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How long were you into Pokemon, and what got you into it?

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Rsr57

Well-Known Member
I´ve been around Pokemon since 1998/99(11/12 years).
I heard about it in a magazine that wrote about the pokemon phenomenon in Japan and i got interested in it very quickly. I bought Blue the same day it was released here and i´ve played all of the "main" games since then.
 
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Charmander#4

Dating Rosie Palms?
Oh, let's see... I think about ten years now. Pokémon came to Denmark pretty late.

I wanted the game with Charizard on it (Red version) because it looked awesome. Simple as that.
 
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Tykki Mikk

Pokemon Coordinator
Mmmmmm thats a way to remeber alot xD...

I started with pokemon since I was 6, not 9, 9 I bought My first Game (Pokemon Blue), Since I watch the previews in the TV I really wants to watch it because it calls my total attention, I think that pokemon can be better, But I was wrong.
Weh the Hoenn region come sout and show me the world of the pokemon coordinators, all mi view of teh pokemon world changed totally...
12 years I has been with pokemon and I don't regret :D
 
Manchee

Manchee

extra toasty
I watched the animé when it first came up, and I really liked it. My cousin got Blue eventually, and that only got me more interested since it was a video game for the series. My mom also used to babysit kids when I was younger, and one kid that I'm still friends with likes Pokémon, so watching it with him and playing the games too with him kept me going with it.
 
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glox

Active Member
my first game was firered, almost when it first came out. I didn't like leafgreen, but i regretted it because i googled where scyther was in FR but it was only in LG :'(

Then I got emerald and blue(from hawaii on ebay LOL) and then ruby, eventually leafgreen, then pearl, platinum, soulsilver, sapphire, and then heartgold. i now only need diamond and the original gbc games, but i sold my gba so i cant play the color ones.
 
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Keegan™

Well-Known Member
I was 5, and at the local afterschool daycare center my friends had red and blue on their gameboys. I imediately wanted a gameboy so I got it around the 2000 or 2001 Christmas. That same Christmas I got Silver, and ever since I have gotten all of the main games (besides Heartgold)
 
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Tekirai

heapz cool persin
When I was about 4 or 5, my brother got Yellow and a Game Boy Color for his birthday. I think I ended up playing it a lot more than he did in the end. I endured many boring summers with it. |D I can't remember whether this happened first or if the whole Pokemon boom with the TCG did where I live, though.

At some point between 3rd gen and 4th gen, I kinda lost interest in Pokemon. I think it was anime I was really into then. Whenever Diamond and Pearl came out, I really got into Pokemon again, and I've been into it ever since.
 
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TomNook

Still In Kanto
I got into Pokemon when Red/Blue was released in Europe. What interested me and has kept me interested since is how everyone has their own unique team/experiences unlike other games.
 
Missingno.Fan

Missingno.Fan

Well-Known Member
I got hooked with the show because my friend watched it. I kind of lost interest in Pokemon when Ruby and Sapphire came out (even though I bought the games and played them). I really got into it again after learning about glitches/beta/cheats in the game.
 
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SceptileFan

I AM RACCOON MAN
I got into it in 1st grade. I was bored after school because Clifford wasn't on (I was 6), so my mom said I should watch Pokemon. I instantly fell in love (I cried when Ash lost in the Kanto league). My first ever videogame, Ruby, I got in 3rd grade, a couple years later. That's what spawned my love for Sceptile :D
 
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Shedinja705

An outcast...
i probably got into it since I was....6 I can't remember how i got into it, but I've been a total maniac about it ever since. I got 5 games (in order) firered, platinum, Heartgold, Emerald, and Soulsilver.
 
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roland_eplof_the_bender

rhyperior FTW!
i got into pokemon when crystal came out... and i've played it since then.
 
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Raikagenate

Member
I was two when the first pokemon game came out in america. i went to my cousins and they showed me the original pokemon for Gameboy, since then i was hooked. by the way not gameboy color, the really big and grey gameboy
 
The Red Thunder

The Red Thunder

Backwards thinking?
I've been into Pokemon since the middle/end of the first generation (I was 11, IIRC). I've owned every single Pokemon game (at least, mainstream Pokemon game. I don't buy the spinoffs) to date, and that includes a Japanese copy of Green. First game I owned was Yellow, followed by Blue. I got Red shortly thereafter.

What got me into it was, ironically, Super Smash Bros. When I first played that game, I used Link or Samus. One day, I decided to try Pikachu, and I never looked back. I got really into Pokemon, learning it's ins and outs. Finally, when that Christmas came, I got Yellow.
 
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Bardische

Elegance.
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TomNook

Still In Kanto
Sheimi-Shaymin said:
Epic fail.

Oh, I was just walking through aisles then I saw some orange dragon looking at my direction. I fell in love. I nagged at my mom to buy it for me, then I've solidified myself as a fan since that day.
Click to expand...
For me it was a bad-*** blue turtle with cannons on his back.

So bad-***.
 
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Crystalmew9

Ultimate Mew Fan
Hmmm...when I was pretty little, like, a LONG time ago. My best friend gave me my first Pokemon cards, and also, some of my other friends starts playing the games (FireRed and LeafGreen), and I was hooked. I started off with PMD Blue, and then LeafGreen...and the rest is history, as well as my over 500 Pokemon cards.
 
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truthwillsetyoufree

Hermione can't draw.
Well...............my older cousin BJ got me into pokemon when I was about 2, yeah pretty young, im 14 now, so 12 years...wow....thats a long time. when I was like 5 or 6 my grandma got me a Gameboy SP and Pokemon Sapphire. I looooved that game. BJ got Ruby so we played a lot together. He was sort of my mentor/best friend, and he'd always say that I was stupid trying to raise all of my pokemon instead of just my starter, but hey I still go by that method to this day. We also played at my Grandmas lake house, I was Misty and he was my Blastoise...awwww good times :)
 
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