What made you play Pokémon?

[JeTz]

So.. as title stated, what made you play Pokemon?

Anime?
Manga?
Trading Cards?
or because your friend has one and you think its cool.

I personally played Pokemon because of the Anime.

 

[Emo Aikon]

i got into it when i was in elementary school. a friend was playing red version, while we were in home work club, and he let me play for a few. it was a fun, but i didnt have a gba. so i fell into the TCG. then i got a gba color in april of 01. thats when it all started for me. it was such an amazing expierience for me. and techniclly still is
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[Takoto]

I saw the anime one time and thought it was cool, then watched it more, then got the games.

 

[Skweetis]

I started playing the card game when it first came to the US, then shortly after I started playing the games.

I miss the times when the more Pokemon cards you had, the more of a badass you were.

 

[Kikaito plush]

I saw a picture of Krabby and liked him, and my cousin said it was a pokemon so I got yellow so I could raise my own..

 

[mondays suck]

I was on vacations, saw someone playing Pokemon there and wanted to have it. So the last poll option probably is the best fitting one here.

 

[SiReNzZ]

I started to like it when I first played it on Gameboy , I got Pokémon Yellow and red :)

 

[KingArmag]

I saw Pokemon:Rise of Darkrai and immediately was interested in pokemon.

 

[CliveKoopa]

I wanted to play it because I saw the anime then I heard that there were games so I wanted to play it.

 

[Cheesymitten]

I actually saw the advert for Pokémon Fire Red and thought "wow"
So I went and bought it =3
But I think my cousin has the earlier games so that made me want to buy it as well..

 

[Serene Grace]

I got into Pokemon because of the game aspect. To be more precise, when one of my friends at school lent me Pokemon Blue. I played it, loved it, bought it and the rest is history.

 

[The Red Chain]

The anime.
After I started buying my own video tapes of the episodes there was always that little bit at the end that advertised Red and Blue versions.
It was a must-get as soon as I saw it.
Rented Red version the next chance I got and that's where the insanity began. <3
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[NatureKeeper]

A friend in Grade 3 had a copy of Pokémon Gold. I liked it, so I entered this Pokémon World. It was greater than the 'old-school' game I expected. O_o

 

[DonRoyale]

My friend showed me the trading cards.

Then I watched the anime.

Then I saw the games.

Then I played the games.

The rest is history.

 

[Medli]

Surprisingly enough, I got into the games first. My dad got me Pokemon Silver for a Christmas present. He asked his coworkers and friends what their kids liked, and my dad also loved video games, so he decided to buy it for me along with a Gameboy Advance.

Then I got into the anime. I was never into the card game. I just collected them. I still have a huge tin of them just for memories sake. Haha!

 

[Ayselipera]

I started playing the card game when it first came to the US, then shortly after I started playing the games.

I miss the times when the more Pokemon cards you had, the more of a badass you were.

I can't believe those days are gone! :(

Well I started watching the show and collecting cards before I ever played the games. Then one fateful day my cousin let me play his gameboy which happened to have a gsc game on it. Ever since that day I've always played the games.

 

[curiousnathan]

Well the first game I played was pokemon gold. I got into pokemon ever since playing that game. My cousin gave it to me and I was from then on > obsessed.

 

[BHwolfgang]

Well, I was watching Ash and his gang of Gym Leaders walking down the road one day and got interested. After that, I begged to get a Pokemon game and was rewarded with Pokemon Silver.

The rest was history because I spent my whole life loving it. =)

 

[mass2chaos]

Started with the TCG and Anime, no clue how I started with those. But those lead to the game. Started with Yellow, jumped to Ruby, played FireRed, Pearl, Platinum, and then went backwards to play Silver (so I can get used to the region for HG/SS).

 

[GlitchCity]

xDD thanks alot for making me think, to tell you the truth I really dont know, yes I liked the anime and at that time I didnt even know pokemon was a game until I got my first version gold, the rest is history :]