What year did u get into pokemon?

[xDaisuke0]

Oh gosh, i honestly don't remember the year. But I watched the show first and it was right when it started, a couple episodes in and I was addicted.
Didn't know about the games for a while though haha. Yellow was my first ;]

 

[ArcanineTails]

I Have played my brothers around Red&blue but when i really got into it was When Silver was released

 

[Eliminator Jr.]

I'm fairly certain it was the Christmas of 1998 when I got a Red version and my little brother got a Blue version. So that would make it almost a good twelve years now.

 

[h0ser81]

Wow, I must be the only late-comer to the game series. I never picked up a Pokemon game until Diamond/Pearl came out in 2007. Up until that time I was of the mindset that Pokemon was a dumb little kids game. Then I overheard some coworkers talking about it and got involved in the conversation. Until then I never knew the complexity of the game when you get into competitive battling. The next week I reserved my copy of Pearl and having been loving the game since.

 

[Yuzuki]

I got into in Year 2000.
There i play Pokemon Red/Blue

 

[PiPVoda]

I started watching the anime around '99 when I was 5 but didn't get my first pokemon game till 2003 for my birthday (pkmn Ruby).

 

[Gidget]

I'm surprised that everyone here got into it when it came out. I, too, got into Pokemon around 1998. I never watched the anime, even at 8 years old I thought it was lame. But the games and TCG were epic back in the days of elementary school.

 

[dble2flow]

It was around 1995 for me.

 

[bulbasaurusrex]

Been into since 1998 is best thing in world

 

[Conkercorner]

I've been around since the start. Love it all. But I HATE the DAMN anime! It's evil!

 

[zhfac]

96-97. Sometime around there.

 

[Skip Class]

When I turned 5 so bout 99

 

[Syphr]

As soon as it came out, I still remember buying Pokemon Blue in Target. :D

 

[Sardonix]

I got into Pokemon around 1998 when the trading card popularity really spiked in the area that I was in. I started out with Red and Blue and from there on, I've played just about every Pokemon RPG known. I've even played a few hacks, some being REALLY, REALLY bad and poorly made. I have to say that 2nd Gen is, by far, my favorite and probably always will be. I mean, Gold and Silver were the only games in the series where you could go to two different regions. No other game has that.

 

[Kai Yamato]

Somewhere around the 1999-2000.

 

[akamichi]

when the yellow version came out soooo in the 90's

 

[Pyrax]

I think it was around 2000 that I got into pokémon.

 

[Prince_of_Light]

It was in second grade, when the first games came out, sooo.....

I would say 1998. Since I know I was definitely into it before the first movie came out.

 

[Kristine]

I got into it in 1998 with Pokemon Trading Cards and Red and Blue versions. Since then I've had Yellow, Silver, Gold, Crystal, Pokemon Pinball for GBC, Pokemon Puzzle Challenge for GBC, Fire Red, Leaf Green, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Soul Silver, Pokemon Colosseum for GC, and Pokemon XD for GC. ^_^

 

[Lucariotoes]

Whatever year it came out in the US. Got Pokemon Blue for my birthday at Chuck E. Cheese's and was a Pokefan ever since.