Wow, really have to think back for this one...
The first time I heard about Pokemon was in kindergarten. I don't think the games were even out, then. I remember my friends would all be like, "Devon, Devon! You have to see this show! It's so WICKED!"
Don't even say you didn't use the word "wicked" when you were young ;3
Anyway, I used to get mad, because I didn't have a TV back then. I'd sit in my room, litteraly thinking how good this so called "Pokemon" must be.
Then, one fateful day, I just happened to be flicking through the channels at my grandmothers, when I hear, " ♪ I wan't to be, the very best, that noone ever was...♫ ". I knew right away what it was. How? Well, you see, apparently all little kiddies go through a phase where all they want to do is sing the theme song to their favourite show. So after about four months of enduring this, I pretty knew the Pokemon theme song by heart, even though I'd never actually seen the show.
Anyway, back tothe point.
There I was, sitting on my grandmas couch in awe, watching little creatures dance around on TV, with lighting bolts coming out of their faces and leaves coming out of their backs.
Three words; I WAS HOOKED.
From then on, every day I'd run to my grandmothers house just to watch Pokemon, until finally my family got a TV. Then I was in heaven.
And you can't even imagine how overjoyed I was when the first game, Pokemon Red, came out. I got a Gameboy Pocket, and a copy of Pokemon Red for Christmas. I was the first kid in my school to have the game.
:\ It certainly did get stolen a few times...
But anyway, that was back when I was in kindergarten; 1998. Now I'm in grade nine, so I'd say I've been into Pokemon for about ten years now.
Omigawd, I just wrote a novel :<