Hikamaru

Age 30
Female
Australia
Seen January 24th, 2019
Posted September 4th, 2018
50,214 posts
12.2 Years
No I haven't, in fact Pokemon is something I'm too attached to to ever take a break from. So yeah, I'm all good.
Gone forever for personal reasons.
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Ultramarine

Turn the tables

Age 24
Male
Illinois, USA
Seen October 12th, 2014
Posted October 10th, 2014
148 posts
9.5 Years
After B2W2, I moved on to other hobbies and pokemon just lost it's magic. The video games felt repetitive, the anime stunk, in my opinion, and the TCG began bugging me with the constant cycling out of cards. I'm still "on a break," but I honestly don't know if I'll get back into it.

rom hunter

tongue-tied

Male
Tropics
Seen July 24th, 2014
Posted July 13th, 2014
73 posts
9.2 Years
I got first introduced to Pokemon when it was first launched as an anime. It was the second episode of the only anime show that I got to watch from the very start. Who knew at that time that it was going to become one of the most popular shows ever. Though I wasn't able to continue with the anime for some reasons. It was a sad parting. I must have watched a few beginning episodes of Indigo League after which it almost seemed like the end of Pokemon world for me until I came across the Pokemon games. Pokemon Red and Blue were the first ones that I played and it was a memorable experience. Since than it was all about games. A few years later I started getting a bit wary of Pokemon games and anime was almost non-existent for me. I must have been in 9th grade at that time. I guess after 2 or 3 years after I found Pokemon Gold and Silver my love for the games was reinvented.

So there have been many lapses especially in my younger days but today I am inseparable from the world of Pokemon whether it is games, hacks or anime I have found interest everywhere where the roots of Pokemon lie. I have followed the games playing every bit of the releases including Black2/White2 (I haven't yet got X and Y). The only ones I have missed are Pokemon Black and White. Also to make up with the anime I started all over from the Indigo League by downloading the episodes and right now I am on Pearl and Diamond Battle Dimensions. I want to finish watching every single episode I missed and until then I won't be moving on to X and Y.

overlord tyranitar

The Yeti on the Silver Mountain

Male
Under a coalfield
Seen November 25th, 2014
Posted July 4th, 2014
26 posts
14.2 Years
I stopped at third gen games wise, I didn't like the look of the fourth gen. Education ate up my free time and I eventually stopped playing altogether.

Decided to pick up X now that I am less busy. It's good to be back and I have quite allot to catch up on like the fact there are 700+ pokemon, plus a new type.
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Lunar

Age 24
Male
England
Seen September 16th, 2020
Posted September 15th, 2020
After playing Pokemon for years I eventually stopped (temporarily) after I completed White. Basically my "cool" friends at school found out I played Pokemon (I was 13 at the time) and pretty much bullied me about it, even my mum seemed disappointed that I wanted to play Pokemon and it took a lot of persuading to for me to be able to buy White. After a significant break (about a year or two) some of my friends started playing X and after watching them play I decided to purchase a 3DS and Pokemon X. My love for the series has been rekindled after a long break :)

ThatSlashGuy

that tech guy

Age 24
Male
pokeemerald decomp
Seen February 11th, 2023
Posted September 3rd, 2021
18 posts
10.6 Years
Oh yeah no doubt. When I bred constantly on Black, I got burnt out and stopped playing for a while. I picked it up again a month or two later. Same thing happened with my Y nuzlocke run (which I got bored of), and completed Emerald instead. You have to take breaks sometimes so you don't get bored to constantly.
how did i get here

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Aisu

S Florida
Seen March 4th, 2018
Posted March 2nd, 2018
1,863 posts
11.4 Years
Midway through the original BW hype, I gave up for an entire year. Pokemon just fell short compared to anime as a whole. Then XY came out and I realized how boss a lot of these guys can become with a Mega Evolution. Besides, now the character can be customized, so I'm good with Pokemon. FOR NOW.

Nope. Still waiting for ORAS like a real nerd.

starseed galaxy auticorn

PC's Resident Auticorn

Age 34
she/he/they
the land of magical unicorns
Seen 6 Days Ago
Posted 6 Days Ago
6,648 posts
18.9 Years
I've taken short breaks away from playing, but I'm usually playing constantly. XD There are moments when I have gone weeks without playing though. I usually have other games I can play, like on my PS Vita. Sometimes, my writing gets in the way, or I'm just not in the mood to play at the moment as well.

