I started with Ruby, on the VBA emulator, back in first grade. An older family friend had it on his computer and copied it over to ours. I mostly had my dad translate it for me until I learned enough English to go about myself.
My first Pokémon ever was Torchic. I chose him because he was cute. My sister had Mudkip. She invented what we called the "Poké Ball Attack": you don't battle the wild Pokémon, you just throw the ball right away. She caught her Zigzagoon that way, and we were so impressed. (I was 8 and she was 6, at most.)
Blaziken grew to be the strongest, most awesome creature that ever lived, in any of my Pokémon games. He is the only Pokémon I ever raised to level 100, and during normal gameplay at that. You see, when I beat the champion for the first time, the game said THE END, and I cried because I thought that it was over and that all my Pokémon were gone, and opened the save file from before facing the champion and lost on purpose. For a long time I played without going to the league until I learned that yes, you could continue afterwards.
I know Hoenn like the back of my hand. It is to me what Kanto is to older fans. I've been everywhere, unlocked all its secrets. Once we recognised the braille script in the Sealed Chamber, we found how to read braille online and translated it on paper. It was a great adventure, to finally know what those strange rock formations in three places were for.
I played it for years and I still have the game and my save file on my computer. The amount of memories this game has for me is just unbelievable.
My first Pokémon ever was Torchic. I chose him because he was cute. My sister had Mudkip. She invented what we called the "Poké Ball Attack": you don't battle the wild Pokémon, you just throw the ball right away. She caught her Zigzagoon that way, and we were so impressed. (I was 8 and she was 6, at most.)
Blaziken grew to be the strongest, most awesome creature that ever lived, in any of my Pokémon games. He is the only Pokémon I ever raised to level 100, and during normal gameplay at that. You see, when I beat the champion for the first time, the game said THE END, and I cried because I thought that it was over and that all my Pokémon were gone, and opened the save file from before facing the champion and lost on purpose. For a long time I played without going to the league until I learned that yes, you could continue afterwards.
I know Hoenn like the back of my hand. It is to me what Kanto is to older fans. I've been everywhere, unlocked all its secrets. Once we recognised the braille script in the Sealed Chamber, we found how to read braille online and translated it on paper. It was a great adventure, to finally know what those strange rock formations in three places were for.
I played it for years and I still have the game and my save file on my computer. The amount of memories this game has for me is just unbelievable.
