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Not that anybody would remember me though! I joined here back in 2008 (wow it doesn't seem like it was that long ago) but didn't stick around too long. I think I rejoined under a different name a few years later but I can't remember. Then I started to create a new account tonight and realized firefox saved my login information from this account which totally floored me. So I changed a few things around from when I was here on my profile (like how I live in Texas now and not Massachusetts) and well, here I am again. I have to make a new avatar and signature again but I'll do over the next few days.
So right, I didn't make a whole new topic just to reintroduce myself (well, actually I sort of did, hi again everybody!), I had another ulterior motive. I've got a question. See, I'm a bad pokemon fan, like, really bad. I haven't really played any of the games, barely collected the cards when they were a big deal back in the 90s, read none of the comics (or um, mangas(?) as they're called) watched almost none of the shows/cartoons/animes (is that a word? autocorrect is telling me no). You get the picture. But for some reason I just really like pokemon. It's kind of like being infatuated with someone you've never met or know nothing about. You just like it for years without having nothing to do with it at the same time. Does that make any sense to anyone?
So, long winded story aside, I'm trying to say: I'm trying to get into this thing I've liked since I was like, 9. I'm 26 now (oh God, am I too old now? have I missed the boat?!) and looking to start with the games. I have Pokemon FireRed for the game boy advance. I've had it forever, played it here and there, never got far, shelved it for years, restarted it, rinse and repeat. So I'm going to start playing it again. Assuming I want to keep playing the series in order, where do I go next? I know there's two versions of each game (red blue, gold silver) but aside from different pokemon, was there ever a generation where the two games were different? What about those odd third games (gold silver and then CRYSTAL OUT OF NOWHERE, ruby sapphire and then EMERALD OUT OF NOWHERE) what's their relevance? Are those DS games (Diamond and Pearl, I think they were?) getting remade like red/blue gold/silver and recently ruby/sapphire were? Should I just not get those DS ones until their remakes come out, if they're coming at all?
Holy cow this topic wasn't supposed to be this long or convoluted but here it is, in all of its messy glory. Thanks for reading and, if you were able to make sense of it and actually want to reply, thanks for responding! Sorry for my many typos, I'm about ready to go to bed and my eyes are too glazed over to proofread, automatic spellcheck will have to do for now.
So right, I didn't make a whole new topic just to reintroduce myself (well, actually I sort of did, hi again everybody!), I had another ulterior motive. I've got a question. See, I'm a bad pokemon fan, like, really bad. I haven't really played any of the games, barely collected the cards when they were a big deal back in the 90s, read none of the comics (or um, mangas(?) as they're called) watched almost none of the shows/cartoons/animes (is that a word? autocorrect is telling me no). You get the picture. But for some reason I just really like pokemon. It's kind of like being infatuated with someone you've never met or know nothing about. You just like it for years without having nothing to do with it at the same time. Does that make any sense to anyone?
So, long winded story aside, I'm trying to say: I'm trying to get into this thing I've liked since I was like, 9. I'm 26 now (oh God, am I too old now? have I missed the boat?!) and looking to start with the games. I have Pokemon FireRed for the game boy advance. I've had it forever, played it here and there, never got far, shelved it for years, restarted it, rinse and repeat. So I'm going to start playing it again. Assuming I want to keep playing the series in order, where do I go next? I know there's two versions of each game (red blue, gold silver) but aside from different pokemon, was there ever a generation where the two games were different? What about those odd third games (gold silver and then CRYSTAL OUT OF NOWHERE, ruby sapphire and then EMERALD OUT OF NOWHERE) what's their relevance? Are those DS games (Diamond and Pearl, I think they were?) getting remade like red/blue gold/silver and recently ruby/sapphire were? Should I just not get those DS ones until their remakes come out, if they're coming at all?
Holy cow this topic wasn't supposed to be this long or convoluted but here it is, in all of its messy glory. Thanks for reading and, if you were able to make sense of it and actually want to reply, thanks for responding! Sorry for my many typos, I'm about ready to go to bed and my eyes are too glazed over to proofread, automatic spellcheck will have to do for now.