I don't think I've ever lasted a whole entire month or more without playing pokemon, even if it's just a little at a time. I'm pretty addicted to pokemon and have been for as long as I could remember. I'm usually playing old school ones like Pokemon Soul Silver or something. It's a bit of an addiction I have. If I get tired of playing one pokemon game, I'll end up playing a different version. XD

To be honest, I've played almost every single version since Pokemon Yellow. The only ones I haven't played were Gold/Heart Gold and Crystal. So, I don't think I've ever taken a break from playing in my entire life, at least not as far as versions go.
Male
Manassas
Seen March 24th, 2021
Posted May 23rd, 2015
43 posts
8.9 Years
The only real break I think I have ever had was the break during the year Pokemon Black/White 2 got released. I eventually came back to it but only after completing X/Y.
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Age 28
Male
Greece
Seen July 1st, 2015
Posted January 31st, 2015
547 posts
10.1 Years
Yes, I took some breaks. The first was after Gen 3 because I didn't know they released a new game (Diamond,Pearl) lol I bought Platinum, then I bought SoulSilver when Black was released. But I decided to play SS that summer because I was getting prepared for some important exams the next year... and that was my last break!
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Candy

Age 26
Female
In OJ Land
Seen 4 Days Ago
Posted August 22nd, 2020
3,813 posts
14.2 Years
I once quit from Pokemon back at October 2012. It wasn't really anything about getting bored of Pokemon or such that got me to quit, but more of an emotional scar on me that I really don't feel like talking that much... But hey, might as well say it.

So this Pokemon that I have bonded and brought to all my games since Pearl ended up in a corrupted save file of Black, which got me to a mental shut off from other people and basically crying for at least 2 days straight and not touching anything Pokemon-related for months.

And when I finally overcome it and played Black 2, the save file got corrupted after only 3 months of playing.

So continues the mental shut off from Pokemon 'til I got Pokemon X and Y.
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Zhuang Zi
Crash Fever
Male
Indiana
Seen January 23rd, 2015
Posted January 23rd, 2015
26 posts
8.9 Years
I got out of Pokemon almost entirely for 12 years. I was 11 / 12 years old during the original craze. I was pretty obsessed at the time, watching the anime and playing the games every day. Not to mention, collecting every card from Base Set, Jungle and Fossil (with most of the Team Rocket cards).

Then, a couple of things happened that started to hurt my interest in Pokemon. First, two kids in my neighborhood, whom I traded cards with quite a bit, stole all of the holos out of my card binder. I don't even know how they did it. I remember opening my binder and just being heartbroken seeing everything missing. Their dad was an abusive drunk anyway, so it's not like he would have made them give me the cards back. (The cards which I could identify from specific scratches)

I tried replacing all of those cards, but it's kind of hard for a 12 year old with no money to do... It was kind of depressing. After a while, I just gave up basically. Not to mention, I was in 7th grade now, Junior High and it suddenly wasn't "cool" to like Pokemon. All of my friends who were part of the craze as well out of the blue started making fun of anything Pokemon. I gave in to the peer pressure and started to drift away from Pokemon.

Sure, I bought Pokemon Gold on it's release date and played the heck out of it for a very long time (secretly, mind you, so my friends wouldn't know). But I was done collecting cards, because I didn't want my friends to poke fun at me for it. Pretty pathetic, I know.

Even when Neo Genesis came out a couple of months later, I was tempted to start buying them, but I resisted. Still to this day, I've never owned any of the Neo cards. I haven't even seen 90% of the card images.

The whole thing is kind of sad to me. I wish back then, I wouldn't have cared what people said, especially my friends, and continued to collect the cards. I still remember how it was impossible to find cards in stores around this time. Then my mom, bless her heart, found the 'Starter Set' at a random Kohl's store (which is weird that they had it) and surprised me with it. And finally a few weeks later, the local toy store got a large shipment of Base Set cards in.

I remember walking around with a handful of packs, waiting for my mom to get there to buy them, because I didn't want people to come in and buy them all before it was too late. They were $5 a pack at that store and time, so my mom bought me 3 packs. I remember looking through them, so happy to find them and so amazed at what I got. And then, just over a year later, I was getting out of collecting cards. Grrrr.

By the time Gens 3 and 4 were released, I was completely out of Pokemon. I remember seeing the cards in stores and laughing at how ridiculous the newer Pokemon looked (which I still feel that way about most of Gens 3, 4 and 5). I did buy LeafGreen however and absolutely loved it. But still wasn't hooked again.

Sorry for the long rant. I got carried away talking about it! But fast forward to mid 2013, and my daughter (who was 3 at this time) caught a glimpse of Pokemon somewhere and started asking me about it. She kept bringing up someone named "Achu", talking about Pikachu of course. She wanted to know more and more about it. I bought her a couple of packs of cards, and showed her a few old episodes of the anime.

That's when I realized that through my daughter, I was kind of reliving what I went through those years ago. I loved seeing her excitement and interest grow, much like mine had. Because of her falling in love with it herself, I found myself doing the exact same thing, again. A few months later, I bought Pokemon X and then saw that the XY card series would be released soon. Ended up buying a booster box and both trainer boxes.

The enthusiasm, excitement and joy she got from opening all of those was just incredible. It's now something we collect together (and watch the anime together). Truly something that we have further bonded over.

Alfieri

aka Ronnie

Age 27
Male
New York City
Seen June 23rd, 2019
Posted June 23rd, 2019
2,850 posts
9.1 Years
I once quit from Pokemon back at October 2012. It wasn't really anything about getting bored of Pokemon or such that got me to quit, but more of an emotional scar on me that I really don't feel like talking that much... But hey, might as well say it.

So this Pokemon that I have bonded and brought to all my games since Pearl ended up in a corrupted save file of Black, which got me to a mental shut off from other people and basically crying for at least 2 days straight and not touching anything Pokemon-related for months.

