Indigo

The Novelist from Panju

Male
Seen November 7th, 2019
Posted March 10th, 2016
136 posts
9.5 Years
I took a break from pokemon from Early 2012- Late 2013. I left because my step brother (who got me into pokemon) saw me watching the first episode of Unova and told me that pokemon was for kids and lame people. I was 11 and Gullible mind you. I was like OMG HES TOTALLY RIGHT, EWW POKEMON. Then One day I saw my Cousin (Who is a year older than me) playing XY and I saw him get one of my favorite pokemon, Lucario, from the Gym Leader. He also told me he got a first Gen starter, So I bought Pokemon X and a 2ds, then never looked back.
Male
Seen June 11th, 2015
Posted June 11th, 2015
10 posts
8.9 Years
I took a four year break, only to come back making my own Pokémon game.. I stopped playing during Pokémon White, because I had no idea that there was still Kyurem to catch and I thought I had completed the game... I spent three years after that not talking about Pokémon, not watching the Anime, it wasn't until I played Pokémon Omicron/Zeta (a fan game) that my interest in the series finally came back..

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17,732 posts
10.3 Years
Well, there's a reason why I never played any of the Sinnoh games. Back then I had other things to do, than playing Pokemon. When HG/SS came out I returned to the franchise, though.
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Sheep

She/Her
Australia
Seen 1 Hour Ago
Posted 21 Hours Ago
39,243 posts
16.6 Years
Never have! I've been getting the Pokemon games on release day since Ruby and Sapphire, I think, and wouldn't have it any other way. Never did lose interest in the slightest and even now I'm a huge fan.
Age 27
Britain
Seen December 14th, 2015
Posted November 22nd, 2015
419 posts
9.5 Years
When I was a kid I skipped over the Johto generation, but I started with Pokémon pretty much since the series started. I would watch the original series in the morning on weekends, I loved my Red version to bits (I was so pleased with myself at like age 7 when I did the Missingno glitch), and had already started collecting the cards. Not to mention the TCG videogame (I was obsessed with it) which I replayed through and completed in 3 days the other week, for nostalgic reasons.

I think my 'worst enemy' (I was like 9) in primary school started to get into Pokémon and collect the cards, and that fueled me to get back into it and prove I was the bigger fan. Ahh... Jealousy. Red and Hoenn were two massive parts of my childhood. I've caught up with Johto now, though (well, when HGSS came out).
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Shiro

Dad! Or should I say... Big cheese of Hoshido?

Age 27
Female
Texas
Seen January 15th, 2017
Posted October 24th, 2016
151 posts
12.8 Years
After playing Pearl I did, yeah. I honestly wasn't very fond of those games when they came out. I think I'd enjoy the games if I replayed them now but for some reason, I just didn't like them then. I lost interest after those games but luckily a friend convinced me to pick up BW and I adored those. So... here I am now!

Gulpin

poisonous

Male
Seen January 16th, 2017
Posted November 25th, 2016
3,270 posts
16.7 Years
Throughout the years I usually experience lulls in my Pokemon activity. When the franchise is between new games and the news is really slow I usually don't play as much, especially during the school year. Actually, usually when school starts I end up not playing at all because school is pretty important to me. However, when new games come out during the school year I usually make time to at least get through the league.
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Lady Gaga

Age 26
Male
Canada
Seen March 9th, 2020
Posted March 10th, 2015
2,697 posts
14.3 Years
Well, I pretty much take a break after I've run my course with each game. I finales topped playing Y two months ago, and while I'm itching to play more Pokemon, there is literally nothing else for me to do in that game. So, now I just wait until ORAS. Its pretty much like that with every Pokemon release. Play it non-stop for half a year, then wait patiently for the other half until the next Pokemon game comes out.

elnoor

Male
villege hidden in the leaf
Seen February 8th, 2015
Posted September 19th, 2014
143 posts
8.8 Years
It was during black 2 and white 2 they are the only pokemon games I did not finish. Something about the pokemon being so pixelated turned me off and I just left it at that. Of course got right back with x and y. I am really excited about the omega because I remember when the old one came out I think it was first time for double battles and it was different I really liked the hoen region.
Age 31
Male
Fortree City, Hoenn
Seen December 6th, 2017
Posted November 14th, 2017
1,276 posts
9.5 Years
Well Ive had a few breaks.
Back in about in very early 2000's I think I decided I would stop playing (by which I would still mess around on Gold but not get new (Gen III) games).
However after watching my Friends brother play on Ruby (about a year or so after it came out) I decied to go back to playing Pokemon, so went out and bought Ruby (wanted Sapphire but they only had Ruby in the shop).
Then I took a brake again deciding I would stop playing Pokemon (skipped over Diamond and Pearl). But then saw my brother playing Soul Silver so yep you guessed it decided to get Heart Gold. Then got Platinum latter on and have been playing continuously since 2010 (kind of skipped over White/Black 2 at first but got White 2 latter on) and have played all (at least one version) of all main games bar Fire red/ Leaf Green.
Playing White 2 and Colosseum at the moment and trying to fully do the Pokedex on X!!!

