How'd you choose your first game?

[Lugion]

I recognized Groudon from these bookmarks at the school library.

A few months later, I found Charizard more appealing than Venusaur.

 

[gallowsCalibrator]

I was looking at ROMs, and decided Crystal looked the most appealling out of the Gen 1 and 2 games.

 

[Sapphire]

I originally wanted FireRed or Sapphire...but there was only LeafGreen...so...it was straighforward.

 

[Fennel]

Emerald came as a combo pack with the GBA I purchased. As for why I bought a GBA in the first place, my dad offered to buy me one for my 9th birthday.

 

[Orion-Sama]

A mix of favorite color and favorite mascot. Blue is my favorite color, and Blastoise looked way better than Charizard, so I went with Blue.

 

[Dragonair0]

Technically, my first game was indigo, a crappy online game I played a few months ago. I thought it was good since I never played a real Pokemon game.
My first real game was SoulSilver. My choice was between that and HeartGold, and the color silver kicks golds ass.

 

[slow_mo]

as long as the pokemon within the game are interesting....

 

[Litten]

I didn't decide: the decision was made for me. My aunt knew that I liked Pokemon so she decided to get me a Pokemon game for my birthday. She just happened to choose Red version. I almost traded it away for Blue version, but I decided that I'd give Red version a shot.

 

[MoarCowbell]

My brother gave me his old copy of Gold Version when he stopped playing. He quit Pokemon and I never stopped after that.

 

[SBM]

gold, cause ho-oh has more pretty colours than lugia

 

[istore]

Not really sure why. My first game was Crystal, which I actually had rented from Blockbuster (ended up buying a new copy and keeping the rental one ). God knows what my five-year-old brain was thinking when I went with it, but meh, I'm happy I did. I <3 my Crystal.

You're *bad*

I had Red as my first game because I got it from a Tag Sale for $2. Couldn't go wrong there!

 

[Emboar]

Red: I thought Charizard looked badass in the box so I was immediately sold.

 

[Deltah]

Red, probably because it featured Charizard.
But as long as I got the game that was opposite of the version my brother got, I was satisfied. As for Black and White, though, I'm absolutely going for the cool factor of the mascots.

 

[~ Z ~]

Other.
Back in the days I got Blue, I chose it 'cose I wanted to be different.
All my friends bought Red so I decided to take Blue so we could trade later.
I later did this on every other version too.
They had Gold, I bought Silver, They bought Ruby I bought Sapphire.

 

[Arc Blader]

I went with Blue, partly because of the color, but also because Blue seemed like the cooler version. It always seemed to me (and this is 0.00% fact, mind you) that Red was the overt, front-and-center version that everyone wanted, while Blue was the off-the-beaten-path choice that signified that you were smarter and cooler. It's a bit of a Lennon-McCartney thing, I guess (assuming that analogy makes even a little sense).

EDIT: No wait, I have a better analogy: Coke and Pepsi. They're even red and blue!

 

[LuxrayOfTheWild]

My first game was Silver and I choose it cause I liked it's mascot especially after Pokemon 2000. Lugia was awesome and Lugia was the first legendary I ever caught(I used a Master Ball)

 

[proserpina]

I didn't. My mum and dad got me Blue with my Gameboy Color when I was four and I don't actually think I ever wanted Red anyway, or knew about either beforehand, really. I've used the legendaries and exclusives to decide since.

My obsessive fate was sealed that day. ='D

 

[Zekurom]

Colour for me. I always go for the third version (Yellow, Crystal, Emerald, Platinum, Gray?), followed by the one that's expressed first in the pair of names. (Red, Gold, Ruby, Diamond, Black).

 

[Roulette]

I was shopping and I saw a copy of Ruby on a shelf. I thought "Hey, I haven't messed around with pokemon since the cards when I was 5!" so I bought it. That was the gateway to where I am now xD

 

[Tricky]

My cousin made me get Red.

I wanted Ruby, and he's like NOOOO.

Needless to say I'm glad he did that. Now I only get the first-named versions (Red, Diamond, Gold, Ruby, etc.) Except I'll change when B&W come out because I want more Pokemon, not trainers to fight.