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What Made You Love It?

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I love Pokemon. Seriously.

When I was just a little girl I came across Pokemon Blue. I fell in love with the adventures I could have in the world of Kanto. The silly sprites were entertaining, and the idea that a group of these fun guys were following me on my travels was just... awesome.

Since this is a Pokemon forum, and this is the section for games, I'd like to know... what made you love the Pokemon games? What do you still love about it? Have your opinions changed? Do you like the newer games or the older? I'd like to hear some stories about what started this whole thing for you guys. :]
 
The deep,developed plots,superior graphics,high-quality cries...not. It is the sole fact that you can make creatures fight for you,at least for me.
 
My attraction to the Pokemon games has always been, making a pokemon team that was better than all my friends battling teams. Just being the best of my friends was always a goal for me in the games back when I used to play Red version, and that's what would create my original addiction to pokemon. I needed to spend more time perfecting my team before I would go play it against my friends on the play ground. I'm more of a fan of the newer games simply because now that need to be better than my friends has expanded to the internet, and although I'm not the best, I just keep playing in hopes that eventually I will be one of the best online players.
 
I love Pokemon for many reason.

Already stated above, 1. I love Pokemon battling. I love how there's so many different balanced battle types with many different points of entry; strategizing teams and using them to dominate is so awesome.
2. The Pokemon themselves. They just have some kind of charm that other collectable monsters out there don't have, and they're also really fun to draw and make OCs around.
3. The music. Pokemon has one of the most catchy game soundtracks there is.
 
The same as anybody, I suppose. The power, the control, the fact that you have a part of something.

That, or the fact that I can have my Pokemon do glorious battle with other such creatures.
 
I liked it because I liked the idea of traveling around with your pets. Loyal pets, ones that would do anything for you and you would do anything for.

I had always wanted to go on an adventure without the pressure of the world, and this was a nice relaxing way to go on that adventure. It was just me and my animal friends discovering new things.
 
To feel accepted.
I've got over 200 of these things that will do what I want and will be my bestest friend
for a lonely girl this was awsome
 
Two months before the release of Red/Blue, the UK official Nintendo magazine had a huge feature on the games and the series. They also gave away a character sheet, which showed the first 150 Pokemon. I was fascinated with the creatures and the way they evolved into stronger forms. Being a fan of other RPG series' like Final Fantasy, the concept of the Pokemon games sounded amazing, so I decided to buy the Red Version when it was released. I also began to watch the Anime soon before the games came out, which I loved, and when I got Red, I loved them even more and have been hooked ever since. It's now my favourite series of all time.

Thank you so much for all the wonderful years of fun, Game Freak, Nintendo and everyone else who's been involved in Pokemon. Long may it continue.
 
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When Pokémon came out, I first played it (Yellow, specifically) in an effort to gain a common interest with a boy I liked, and to join the craze in an effort to maybe make more friends. I'm actually a pretty shy person when it comes to making friends (I can talk to complete strangers with no problems, but when it comes to making friends, I just can't do it) and I had only a few friends back in elementary school.

So when I got my Pikachu, who followed me around, I was intrigued. This little creature wasn't a pet... Pikachu became a friend. So did Pidgeotto, Nidoran, Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle. I went on this incredible adventure with my friends, helping others, battling to become stronger, and exploring a world I came to wish existed. In essence, I did get my wish - Pokémon brought me friends. Perhaps they were just imaginary friends -points of data - but they were friends nonetheless. It may sound really odd, but when I'm feeling lonely (because all my friends live so far away since I finished college), I escape into the Pokémon world to be with my friends there.

I don't know, maybe I just need counselling or something.
 
Dad gave me Pokemon Red when I was five. I wasn't into girly things like other girls my age, so I wanted to find a special and unique hobby, and... along came Pokemon :D I was obsessed with it, still am, always will be, and I wish I knew the whereabouts of my notebooks from when I was a kid... HUNDREDS of Pokemon doodles
 
I was in third grade when my brother brought me a second hand GameBoy. I was around seven, so that would've been seven years ago. I remember when my brother gave me this hunk of plastic, and it was rather strange for me, because I had never even heard of a hand-held gaming console at this point. However, I was intrigued. It came with many games, including Red, Blue and Yellow... I put the game-pak in, and was blown away by dot pixels and mono stereo sound. I played through, making stupid mistakes like the idiot child I was.

