The Good Ol' Days

[-Cygnus-]

Back in MY day we had 150 monsters, and that was ALL you needed! None o' these new-fangled 'cutey' monsters for children!

Look at dat there Tauros. A fine specimen of a monster. Look at the new-age Tauros. A CARTOON COW. Disgraceful! We had Pikachu and Raichu, but that wasn't CUTE enough for CHILDREN so they added Pichu, the Baby. Then they added those two Minun and Plushie creatures, which are completely obvious knockoffs! That's right, IVE SEEN YOUR NEW MONSTERS! BAH! Tailow? HootHoot? Starly? BAH! Give me Pidgey any day! Sentret? Zigzagoon? BIDOOF? You young whippersnappers can paint a Ratatta brown, but it's still a Ratatta!

The new popular starter is CHICKCHAR or something. Hooey! Back in my day, if you wanted a flaming monkey, you threw a Mankey into a bonfire!

I must say, it's nice to see the developers haven't gotten creative. A hippopotamus called "Hippopotas"? That's almost as clever as a pile of muck called "Muk"! Shows that the first generation was the BEST generation!

But everything they try to change doesn't work! Take evolution for example. Well, we DIDNT evolve them because evolution is a heathen scam! Everytime they tried to evolve, we would stop them because they were Intelligently Designed to be the way they were. But at least science was simpler in those days. Creatures evolved by leveling, stones, and trading! We didn't need to equip any new-fangled Kings Rock while leveling up at dusk while fighting a Goldeen at Cinnabar Island with a happiness level of 200 and spare Rare Candy in the inventory! That's ridiculous!

Also, there are no male or female monster of the same species! If they were, they would be a DIFFERENT SPECIES like Nidoran is. I notice that you haven't tried to reclassify them as the same species. That's because they are the ONLY monster with genders! All them other monsters are a-sexual. They don't breed! You kids today pass your monsters to some hag, and she has to genetically engineer you a cross-bred creature. WHY ELSE WOULD CREATURES ONLY MULTIPLY IN A DAYCARE CENTER?

Speaking of evolution, you young punks can stop evolving my monsters! Lickitung, Tangela and Rhydon were useless enough without you tainting them with stripes and spikes and scowls! If we wanted them to evolve, we would have done it the old fashioned way: by putting three of them together! I see what you did to Magneton! IF WE WANTED MAGNETON TO EVOLVE, WE WOULD JUST PUT THREE TOGETHER.

YOUR TURTWIG IS A BULBASAUR WITH A LEAF ON ITS HEAD!

Where was I? Oh yeah, your fancy colors. We didn't have color back in my day! We had black and puke green and we were grateful! People at the store would say, "Welcome to Cerulean City, the most vibrant city in Kanto. Would you like to see a third color?" and you would reply, "No, sir, I am satisfied with two" because THATS THE WAY GOD MADE IT.

And what's with these monsters that roam around the whole region? I don't care if you are a legendary, you stay in ONE house or cave. YOU DONT MOVE. I tells ya, the whole world is loosing control. Pretty soon these creatures will all be free. What kind of world has no pocket monster fighting action paralleling cockfighting? I am not sure, but it's a world I want none to do with!

Maybe this old fool is too naive for this new world. But with God as my witness, I will keep my level 100 Charmander, level 100 Magikarp, and level 100 Pikachu by my side forever. You kids wouldn't understand because you're too busy 'evolving' your monsters, watching their stat-ee-vees and teachin' them moves to balance against your friends. What a waste of time! I could beat the Elite Four everytime, back when that MEANT something. So you can go fight strangers over them thar internets if you will, but as for me and my monsters, we will retire from a world which no longer needs us.

... That was probably the best post I've ever read. Lol I agree (in a less raging way)

...Does anyone else feel like completing the original dex now... o_0 I never got around to doing it, but now I really want to haha.

Oh dear Nostalgia, you sure do hurt~

Amen.

 

[Dartht33bagger]

Does anyone else feel like completing the original dex now... o_0 I never got around to doing it, but now I really want to haha..

I have 149 on my physical red version....just need Tauros >.<

 

[Quilava's Master]

2k6? That makes you lke 13! Madness, lol. The glory years of Pokemon were 1998 -2001. Back when I had Red and my brother had Blue and Yellow. I had Crystal he had gold and silver. Things were so much simpler. I must say that B&W are the first Pokemon games that I've been exicted about since Crystal. I think it has to do with me having no prior information about them. But the good ol days are long since gone. Age has tainted them. Same goes for yugioh and digimon. Dbz is still sweet though haha

 

[NightOfRemorse]

When I was a kid, I had a gameboy color but for some reason, I never got any Pokémon games even though I liked Pokémon. When the first movie came out, I would make my parents take me to Burger King so I could get the toys. I had a tape of the episodes "Pokémon Scent-sation!", "Hypno's Naptime", and "Pokémon Fashion Flash". I get warm inside when I watch those episodes now hahaha. I had a Pikachu plush that my cousins and me would fight over xD Man, I regret not ever buying the games when I was little. For the life of me, I can't remember why I didn't. I even watched my cousins play Yellow. Then a few years later, I had this neighbor who would constantly say, "I have a game with a super rare Pokémon on it! And you don't know what it is!" He never showed it to me, it was annoying :/ eventually I did see it. Turns out, it was just Ho-Oh. xD

 

[carter756978]

Pokemon Emerald? Dude the good old days were pokemon red and blue!

 

[Akula]

The first games I played were Fire Red/Leaf Green.
I bought them during the hype, and fell in love (figuratively).
I've beat every single game from that one forward except for Heart Gold/Soul Silver. Right now I'm redoing Emerald, playing Shiny Gold, Blue version (the old one), and Crystal version. iPod emulators ftw.

 

[Don Daddio]

i've been watchin pokemon since i was about 4 or 5 and i used to love the original series and i think as time goes on, it can only get better....pokemon will be with me forever and no matter how old i get, i'll never stop playing it!!!!!!!!

 

[Yukimi]

Ah, nostalgia will do that to ya.

I remember everyone playing Pokemon Red and Blue at recess. Pokemon was such a huge, magical world back then. I guess that just shows how limitless one's imagination can be before real life starts kicking you around haha.
I'll be honest, I'm still a little upset about Misty leaving. When I was a kid, I would have sold my soul to have friends like Misty and Brock. Hell, I think I still would.

Pokemon hasn't changed though, I have. I grew up, things aren't so magical anymore. I still love the series, I have a blast playing the games and I love when Gen 1 comes up and everyone gets all nostalgic.
Being that this gen is a reboot, I think it's the closest I'll get to feeling that initial magic again. My mind was kicked back to 1998 when I saw all those new Pokemon. What a great feeling.

 

[ManhattanTheStarr]

I find it amazing that I grew up watching Pokemon, attempted to play the TCG (it was the biggest thing at school back then xD), and was a video game addict, but never actually owned a Pokemon game of my own. But I do have fond memories of watching the anime waaay back when it was only in the first season. Ahh, nostalgia... The one episode I remember the most is the Jigglypuff one. :P

And the thing is, Pokemon IS how it used to be. There's still the anime, the trading cards, and the games. It's just that YOU'VE gotten older, and now Pokemon just isn't as "magical" as it used to be. I know exactly how you feel. :< For the younger fans, Pokemon is to them as it was to you. And when THEY get older, they'll feel the same way. :x