3rd Gen How old were you

[morrison]

How old where you when you first played, when you first heard the announcements of the originals which version did you play?

I was 18 yo, when i played it 17 when i saw the first screenshots. and i had sapphire.

 

[SaniOKh]

I was about fourteen or fifteen when I first played Sapphire on an emulator (by then, my parents had enough of the whole Pokémon thing, and absolutely refused to buy me a GBA).

I remember hating it at first :) .

 

[Mithel_Celestia]

The first time I played it, I was 9 or so. I was Grade Six when I started playing it. I had Sapphire but I lost it, then I got Ruby and managed to go far with it until the whole game has glitched somehow. I can't tell if they were original. The Philippines is prone to pirated goods and GBA games were the most common things to pirate. Anyway, then I have Emerald it it works like the original, but I knew it was pirated cause by the time I finish the Pokemon League, the save data would corrupt, so I never managed to experience Hoenn's Battle Frontier. It's great that I might experience it now with the remakes, hopefully.

 

[Elaitenstile]

I was four lel
But then, I only got Sapphire about the time when they released Platinum. I don't really feel bad about that XD

 

[Evening]

Eight years ago...I was four when the games came out, my Pokemon Ruby cartridge was given to ne as a present a day after the release date. I needed help to progress lel.

It's almost nine years...ha, ha, ha, ha, hahahahaha!

 

[matoucs]

I was 13 when Ruby and Saphire come out ! I remember going to the JapanExpo in Paris like 2 months before the release and playing the demo ! i was so exited !

 

[Kikaito plush]

I was 11 when they came out and was allowed to stay off school to get my Sapphire copy from GAME.

 

[Hikamaru]

I had only just turned 11 when I played the original Ruby and Sapphire. You should all have heard how huge of a noob I was at the time, especially with team construction.

 

[Bobbylicious]

Hmmm.... I believe I was 9/10/11, somewhere around there

 

[Salzorrah]

I think I was around 9 or 10 when I first played Pokemon Sapphire on my XBOX emulator and it was the first one I played. I was so happy when I played it and it was that I got into Pokemon in the first place :)

 

[Guardian]

I have to point it out, it's "Were", not "Where". :)

I was 11 or 12, Pokemon Sapphire on PC Emulator :D

 

[RedMort]

I was over 12 or 13 when i played Pokémon Sapphire and fall in love with it.

I'm so happy now, because I know Nintendo will make a new game on Hoenn, I hope the story is different, but all the same, continue to be the best region of all ^ ^

 

[morrison]

I have to point it out, it's "Were", not "Where". :)

I was 11 or 12, Pokemon Sapphire on PC Emulator :D

I know don't ask me why I smuggled the 'h' in there. I blame my daughter distracting me lol. Can't change it either.

 

[Judge Mandolore Shepard]

I was 14 years and 11 months old when Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire came out in the United States. Of course I don't exactly remember when I bought Pokemon Sapphire. it may have been in the summer of 2003.

 

[DraconianWing]

I was 6 years old when I started playing. I don't really remember which game I played first though, it was either Ruby or Emerald.

 

[Hiatus]

I was around 11 or 12 or so, if I remember correctly. First game was Pokémon Ruby, and was extremely excited when I got a hold of it; spent the whole day playing as soon as I bought it. :] Second was Emerald, which I've completed for approximately five - six time. As for third, it was Sapphire. Not sure why I purchased this one, though... probably due to collection purposes, haha.

 

[Maserati777]

I was 13 when the games came out, I bought Sapphire. It came out right around the time I was getting out of Pokemon so I wasn't as interested in it to be honest.

I played it how I played other Pokemon games as a kid, only used my starter, beat all the gyms but didn't have a team to take on the Elite Four, used my Master Ball on Kyogre. And I'm not all that familiar with Pokemon made after Gen 2 so I can't really go back and finish it. I'm not all that interested in finishing it or starting over actually.

 

[Sydian]

I was 10! I got Sapphire on release date after saving my money for it. I bought it at KB Toys in the mall and my dad took me. I got Ruby as an early birthday present later that year along with another GBA because I wanted to trade with myself. Talking to other kids? That's a hassle. No thanks.

 

[Peter Quill]

I was 7 when it came out. I haven't really played it that much since I just borrowed it from my cousin. Although I did play it in an emulator later on. My parents refuse to buy me handhelds because of studies. I do have consoles now, just waiting for Alpha Sapphire ; A;

 

[Apollo]

I was 5-7 when I started LeafGreen, and 8-9 in Emerald. It was around 2009 when I started Emerald and the Advance Generation was on TV at the same time I played it, so I was unaware that Sinnoh existed even when it came out. I only found about Sinnoh when I was surfing Bulbapedia's page for Deoxys - and there was Turtwig next to it. I used to think the farther the dex number of a Pokemon is, the stronger it is ... and there I was, thinking that Turtwig was stronger than Deoxys. :p