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morrison May 7th, 2014 11:58 PM

How old were you
 
How old where you when you first played, when you first heard the announcements of the originals which version did you play?

I was 18 yo, when i played it 17 when i saw the first screenshots. and i had sapphire.

SaniOKh May 8th, 2014 12:05 AM

I was about fourteen or fifteen when I first played Sapphire on an emulator (by then, my parents had enough of the whole Pokémon thing, and absolutely refused to buy me a GBA).

I remember hating it at first :) .

Mithel_Celestia May 8th, 2014 12:37 AM

The first time I played it, I was 9 or so. I was Grade Six when I started playing it. I had Sapphire but I lost it, then I got Ruby and managed to go far with it until the whole game has glitched somehow. I can't tell if they were original. The Philippines is prone to pirated goods and GBA games were the most common things to pirate. Anyway, then I have Emerald it it works like the original, but I knew it was pirated cause by the time I finish the Pokemon League, the save data would corrupt, so I never managed to experience Hoenn's Battle Frontier. It's great that I might experience it now with the remakes, hopefully.

Elaitenstile May 8th, 2014 12:42 AM

I was four lel
But then, I only got Sapphire about the time when they released Platinum. I don't really feel bad about that XD

Evening May 8th, 2014 12:49 AM

Eight years ago...I was four when the games came out, my Pokemon Ruby cartridge was given to ne as a present a day after the release date. I needed help to progress lel.

It's almost nine years...ha, ha, ha, ha, hahahahaha!

matoucs May 8th, 2014 1:09 AM

I was 13 when Ruby and Saphire come out ! I remember going to the JapanExpo in Paris like 2 months before the release and playing the demo ! i was so exited !

Kikaito plush May 8th, 2014 1:12 AM

I was 11 when they came out and was allowed to stay off school to get my Sapphire copy from GAME.

Hikamaru May 8th, 2014 1:46 AM

I had only just turned 11 when I played the original Ruby and Sapphire. You should all have heard how huge of a noob I was at the time, especially with team construction.

Bobbylicious May 8th, 2014 2:00 AM

Hmmm.... I believe I was 9/10/11, somewhere around there

Salzorrah May 8th, 2014 2:09 AM

I think I was around 9 or 10 when I first played Pokemon Sapphire on my XBOX emulator and it was the first one I played. I was so happy when I played it and it was that I got into Pokemon in the first place :)

Guardian May 8th, 2014 2:39 AM

I have to point it out, it's "Were", not "Where". :)

I was 11 or 12, Pokemon Sapphire on PC Emulator :D

RedMort May 8th, 2014 4:29 AM

I was over 12 or 13 when i played Pokémon Sapphire and fall in love with it.

I'm so happy now, because I know Nintendo will make a new game on Hoenn, I hope the story is different, but all the same, continue to be the best region of all ^ ^

morrison May 8th, 2014 5:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sven (Post 8237600)
I have to point it out, it's "Were", not "Where". :)

I was 11 or 12, Pokemon Sapphire on PC Emulator :D

I know don't ask me why I smuggled the 'h' in there. I blame my daughter distracting me lol. Can't change it either.

Judge Mandolore Shepard May 8th, 2014 6:12 AM

I was 14 years and 11 months old when Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire came out in the United States. Of course I don't exactly remember when I bought Pokemon Sapphire. it may have been in the summer of 2003.

DraconianWing May 8th, 2014 8:37 AM

I was 6 years old when I started playing. I don't really remember which game I played first though, it was either Ruby or Emerald.

Hiatus May 8th, 2014 3:58 PM

I was around 11 or 12 or so, if I remember correctly. First game was Pokémon Ruby, and was extremely excited when I got a hold of it; spent the whole day playing as soon as I bought it. :] Second was Emerald, which I've completed for approximately five - six time. As for third, it was Sapphire. Not sure why I purchased this one, though... probably due to collection purposes, haha.

Maserati777 May 8th, 2014 7:30 PM

I was 13 when the games came out, I bought Sapphire. It came out right around the time I was getting out of Pokemon so I wasn't as interested in it to be honest.

I played it how I played other Pokemon games as a kid, only used my starter, beat all the gyms but didn't have a team to take on the Elite Four, used my Master Ball on Kyogre. And I'm not all that familiar with Pokemon made after Gen 2 so I can't really go back and finish it. I'm not all that interested in finishing it or starting over actually.

Sydian May 8th, 2014 9:18 PM

I was 10! I got Sapphire on release date after saving my money for it. I bought it at KB Toys in the mall and my dad took me. I got Ruby as an early birthday present later that year along with another GBA because I wanted to trade with myself. Talking to other kids? That's a hassle. No thanks.

Peter Quill May 8th, 2014 9:46 PM

I was 7 when it came out. I haven't really played it that much since I just borrowed it from my cousin. Although I did play it in an emulator later on. My parents refuse to buy me handhelds because of studies. I do have consoles now, just waiting for Alpha Sapphire ; A;

Apollo May 9th, 2014 5:30 AM

I was 5-7 when I started LeafGreen, and 8-9 in Emerald. It was around 2009 when I started Emerald and the Advance Generation was on TV at the same time I played it, so I was unaware that Sinnoh existed even when it came out. I only found about Sinnoh when I was surfing Bulbapedia's page for Deoxys - and there was Turtwig next to it. I used to think the farther the dex number of a Pokemon is, the stronger it is ... and there I was, thinking that Turtwig was stronger than Deoxys. :p

BakingBluePotatoe May 9th, 2014 5:49 AM

2002 is when they came out, yes? I would have been... 7 at the time? But I didn't know Ruby and Sapphire existed until I was 12... oddly enough, I knew about FireRed and LeafGreen when they where new, since I recall seeing an ad for it on TV and asking for the games and my parents refusing...

But yeah, I was 12 the year DP came out to the states, and I got Sapphire then... at first I didn't like it, as THAT WAS NOT THE GAME I WANTED I WANTED BLUE RESCUE TEAM, BAaaaaW. but it grew on me after a few weeks. Sadly, the Hoenn era was short lived for me as I jumped to Pearl about a month after it came out.

Eevee May 9th, 2014 6:27 AM

Sapphire was my first game I ever got.

My cousin had it and I would always ask to play it. He was nice enough to let me play his version. I would go to his PC and take out the Pokemon I liked best (all the cute ones like Plusle and Delcatty of course xD), regardless of levels and then I'd go explore the land. I totally would get lost in caves without Flash or ways of escaping (dig/escape rope)

Since I liked his game so much, I asked for Sapphire too and I ended up getting it. I was 7 at the time so I wasn't the best trainer in the world. xD I definitely liked contests better than battling and still do to this very day!

LavenderTownGhost May 9th, 2014 10:45 AM

I was in the third grade when I got my Sapphire, so I guess around 10 years old. It was the first Pokemon game that I actually really got into.

New Eden May 9th, 2014 3:44 PM

I had to have been eight or so. I think around the same time Yu-Gi-Oh! became popular, so we all kinda acted like Pokemon was dead, and I think that kept going until FR/LG came out.

I never really got into R/S like others did (in fact they're not very nostalgic for me,) let alone Gen III. I ended up getting Sapphire.

Pendraflare May 9th, 2014 4:02 PM

I was 11 when I first saw of it and got Ruby for my 12th birthday. It was fun back then, I even remember bits and pieces from my first time. :P


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