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I used it for at least a year after the games came out. At one point I used to carry two around with me after I bought Heart Gold as well. The amount of Cyndaquil I levelled to lvl 100 using those things......
I guess it's a combination of not having enough money and there being very few games that actually interest me on the new gen consoles. I was tempted enough to almost buy a Wii U for Smash, but I decided not to in the end.
I'm pretty sure I was 8. I remember marking off the days until release off on my calendar and then forgetting which day it was supposed to come out so I ended up getting it a week late.
For me, Emerald was great because it was the first pokemon game I owned that I got to play through alongside my friend. We were both bough black GBA SPs and the game for christmas 2005, and we got to experience the game at the same time. We used to play them for hours on end, always battling and...