And when I finally overcome it and played Black 2, the save file got corrupted after only 3 months of playing.

So continues the mental shut off from Pokemon 'til I got Pokemon X and Y.
oh man I feel your pain. I had a horrible experience when I accidentally deleted my Melee save file and when I lost my first Sapphire cartridge.
Male
Seen April 10th, 2015
Posted March 24th, 2015
35 posts
8.9 Years
I took a really long break from Pokemon... like 2 years i think
my friends got me to watch alot of Other animes and Series that i just Forgot about pokemon completely.
when the pokemon TCGO (Trading card game online) came out i stated playing it a little bit and i just remembered how much i love pokemon
Male
Seen March 5th, 2016
Posted March 3rd, 2016
122 posts
9.5 Years
I have.

I remember buying the Nintendo DS on the first day it came out, for the same price my 2DS cost actually (inflation? where?). When I got that I was heavily into handheld gaming, but I remember I didn't really stick with it that long. I got to Emerald late 2005 which came out on the GBA - unfortunately my DS didn't get as much use as I intended...

2006 I started getting into different things, like Warhammer 40k and music. Because of that I kinda fell off the Wagon with DS gaming and that general area. By the time Diamond and Pearl came out I think I'd given up completely, spending money on Warhammer miniatures rather than games that would last longer (since I gave up Warhammer a few years ago).

I didn't get back into Pokémon until a few months after Pokémon X and Y were released, I kept telling myself the mega evolutions looked stupid and like Digimon. However, after seeing a review of the 2DS by Ashens on Youtube (check him out he's well funny) and deciding it looked good, I put an order in for a new 2DS and Pokémon X. I also ended up buying versions of every game I'd missed, Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, White, Black, White 2, Black 2. Unfortunately, the generation 4 games I bought turned out to be fake copies - I've just managed to get some real copies!

425 hours later with Pokémon X and a Nuzlocke on Y, I'm happy to say I got back on the Wagon and am super excited for the Hoenn remakes this year, mostly because I sort of never left Hoenn, I played Emerald on and off for several years. Along with Leaf Green they're the save files I have all of my Pokémon from 2003 onwards on, well, had them on since they're now all in Bank!
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Starry Windy

Everything will be Daijoubu.

Male
Liberty Garden
Seen April 28th, 2020
Posted April 28th, 2020
9,307 posts
10.4 Years
I was quitting Pokémon and video game in overall, in about 5 years ago, when I was staying away from video games for several reasons, until decided to be back to video gaming, and Pokémon, several years later.
Male
Seen May 27th, 2015
Posted April 8th, 2015
67 posts
9.5 Years
I remember i stopped playing the games after Gen 4(stopped watching the anime after the 2nd season) still haven't bothered with Gen 5 because it feels like a chore to lay through them, although X and Y have really intrigued me and i enjoy playing them and going back and playing Gen 3 reminded me why i love pokemon so much.
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Back in 2005-06, I tried to get off of Pokémon entirely, to focus on other things, and also because I was starting to have some reservations towards it. Of course, even though I went through to the point of turning in all my games, I never got off of it completely, for I continued to post on Pokémon forums, and kept my movies, as well as my anime episode tapes (one cassette which I bought, the others were tapings off of Kids' WB.)

mikey

Age 30
Male
Seen 11 Hours Ago
Posted 3 Days Ago
6,227 posts
14.1 Years
Yep. After Diamond/Pearl/Platinum, I decided to take a small break. I really didn't like those games, so it made me lose interest in Pokemon for awhile. So, I skipped Black and White when they came out, but for some reason I decided to pick up Black 2. I regained interest in Pokemon by doing so, and played every game since.

Even if I do someday take a break from Pokemon, it'll always be something I enjoy.

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BeachBoy

S P A R K of madness

Age 31
Male
Texas
Seen November 17th, 2016
Posted November 16th, 2016
8,396 posts
15.3 Years
I was almost lost after Sapphire, as I had played that to no end. Moving so much, I lost my systems and hope. I took a (2? 3?) year break after Platinum. Life and college got too crazy. Got back into it with a gameboy and blue version, which led me to getting X and a 3DS.

I really do want to go back and play B/W and B2. They look like some of the best in plot.
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moon

they/them
Seen 10 Hours Ago
Posted 22 Hours Ago
37,443 posts
15.5 Years
I really do want to go back and play B/W and B2. They look like some of the best in plot.
I haven't finished them and only ever tried BW2 a bit, but from what I heard those games are vastly superior in plot :3 As far as pokémon plots go, I mean...

I have taken breaks. I mean, nowadays there's not much more pokémon-related business for me than going on PC and occasionally participating in pokémon themed roleplays. So whenever I'm off PC for a longer duration or not in a pokémon RP, I suppose I take breaks.

As for in the past, when I actually played a bit more actively and watched the anime or especially read the manga (<3), I suppose I sometimes on purpose told myself to take a break. Because I felt it was geeky and I didn't want to be like that, haha. I failed, of course, every time, and always started reading or playing or watching again. Part of the reason is PC, this damned place luring me back and making me like pokémon again. :3
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