Most Folks I know who are my age, who are playing Pokemon have done so since Gen one (like I have) but unlike me have never taken a brake and played right the way through.

Imperator161

Seen February 5th, 2023
Posted July 31st, 2020
1,415 posts
14.7 Years
I haven't ever taken a real break, though the percentage of my free time devoted to Pokemon does wax and wane a bit. I became interested in Pokemon later than most people I knew (summer of '99), but from then on, it's always been part of my life. I would say I generally put more hours into the even generations than the odd ones, though, with my low point being gen 5. I only played sporadically in gen 5, and I did very little with wifi, but I still played enough that I wouldn't really call it a hiatus.
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Seen December 19th, 2022
Posted March 5th, 2020
106 posts
9 Years
I took a couple breaks I played Sapphire and absolutely loved it, had played Silver/Crystal/Yellow/Blue before Sapphire I stopped playing around 2005/early06. At first I just didn't care about Diamond/Pearl when they came out or even Pokemon at all really, but one my friends had an R4 and he was telling me about how fun Pokemon is (think he was playing Pearl) (this was in 2010 I think) and I got a TTDS and downloaded Platinum played it for a bit battled my friend but we both stopped playing after awhile. Then Black and White was coming out and I wasn't too interested in it but my friend called over to me one day and just said do you want to get the latest pokemon game? and I was like "yeah" and we tried to race through Black/White to see who was better which I didn't enjoy as much as I had enjoyed previous Pokemon games (it just wasn't as fun). I skipped Black White 2 (so did my friend) and was planning on never getting XY because I didn't want to buy a 3DS and I was never able to get wifi working on my DS so I just didn't see the point. During 2013 summer I was playing on Pokemon Showdown, and eventually played through BW2 but that was boring to me, XY was too but somehow still enjoyable. Can't see me taking a "break" from the games like I have previously again

Leviathan

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Age 29
Female
Ireland
Seen 1 Week Ago
Posted January 15th, 2023
1,103 posts
9.9 Years
I stopped playing around the time I had important exams coming up. That was about two years ago and I'm only now getting back into battling on Pokémon Showdown.

acatfrommars

Male
Seen February 5th, 2023
Posted January 9th, 2023
3,870 posts
9.6 Years
Yes, I remember after I'd been playing Pokemon Diamond for a few years, I become bored with the entire series as a whole. From around 2010-2012 I didn't play Pokemon at all and focused entirely on Super Smash Bros. Melee and Brawl, I was even competing in tournaments, doing well and had my own clan. Then back in 2012, I bought Pokemon White and Pokemon SoulSilver, and started trading again.
Male
Seen August 16th, 2014
Posted August 15th, 2014
23 posts
8.8 Years
From 2000-a few years ago. After the first season, the TV went downhill for me and I didn't grow up around anyone 20 years within my age.
Anyways, what brought me back to it was X and Y. I'm in my mid 20 now, and I needed a release due to the job market and everything else. What kept me in it is I found a large amount of the people who play it are my age.
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USC Yuuka

The USC

Female
The Garden of the Sun
Seen November 23rd, 2016
Posted October 26th, 2016
84 posts
8.9 Years
I stopped for almost 2 years when I lost my Pokemon Black & Emerald with my DS and stopped following it about 2 weeks later, not to mention that my mom had confiscated my 2 other DSes and snapped my GBA in half uwu Then I just got back into it a month and a half ago when I bought a 3DS with Pokemon X.

Altius

Flygon Fan

Age 26
Male
Singapore
Seen February 26th, 2019
Posted February 26th, 2019
1,010 posts
10.5 Years
I took a break after Ruby version. Skipped FRLG (I've only played it last year on my phone) and I only got Emerald about 6 months after it got released.

This doesn't really count as a break, but I didn't really play Gen V as much as I would. After playing White version for a bit I kinda stalled and switched to other games such as Ace Attorney and Monster Hunter. I still played Gen V, but at a much slower rate because I don't see myself enjoying it that much.