What year did u get into pokemon?

[CliveKoopa]

I got into it either in 1998 or 1999 when it first aired here in the UK.

 

[BridZworld]

A few months after Blue was released, having stopped playing since :D

 

[Left4Dead]

Between 97' and 98' when I went on a family holiday and seen Pokemon Red at a market stall. I was fascinated with Dragons and wanted a new game and I though Charizard looked like a dragon. So I bought the game, became hooked, and spent the rest of my holiday playing it lol.

 

[Shiny Shaymin]

Somewhere around 1998, when I got Red Version.

 

[Elite Overlord LeSabre™]

1998. I know for sure my brother got Red that year, and I'm fairly certain I got Blue either later that year or very early 1999.

 

[Lil MuDkiP849]

i started playing in the fall of 1996, because i saw everyone during lunch recreation battling and trading with each other with their old fat gameboys lol. It was like, omgosh what guy is that? they were all *its my CHARIZARD he's the BEST* and the other kids are all*NOO BLASTOISE is the BEST!* i always liked bulbasaur though, nobody picked him so i did =)

 

[Timbjerr]

October of 1998 to be exact. My dad got the Red version for my younger brother for his birthday that year, and I naturally got into it myself. I was 11 at the time, and my brother was turning 9. We're both in our early twenties now and we're still obsessed enough to each have a preorder for HeartGold or SoulSilver. XD

 

[Bomberman]

October of 1998 to be exact. My dad got the Red version for my younger brother for his birthday that year, and I naturally got into it myself. I was 11 at the time, and my brother was turning 9. We're both in our early twenties now and we're still obsessed enough to each have a preorder for HeartGold or SoulSilver. XD

Isn't it great though? I remember being 10 and thinking about this with my best friend. "Do you think we'll still be playing this when we're 20?" The answer, for both of us, is a resounding yes.

 

[AliceBlaze]

I started liking it in 1999 but I only liked the anime because I wasn't really into games at that time. I lost interest in Pokemon in 2002 but I seemed to like it again in 2005 and now I like the Pokemon games a lot more than the anime.

 

[enzo51]

I got hooked into Pokemon when Yellow came out. t'was when my brother got his first gameboy (color) and the rest is history

 

[jasonresno]

When the fandom first broke :D.

 

[Kombo Studio]

Hmm.. I think when the anime aired and Red and Blue were released. Somewhere in 1999 :)

 

[Saltare.]

Somewhere in 1999. Watched the anime, bought the games and figurines. Now my cousins' have them.

 

[Cresselia]

1998 when my older cousins were obsessed with it. Now they're out of it, but I still am going strong. :]

 

[Eirikir]

1998, I read an article on it a few months before it came out, and mistook it to be a zoo sim. Got it, tried it out, and liked it. Been playing ever since.

 

["Shadow Lugia"]

I started watching the anime around late 98/early 99 and then got my first Pokemon game (Red Version) in June of 99.

 

[thedestinedblade]

1998 when the first games came out. I was 9 at the time. Oh, the nostalgia!

 

[Loxius]

October of 1998 to be exact. My dad got the Red version for my younger brother for his birthday that year, and I naturally got into it myself. I was 11 at the time, and my brother was turning 9. We're both in our early twenties now and we're still obsessed enough to each have a preorder for HeartGold or SoulSilver. XD

Haha that sounds pretty awesome. I actually got into pokemon around the same time too. First got into the pokemon cards when I was around 10 then bought a Gameboy colour with Pokemon Blue. I'm 20 now and I've already preordered my copy of Soul Silver. :3

 

[Kww37]

Not certain the year, but I believe I was more into the card game before the video game. I would say like most people here 98-99ish. Maybe sooner....

 

[Civil Servant]

Probably around 97-98, with the anime and Pokemon Blue. Logged over a hundred hours of my young life into Pokemon Blue, ended up knowing every inch of the maps off by heart.

Those were the days.