I first started playing Pokemon when i recieved the Blue version for Christmas. My two sisters recieved the Yellow and Red versions. Unfortunatley, there was only one Gameboy, so we had to take turns. A month later, my dad finally bought two more Gameboys and a link cable. After training our Pokemon, we would always take turns battling. It was fun. Eventually, my sisters grew tired of continuosly beating the elite four for training. I didn't though. On Christmas three years later, I recieved Pokemon Crystal and Pokemon Silver. For some reason, probably to try something new, I choose to play as the girl in Crystal. I kind of cheated though when I found out I could trade my BLastoise and Mewtwo from Blue. I beat Crystal as well. Finally, sometime in 2003, I bought Pokemon Sapphire. I was kind of disapointed when I found out you couldn't trade with any of the older versions, but I still had fun anyway. Now I can't wait until Leaf Green comes out. I wish there was something like Water Blue though.