What was your first main series Pokémon game?

[zrper]

Pearl was my fist main series game, but I got explorers of time first.

 

[Algo Fonix]

Crystal was the first I got. I got a GBA right after they came out, and it was released not long after, I believe. I figured I'd pick it up because all my friends were going buck wild about the other games. I had a lot of fun with it.

 

[NintendoQueen]

Red version all the way! My sister had Blue version.
I received it as a Christmas gift back in 1998 [when it came out]. I played that game all the time. And once Pokemania hit in 1999, I continued to play and play and play. I have a file saved from 2003, and I am not deleting it until I get all 150 Pokemon.

 

[ZetaZaku]

Pokemon Red when it was fresh and new. I think that it was before Gen II came out as I remember seeing the commercial for it a lot later. But Gen I and Gen II games were mostly borrowed. My first game was Ruby. I bought GBA just so I could play it.

The story's like this: In 1999/2000, I visited my cousins and they had this awesome game. I borrowed it from them for a few days and I...erased their save file because I had no clue what I was doing since the game was in French, and I don't speak French. I fell in love with the game (and soon afterwards with the whole RPG genre), but couldn't beat it because of the language barrier. I didn't know that I could catch Pokemon, and I didn't know about Cut. So no Lt. Surge for me. I kinda forgot that I actually played the game first, and then started watching the show. Later the show aired and everybody played the games, so I had the luck to borrow games from my friends. My neighbor bought Gold when it came out and I was hooked. The reaction was mostly like everyone's. Omgkanto, omgred.

I can't really remember when exactly I bought Ruby, but it was probably a year or two after the release. After seeing the Advanced season, I was really surprised seeing May in the game and I usually played as her. Sadly, that's the only Pokemon game I bought, until few days ago. I've completed my GB/C main collection (half borrowed and forgotten, half bought of an auction for lulzy price). Now I can work on the GBA collection, but it'll be a bit difficult since I don't see Gen III offers on the sites I visit.

Thanks to emulators, I got to play Fire Red and Leaf Green, but thanks to my old computer, I didn't get to play Gen IV. I played Diamond a bit and that's it. When I bought a DS, I jumped straight to Gen V. I started Soul Silver on it, but kinda lost interest due to Gen V. I'll finish it soon though.

 

[pokemaster0823]

Mine was Pokemon Yellow. It's a pretty funny story as to how I got it.

My dad works as a restaurant manager, and one day he found a special Pikachu Game Boy with a case and a bunch of games. Now, where he works, the rule is that if they have something in the lost and found and it hasn't been claimed for a certain amount of time, someone gets to keep it. So, my dad brought it home. I was a very happy child that day.

And so began my love affair with Pokemon. I honestly couldn't pick any game I would have rather started with. I had watched the anime a few times, so the characters and plot was something I was fairly familiar with.

 

[Know-Nothing Bozo the Non-Wonder Dog]

Pokemon Gold. I found it in a hotel room we stayed in and thought "Hey, this looks cool!" and it was. (Of course, I kind of felt bad for whoever stayed in the room before us, who left their game there.)

Soon after that, I went out and bought Silver (with my own money! That's a big investment for a five/six-year-old, lol).

 

[JessieFan92]

My first one was Pokemon Sapphire.

 

[oshawottlover13]

my first game was gold and it was my favorite. i was 4 when i got it and im 13 but it took me a while to beat it. i dont know why. but then i got sapphire and then that was my favorite

 

[SuperSaiyanII]

Red was the first I got but Yellow was the first that I beat.

 

[Ammako]

The first one I personally owned was Yellow, so that's what I answered in the poll.
However, I had previously played Blue version a lot.

Fun fact: When I went at flea market to get a Gameboy Color + a Pokémon Game, I looked at the games there were, saw Gold and wanted to take it, but someone else bought it just before I was able to get it.
So I searched for another Pokémon game instead and settled for Yellow, because some other kid at school had Yellow too and I thought it was nice.

(Should have chosen Silver or Crystal instead, but meh.)

Nowadays, I hate Yellow and wouldn't touch it with a hundred meter pole.

 

[Satoshi Ookami]

First was Silver. Then I went for the 1st generation games.
Then I stopped playing and watching Pokémon and returned with Ruby.
From that moment I've always played one of the 2 generation versions and the third version.

 

[soopaord]

Pokemon Yellow was my first Pokemon game. However prior to getting Yellow, I played my cousin's Red and my brother's Blue all the time.

 

[FlutterRaeg]

(Insert Image of Cartridge here, won't let me post images :\)

Pokemon Sapphire. I went back to play Silver and Yellow afterwards, but I've lost my Silver since and my Gameboy is long dead without a charger so I cannot check out my Yellow sadly. If only the DS Lite could run them, :P.

Edit- Why did me putting Pokemon Sapphire include a clickable hotlink to some eBay listing for Pokemon Pinball- Ruby and Sapphire? (Good game by the way I loved it but I ain't advertising, that is an ended auction anyway..).

 

[Rubix33]

For me it was Fire Red, how surprising it may be. After Fire Red I believe I played Yellow, then Ruby, and then so on and so on.

 

[Soar]

Yellow and Blue were my firsts, not that i was old enough to know how to play, but FR and LG were the first i actually beat :P

 

[Hovde]

Blue version was the first i played, i bought it when it was brand new

 

[Ice Car]

I'm fairly sure I started with Red, but maybe I started with Yellow. Not sure. I got into it when I was super young, I was way too young to beat the game myself, with my childlike mind and all.

 

[Bourne-mouth]

Pokemon Gold was my first game, when my cousin came in and lent me his Gold. It took me only 3 days to beat it and from there, I got pulled into the world of Pokemon.

 

[Twilight Sky]

Pokemon Ruby. :3 When I first really got into the Pokemon games, as well as Gen III~

 

[Nick]

Mine was Pokémon Red. Yup, been a fan since the beginning. Booyah!