the advanced series started in the anime and misty left and may came, i wuz dissapointed I hated may and left the anime and i've been gamin gevur since...

Because I watched the anime with my brother when I was 4, I randomly started liking it 4 or 5 years later.

Well, my brother and his friend used to have Gameboys, and everyone in the street would play together on someone's doorstep, comparing Pokemon, whilst I played with Pokemon Cards, Handbooks, and the anime merchandise (I had all 151 Pokemon Original Toys). One day, my brother, who had Silver, bought Red cheap off the market, and got a GameBoy Advance for his birthday. I picked up Silver, and our blue GameBoy Color, and played ever since. I did miss out on the R/S/E years mainly because I lost interest, and moved away to a Pokemon-free zone. However, I bought LeafGreen from eBay, and Diamond from there too. I've been re-hooked. :)

I heard about it at school all the time and I always used to watch my neighbour play the games. What really got me into it was when I received Red for easter, it got me addicted immediately^^
I started watching the anime some time later, I liked the cute Pokemon.

The anime was a major draw for me. Pokemon was also the first GBA game I extensively played after Metroid Fusion.

In 4th grade people were telling me tornadoes came from the pokemon. That is what attracted me.

The battles and random explosions! I love it when a flamethrower attack meets a thunderbolt and explodes, you ever notice that?

The Charmander evolution line is what did it for me, causing me to purchase Pokemon Red and my first Game Boy Color!! Good old memories!!