One day, at school, I brought it up with my best friend, saying, "Hey, have you ever heard of this game called Pokemon?" She stared at me indignantly. See, she's around the same age as me, and under normal circumstances would never had owned a GameBoy. She had a GBA, but never talked about it, so I didn't know. But she loved Pokemon, and I told her I was stuck at a place called Saffron City. She owned LeafGreen. And we both became obsessed, never talking or playing about anything else. It was majority of our childhood. We both didn't know about each others' versions of the hand-held, I assumed she had a GB, she assumed I owned a GBA. Then, one day, I went over to her house, and she pulled out her GBA SP, and I pulled out my hunk of plastic, commonly known at the GameBoy. We stared at each other and burst out laughing. Her older brother came into the room and stared at my GB in wonder, saying, "I didn't think anyone would still have one of those!" It was kind of strange.

We thought we'd always have that stupid (but easily lovable) obsession over Pokemon, assuming we'd teach our kids about type advantages and only to use Rare Candies if desperate, as they lower stats, or about how not to waste the Master Ball. Our greatest ambition was to fly to New York, to visit the Pokemon Center on that jumbo jet with the Pikachu on it.

One day I went to my brother's place, and he was playing a hand-held that looked like a cross between a brick and a toaster from the future. I sat next to him on the couch and saw him playing MarioKart DS. He pulled out the stylus and tapped the Touch Screen. "WOOAH! What is that? A new GameBoy?" I asked. "What? GameBoy? No, this is a Nintendo DS, I bought it for you," he said, passing it over to me. He helped me with MarioKart, the last I played it was probably when I was three, on the N64. I asked my brother the last question I did for awhile, which was, "What does 'DS' stand for?" My brother didn't know, and I was perplexed as he knew so much about gaming. I was hooked like never before.

I once walked into the living room whilst my older sister was talking with her friend. She asked me a random maths question that I didn't know the answer to, but probably should have. Then she asked me what Squirtle evolved into, and I said, "Squirtle evolves into Wartortle, then Blastoise. That's the full evolutionary cycle, consisting of three stages, like all Starters." She exclaimed to her friend, "See, she knows more about Pokemon than anything thing else! She's a lead authority on Pokemon!" She was right, at school, both me and my friend were the lead authorities on Pokemon, she knowing slightly more about some areas, me other areas. Anyone who needed help with it came to us.

I bought Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team. I was almost scared when you could walk diagonally; I was expecting the next main series to implement this feature. I went over to my friend's house again. She barely knew about the DS. I turned it on, and both her and her brother were amazed, especially since at this point I had obtained Sapphire Version and the DS was backwards compatible. When I was about to leave, he took my DS out of my hands and rubbed it against his face (to my horror; it was so creepy) and said sadly, "Bye, come over again." I took it back, laughing, I said, "I can't wait 'till you get one too, Becca!"

We waited thirteen months for the AUS/ NZ PAL release of Pokemon: Diamond and Pearl Versions. We knew all the Pokemon seven months before release. We knew all the event Pokemon and extra additions three months before release. And then she bought Pearl; I bought Diamond. We had so much fun, it's kind of scary now that I look back on it. It was amazing by our standards. Four years old from that point, I feel really old when people talk it about it as "Oh, they came out ages ago," especially since when we experienced it in its prime, it was brand new.

One and a half months after the AUS release of Pokemon Black and White, I realized that I knew virtually nothing about the games. I realized that normally, I'd've already known all there is to know without playing it. I searched it up, attempting to get back into it. I couldn't do it. That sense of curiosity and wonder was no longer there. I was devastated. A few weeks after this, my nine-year-old family friend was having trouble beating the third Gym Leader on Black Version; I told her that I'd try, but wouldn't do very well. It much worse than I expected. I looked at the Pokedex, the map, rode on the bicycle and just stood there listening to the sound track. I didn't know where I was, or what to do, it was so weird. Crying, I gave her back her DS stating that I couldn't do anything without research, and that sometimes it's harder for old dogs to learn certain new tricks than others. She probably thought it was weird of me, but she couldn't understand what it meant to me. In class a few weeks ago, we were studying the cover of a gaming magazine, for Visual Texts. The teacher asked who would get the most out of Pokemon, and everyone turned to look at me, and I smiled sheepishly and stated that I really only cared about PokeSpe these days, and knew nothing about Black or White. However, proudly I stated, "If I did, though, you'd bet your ass that I'd whip said ass raw."

