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sanji_2208 December 31st, 2021 11:57 PM

When did you first become a part of the Pokemon community?
 
When did you first become a member of the Pokemon community? My brother and I both joined during the DS era because our first game was white:)

I'm curious to see when the most people joined; for some reason, I think it'll be during the DS era.

(Other systems, such as the GameCube, N64, Wii, phone, and so on, simply go in another, so yes)

Poke fan number 489 January 1st, 2022 12:30 AM

Black and White was my first Pokémon game, but I didn't know this would be in my top five gaming franchises until I played gen 4 and saw Bidoof.

Sheep January 1st, 2022 3:14 AM

Around late 1998 or early 1999! Starting with the anime and Red and Blue. Got into it because everyone in my class was.. never took a break since. :D Actively play the main series games and watch the anime too.

ReKoil January 1st, 2022 3:54 AM

Since Red & Blue ^.^

Unless you literally mean this forum in which case it's a lot more recent =p

Jiggykoopbob January 1st, 2022 8:12 AM

My interest for this multi media franchise came to be in 2019. With Pokémon Sword being my first Pokémon game i actually managed to play until the credits rolled.

I really feel like i have missed out on so many awesome things in the history of Pokémon. Like mythical pokémon distributions for earlier games, live events, etc.

tigertron January 1st, 2022 9:02 AM

I became a fan in October 1999 when Red and Blue came out in Europe and I got hooked on the anime. I've been a member here since 2015. :)

Mintaka☆ January 1st, 2022 4:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Jiggykoopbob (Post 10451347)
My interest for this multi media franchise came to be in 2019. With Pokémon Sword being my first Pokémon game i actually managed to play until the credits rolled.

I really feel like i have missed out on so many awesome things in the history of Pokémon. Like mythical pokémon distributions for earlier games, live events, etc.

Hey, don't feel bad about this! Everything happens for a reason, and we're glad you're here now. It's true that you might have missed some things in the franchise's past, but do keep looking forward to even better things in the future!

Anyway, to answer your question: I've been a fan since 1999-2000, ever since the anime premiered in Argentina (and Latin America as a whole), but I wasn't involved with the larger fandom until 2009 when I started playing the games. I've been going in and out since then, but I've always considered Pokémon my home fandom.

Harmonie January 1st, 2022 4:47 PM

Late summer of 1999 I got into Pokemon. I didn't join a Pokemon forum until early 2007, though (this and Serebii were the two I joined back then). However, I was visiting online Pokemon websites since I first got into Pokemon, because I remember looking at the Gold/Silver Pokedex online before it came out in the west.

Devalue January 1st, 2022 4:51 PM

Interprets it as being part of the larger fandom, rather than first exposure to Pokemon.

Watched a stream between Chuggaaconroy, Sephazon, Yoshiller, and Marriland in 2017. Played on teams. Fought to fill in the most Pokedex entries in twenty-four hours. Included Wonder Trades and Wonder Cards (various effects, such as being unable to evolve Pokemon for a while).

Loved the idea of Wonder Trading something to one of them. Never considered adding your own restrictions either. (Was ignorant about Nuzlockes, monotypes, and other types of challenge runs.) Caught more of Marriland's streams/videos, as the one most likely to do more of this. Joined that community.

(Played Pokemon Red, near its release, for the first exposure answer. Remembers visiting Serebii during Generation 5, if you wish to count that. Probably used it prior to then too. Never poked into their forums until much later.)

Bellsprout January 1st, 2022 6:13 PM

1998 when the tv show aired in America.

Fairy January 3rd, 2022 1:12 AM

May 30th, 2011.

I’ve always been a fan of Pokémon since 1996 but I never joined an irl or online communities until I found this one. It has been my Pokehome ever since and I love it to pieces. ♡

Roni January 3rd, 2022 2:00 AM

Sometime between 2007-2009, can't remember which year exactly. My cousins had a Nintendo DS with Diamond that they let me borrow and I got hooked instantly. They lost interest quick, so I just kept borrowing the DS lol.

