Since Ima a hispanic, I spent like the first 2 years of my life in Central America. There we didnt have satellite like DirecTV or anything like that, we had basic cable. There was this channel dedicated to cartoons (and no none of those cartoons like those that looks like they were of a horrible quality, they actually aired anime and cartoons from the U.S. and what not), and I saw an episode of pokemon. At that time I think they were just ending the Kanto saga. I can remember my 4 favorite pokemon in the show: Pikachu, Charmander, Bulbasaur, and Squirtle (weird thing is that now I absolutely despise that mouse XD). So when I came back to the U.S. at about 3 years I cannot remember those details as well, but I didnt know the channel for Cartoon Network (where they used to air the old series), so I never got to watch it again, but (again I cannot remember the details well) I cannot actually remember buying the games, but I can remember having the box for pokemon blue in my hands (I know because the only thing I can remember from the box is blastoise, which was mascot for it.). I can't remember much after that, but a few years later (or maybe months later, horrible memory XD) I had this deck of cards from this promotion from burger king, and I had gotten a few of the cards of the TCG from this card vending machine in my local publix. I never learnt how to play the TCG game (and I still dont know how) but I played this game with my mother, whoever had the larger number in order of the pokedex, would win. Afterwards I had gotten meself pokemon silver. I can even remember the pogomonz I had in my party: Espeon, Drowzee, Ampharos, Feraligatr, Togetic, and Girafarig. I had tried to beat the game, but I was for some reason stuck at the eucratic gym (for some reason, they wouldnt let me battle in it for having a normal pokemon in my party, which could be due to some glitch or something) and since I didnt have surf, I was roaming lake rage just training in it. So afterwards I kinda gave away my gameboy color and got a new gameboy advance... which years later I gave away along with all my other games, except pokemon silver, which I put away and uptil this day I cannot find where I hid the little rascal. So since I could never find it, my pokemon fever kinda died, uptil a few years later when a friend lent me his pokemon sapphire, and afterwards let me keep it. Near that time my lust for collecting TCG cards (again I collected, not played) had returned, so started collecting again adding to my already existant deck. I had built up a deck (mind it was a horrible deck) and I challenged someone to a match... only to lose my Deoxis as the wager )':. Anyways, I had lost my DS so I couldnt play my gameboy games anymore.... to which I had lost my Sapphire... AGAIN! :'( So again my pokemon fever died down again even when Diamond and Pearl came out. But I discovered bulbapedia and I started reading all about the new pokes and since Platinum had just come out AGAIN I had gotten my fever back, even dreaming about capturing a buizel XD. And since I didnt have money for a DS and Platinum, and I was hearing stories about HG and SS it became like an obsession I had over it now. Then I discovered about emulators so I downloaded Emerald and Crystal, now my obsesion has subsided a bit... except I cannot find a working ROM for Platinum. Anyways I just bought a new GBASP and now have emerald itself... but I really wish I could find a platinum ROM.
Anyways so the order of my life has been: Anime, Game, TCG, Anime (I eventually discovered what channel CN was on and started watching the Battle Frontier series), Game, TCG, and now Game.
So yeah my pokemon life has been pretty complicated
