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While it may seem a bit early to celebrate, I don't see why we can't anyway. This year in 2015, Pokemon will have been registered for twenty years. Holy moly where did the time fly? While the games graced the market in 1996 ('98), the Pokemon name has been in the 'market' for two decades. Are you guys psyched? I know I am.
I remember the first time I've ever played the games. After playing some of the most difficult games the Gameboy had to offer, I was looking for something that didn't require as much difficulty. Some of the RPGs I had been playing had your characters flat out die in the game, and that was a sweaty palm situation no matter what I did, but I digress. I was watching Television one morning trying to bust out the door and beheld a curious site of a vacuum cleaner sucking up quite a few colorful creatures. What was that all about? I didn't think much of it, because it was a ridiculous commercial. A vacuum cleaner to advertise a game? Really? Are the games really so boring that they needed a vacuum to advertise them? I shook my head and went on my merry way.
Much to my surprise, someone gave me Pokemon Blue as a gift a few weeks later. I didn't ask for it, and I didn't think I would play it to be honest. I mean come on! I was killing zombies with my sword. I was slaying Dragons with Nuke spells, and tackling skeletons and mutants with Cure 1. I'm sure that 'catching' things wasn't going to be on my list of priorities. I thanked them "Thank you so much for the game!" and so on and so forth, and if I remember correctly, I was more interested in how they were doing than the game itself.
I didn't think I'd play the game and look where I'm at now. I've been a part of this from the very beginning and I would not trade that experience for the world. I believe it was my grandmother that bought me the game, and unfortunately she passed away a year or two later, so she'll never know how glad I am that she bought that game on a whim, but I sure am glad she did. I still have the original guide book that it came with. The pages are falling out, and it's very beat up but it's moved with me more than a dozen times. I think I even have an unopened copy of Pokemon blue with a new guide book in the garage. I'll be sure to find it later.
So, discuss how the games and culture have affected you personally. Which game did you play first? Did you think they would have exploded into what they are now? Because I sure didn't: Trading cards, mugs, badges, T-shirts, games, consoles, foods, hats, shoes, and many more. Wow. tell us, how do you feel? I feel old. . . and privileged to see it through the years, and hopefully many more years to come.
Oh and I almost forgot:
Happy 20th Anniversary Pokemon!
*technically it's next year for the games but legally, it's this year.
I remember the first time I've ever played the games. After playing some of the most difficult games the Gameboy had to offer, I was looking for something that didn't require as much difficulty. Some of the RPGs I had been playing had your characters flat out die in the game, and that was a sweaty palm situation no matter what I did, but I digress. I was watching Television one morning trying to bust out the door and beheld a curious site of a vacuum cleaner sucking up quite a few colorful creatures. What was that all about? I didn't think much of it, because it was a ridiculous commercial. A vacuum cleaner to advertise a game? Really? Are the games really so boring that they needed a vacuum to advertise them? I shook my head and went on my merry way.
Much to my surprise, someone gave me Pokemon Blue as a gift a few weeks later. I didn't ask for it, and I didn't think I would play it to be honest. I mean come on! I was killing zombies with my sword. I was slaying Dragons with Nuke spells, and tackling skeletons and mutants with Cure 1. I'm sure that 'catching' things wasn't going to be on my list of priorities. I thanked them "Thank you so much for the game!" and so on and so forth, and if I remember correctly, I was more interested in how they were doing than the game itself.
I didn't think I'd play the game and look where I'm at now. I've been a part of this from the very beginning and I would not trade that experience for the world. I believe it was my grandmother that bought me the game, and unfortunately she passed away a year or two later, so she'll never know how glad I am that she bought that game on a whim, but I sure am glad she did. I still have the original guide book that it came with. The pages are falling out, and it's very beat up but it's moved with me more than a dozen times. I think I even have an unopened copy of Pokemon blue with a new guide book in the garage. I'll be sure to find it later.
So, discuss how the games and culture have affected you personally. Which game did you play first? Did you think they would have exploded into what they are now? Because I sure didn't: Trading cards, mugs, badges, T-shirts, games, consoles, foods, hats, shoes, and many more. Wow. tell us, how do you feel? I feel old. . . and privileged to see it through the years, and hopefully many more years to come.
Oh and I almost forgot:
Happy 20th Anniversary Pokemon!
*technically it's next year for the games but legally, it's this year.