Ivysaur January 3rd, 2022 5:27 AM

When I first got a computer by 2007, one of the very first things I did was to look for rom-hacks of Gen II pokémon games, as I hadn't bought Diamond and Pearl because I was on my "ughhhh modern pokémon sucks" phase. I eventually stumbled upon Shiny Gold. And the rest, as they say, is history.

Caite-chan January 3rd, 2022 6:05 AM

Well I joined here in 2003 and pretty sure I joined PE2K in 2002 but I have been a fan of Pokemon ever since it came out here in America. I've jumped around when it came to communities the older I got.

TepigLover101 January 3rd, 2022 8:53 AM

I first joined when my parents got me and my brother pokemo back and pokemon white 2, ahhh good memories.... who Am I kidding I still play that game weekly

colours January 5th, 2022 1:44 PM

i'd say when i first got into the anime or so when i was a kid? i guess i wasn't around the community proper until i joined this site a decade and a half ago (jeez...).

Palamon January 5th, 2022 4:42 PM

Think it was PEK2 or some Pokemon forum named Pokemon Journeys in 2007. The former is dead, and I got banned on the latter for "spam". Also, I think I joined the Pika Club.co.uk or something. Actually, come to think of it, I think all of these places are dead.

I guess first Pokemon community I joined that was active and not just spam was Serebii early march 2008. I no longer remember my exact join date. I think I also joined a website called Trikitiger forums December 20th, 2007. But, anyway.

2007, for sure. Same year I got into Pokemon I joined online communities.

Methodical January 5th, 2022 4:50 PM

I've playing pokemon since the games came out, red and blue. And have been a fan since. And as for this community in particular, yesterday.

Tyson McFrostt January 5th, 2022 5:17 PM

Pokémon Sapphire was my first Pokémon game. Ever. I remember going to an internet café to learn Braille to decipher the puzzle in the Regi Caves. Remember that? LOL. 😄

Sweet Serenity January 7th, 2022 1:03 PM

I am not sure exactly what you mean by Pokémon community. If you are referring to playing the games for the first time, then I have been a member of the Pokémon community for a very long time, pretty much a majority of my life. If you are referring to joining a discussion board or whatnot, such as this one or others, then I have only recently became a member. Before joining this site and Discord, I have mostly been trading with myself or my friends if we had the same game.

agravedigger January 26th, 2022 3:09 AM

I remember finding the animated trailer for B2W2 around or a little after its release. sometime so, the local TV still aired Pokémon, the BW series. I watched that sometimes. I was probably around 4th grade. soon came XY and I lowkey wanted a 3DS, but couldn't get one so I started exploring the world of emulators with gen1's Red. I finally got my 3DS and an official copy of Alpha Sapphire around 2015-2016.

sabrina_diamond January 28th, 2022 6:53 PM

I became part of the Pokecommunity over 15+ years ago... I think I was around even back when Pokemon Crystal was available...

Time truly flies, doesn't it?

tenfrogs January 28th, 2022 9:31 PM

Gosh, a long time ago. I've been playing since Pokemon Red, and I joined PE2K (an old and now defunct Pokemon forum) YEARS ago. Stopped playing for a bit but recently got bit by the bug once more.

Cosmega February 10th, 2022 2:45 AM

Mine is a kind of different story.

I first got hooked into Pokémon in like 2014, when the anime for Black and White was ending and the one for X and Y was starting (at least where I lived). I didn’t got my first game until a year ago, when I got a Nintendo Switch, where I played Let’s Go Eevee, Sword and Brilliant Diamond. You can say I got caught up late in the series, I wasn’t even born when the first games and the anime came out.

Rengoku February 10th, 2022 1:09 PM

Since my first games Red and Yellow.

I joined this forum during the DS era which I guess most of us who wanted to trade did because that was when things got worldwide wirelessly done.

I would say I am quite a fortunate kid I supposed, because I always get to get my games on release dates, minus the first generation because I only got my games after seeing my cousins play them,


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