When it came out in the US. It was the first game I had ever preordered, because Silver was my favorite Pokemon game ever, and I had been waiting for the remakes for a long time. So when the game came out I went and picked up my copy along with my siblings, and then iirc we all got home and started playing our versions. I didn't get my Lugia figurine because they ran out, but that was alright because I had the game in my hands and I couldn't care less, haha.