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what's your sign?

Female
Seen July 23rd, 2013
Posted July 22nd, 2013
1,439 posts
15.1 Years
Come on. You know the nostalgia is tempting you... (If there's a thread already like this, feel free to delete/lock/whatever.)

In my case, when I was younger and the entire world seemed to genuinely like Pokemon (meaning when I went to elementary school) one kid brought a game guide to summer camp. Since it was a small camp and everyone was sorted into age groups, almost everybody his age - including myself - was flocking around him to check it out. I, myself, was one of those people who genuinely liked Pokemon at that age, and was playing through my first Pokemon game ever: Fire Red. I don't remember exactly what the kid's game guide looked like, but it was very beat up and had a Lugia and Ho-oh on it that was among the coolest things I had ever seen (at the time). I didn't actually own a copy of the game until four or five years later, which I only had in my possession for a few months anyway, but it was awesome while it lasted.

SquirtleGirl

Pokémon: 10 years + Counting..

Age 29
Female
Irelanddd
Seen January 7th, 2012
Posted January 7th, 2012
553 posts
13.8 Years
My brother borrowed Gold of his friend and let me have a go for one measly night :P

I already owned Blue so I knew about the games anyway. I got Crystal for Christmas that year ^^

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Timbjerr

T-o-X-i-C

Age 36
Female
Texas
Seen May 30th, 2022
Posted January 28th, 2016
7,415 posts
19.7 Years
I honestly can't remember first hearing about the games. I recall that shortly after Red and Blue saw their American release, some pokemon websites at the time were showing official art of next-gen pokemon and passing them off as secret pokemon in R/B...the most notorious example of this is Marill/Pikablu. It must've been around this point somewhere that I realized after some research that these were indeed pokemon from new games.
Male
what is this i dont even..
Seen January 16th, 2010
Posted August 21st, 2009
398 posts
14.2 Years
As soon as it came out, i saw a commercial.
[Center]The words of an amazing trader

Spoiler:
New!!!! I can now breed dakrai eggs!
do you know what my rayquaza is hacked and it knows better moves then magicarp so that is fine with me
what his shiny scisor is a hack!!!!!!!!!! how dare he try to trade me a hacked pokemon!!!!!!!!!!
do all of you live in the us because i live in canada and i got the arceus event

what do you mean by ev spread???
get off my thread :( :( i do ev train BUT I DONT KNOW WHAT AN EV IS

IndigoPlateau

Captain of the Awesome Team

Age 29
Male
The Greater Chicago Area
Seen March 7th, 2011
Posted March 7th, 2011
33 posts
13.8 Years
I got Pokemon Gold for my seventh birthday. First Pokemon game I ever had. After that I got Yellow, Blue, Sapphire, Emerald, Fire Red, Leaf Green, Diamond, and Platinum. In that order. :D

And, to this day, Gold remains my favorite Pokemon game.


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Seen September 30th, 2012
Posted July 11th, 2012
3,529 posts
14.6 Years
When I went to the store and saw a Nintendo Official Magazine (UK) Pokemon Guide that had information concerning 100 brand new Pokemon. XD I spent hours pouring over that little book.
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I've studied species turian, asari, and batarian.

Stellar

Minior used Cosmic Power!

Age 31
Female
outer space.
Seen December 7th, 2022
Posted November 27th, 2022
870 posts
14.1 Years
It was probably through a commercial or a Toys 'R' Us flyer. I miss the days before I could use the internet; everything was heard about through the TV or word of mouth. Just imagine not even knowing about HG/SS until Spring, when it's released. How awesome of a surprise would that be?
Female
Illinois
Seen January 7th, 2010
Posted August 29th, 2009
103 posts
13.8 Years
One of my cousins from England came over while I was living in Florida, and she brought Gold with her. I had always been a giant Pokemon fan, but that was the first time I even knew they had made games haha. I just watched her play a little bit, it was the coolest thing I had ever seen...
Age 26
Male
Unknown
Seen February 28th, 2010
Posted February 28th, 2010
93 posts
13.9 Years
My sister found it at our house. I think the people who used to live there left it behind... ;)

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Apostrophe

Everybody do the search dance!

Male
Seen November 10th, 2010
Posted November 8th, 2010
256 posts
13.8 Years
I had never played any Pokemon game at that point. The only exposure to it I had was that obnoxious TV show that was playing in the background over the years. Then, all of the sudden, my parents came home from a garage sale with Silver version. "You're a fan of Pokemon, right?" "No!". Then I started playing and I got hooked.
Male
Olivine City
Seen September 11th, 2015
Posted August 17th, 2010
363 posts
14.3 Years
I'd never played any of the games, like Apostrophe, before getting Gold. I had only watched the TV show occasionally. But my parents heard that the game was amazing and got me it for Christmas. They regretted it, though, as I had an addiction and never put it down.
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(during a conversation about his Umbreon taking on a Zapdos)

Male
Seen March 10th, 2012
Posted April 22nd, 2010
47 posts
13.8 Years
I first heard of it when I was 8 and had no idea what Pokemon was. On Christmas, when I saw my Christmas present, it was from my uncle who lived far away, I wondered what was inside of it. When I opened it, I found out it was a video game "Pokemon: Crystal Version". A few years later, I eventually "knew" about it because friends and neighbors.
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evilmagikarp94

Don't mess with Magikarp!

Twinleaf Town
Seen September 6th, 2009
Posted September 6th, 2009
64 posts
14.8 Years
I remember reading about "Pokemon 2" in a magazine and they showed Cleffa , Marill (Known as Pikablu) and Chikorita I think. Couple of months later my mum came home with Gold and Silver for my brother and I.
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Male
Unknown Dungeon
Seen November 29th, 2021
Posted November 20th, 2021
290 posts
16.5 Years
The first time when i heard about G/S is when I saw their commercials on TV....
A few days later, my parents bought for my brother's b-day a Gold Version,
Of coarse I had to borrow his gold version to try it out but I already know how to play it cuz I already had a yellow version(which was my first pokemon game)..
When Crystal came out in stores, I immediately bought it for myself....!

Non-binary
Seen December 16th, 2016
Posted December 16th, 2016
758 posts
13.8 Years
I think I was about 14 or just 15 and I saw the shots in the japanese pictures of it. I got the japanese rom of G/S and had this abysmal patch for english langauge which was a mixture of english and random symbols , but I thought it was so cool (I mean colour,and better graphics were awesome compared to the blue edition (which I also bought from my pocket money which was left over from a holiday camp were I hardly spent any ^^)
so must have been somewhere in summer of 2000 I think. lol it is a long time ago I can trememeber properly but I saved my pocket money and waited patiently for the uropean release lol and bought it a day before it was released and extra went into town by bike because my small village hasnt got a electronics store. ^^
unlucky for my parents though that I hardly had any money left for their birthday presents ^^' that was a tad bit unlucky ^^'
(and it resulted in my mother confiscating the game boy with the game when she found out that it was because of this game xD)

(btw we had ISDN Internet in 1997)

Elite Overlord LeSabre™

On that 'Non stop road'

Age 97
Shimoda City
Seen 3 Days Ago
Posted January 25th, 2022
9,705 posts
15.5 Years
I believe I saw an article about it in my brother's copy of Nintendo Power way back when. Between the two of us, we already had the first three games, so... He got Gold and I picked up Silver.

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