My DS is in pieces. But, it still has the picture of a Persian on it. I threatened my friend's brother when he pissed me off, "I'll smack you over the head with the very DS you rubbed your face against!" That was only last week sometime. He thinks Nintendo is a fail now. My friend thinks it used to be fine, but these days Nintendo has been heading down hill. They don't care for Pokemon anymore; for them Halo and Portal is where it's at. And I don't blame them, even though I fail at the both of them, they're quite fun. I don't care for Pokemon nearly as much as I used to; but it will always hold a special place in my heart; the very franchise that built my childhood.

Only last night I watched The First Movie. I cried. I still do when I watch Pokemon movies. Pokemon used to be so glorious for me, and when I stopped playing after an extensive amount of time, I felt like I was waking up. I don't know where that went. I don't know if I'll find it again with this. But, I really want to. Wish me luck.

PS: I told my brother, glowing with pride that I found out something he didn't know, "'DS' stands for 'Dual Screen'. Cool, huh?" I walked away, humming happily.
PPS: I miss my Lv. 11 Growlithe on Pkmn Yellow that I caught with my Master Ball, stuck into my PC, and made sure the Growlithe never saw the light of day again.
 
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I was a kid, and I saw how cool the show was so I decided to continue watching...and then I was hooked...
 
I love Pokemon because there's so much to do, and you can play how you want to, it's not like, say, the Mario games where you just have to get through a level (although that can be fun too). Plus most Pokemon are extremely cute.
 
The music, and the strategy. Even as an 8 year old playing Blue, I found the different types and strategies unbelievably good fun. Whereas most of my friends just picked who looked/sounded the 'coolest' then wondered why their Charizard was getting dommed by my Rhydon.

Ah, the music... my iTunes is full of Gen I-III music.
 
Swalittle said:
My attraction to the Pokemon games has always been, making a pokemon team that was better than all my friends battling teams.
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That's one of the really fun things about Pokemon, isn't it? :] Competition with friends is just way too fun -- especially if you win. ;D


Hyper Dragoon said:
3. The music. Pokemon has one of the most catchy game soundtracks there is.
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Definitely! Even Gen I had catchy tunes!


Shiny Celebi said:
I'll admit it. was drawn to it because Pokemon are cute. I enjoyed collecting all the cute characters. So I continued to play an be interested.
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My friend, I completely understand what you mean. The cute Pokemon are just... way too adorable. <3


mewstone said:
To feel accepted.
I've got over 200 of these things that will do what I want and will be my bestest friend
for a lonely girl this was awsome
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That was actually so touching. ; u;
As a fellow lonely kid, I understand. The idea of loyal friends who would follow you anywhere is just so appealing... and rare in real life.


Hitomi said:
When Pokémon came out, I first played it (Yellow, specifically) in an effort to gain a common interest with a boy I liked, and to join the craze in an effort to maybe make more friends. I'm actually a pretty shy person when it comes to making friends (I can talk to complete strangers with no problems, but when it comes to making friends, I just can't do it) and I had only a few friends back in elementary school.
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Ahw! That's really sweet! I'm envious of such a fun backstory. ;D
Also, it's great that you ended up truly liking the games, too!


Aquamarine Phoenix said:
I was in third grade when my brother brought me a second hand GameBoy. ...
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What a story! ;u ; I really enjoyed reading that!
Being the authority on Pokemon among your friends... that must have felt really good. :]
The first movie still brings tears to my eyes, too... and lots of sobs. D':
I hope that you can rediscover that magic you felt as a child. It's such an enchanting thing when you're small, and I think people try and forget those feelings in exchange for adulthood. I'm in university and I still try and keep those childlike feelings. I wish you so much luck!
 
In the beginning, it was the anime, the ability to train a variety of the mons and the feeling of adventure which got me hooked.

Now it is the depth of the game and the competitive battling aspect which fascinates me.

@chuulove

Nice thread. good job.:)
 
Well, first I fell in love with Misty when I was five. Shut up you did too.
And then I got my first pack of 9 FR/LG cards for Christmas. Including a holographic Dugtrio and Mr. Mime EX. Hells yeah, sparkly cards.
And about 6 years later I had traded my way to a small empire of cards, ruled by Tyranitar and Shiftry - both EX.

And then I got Diamond.
And I realized, where else can my tree-turtle beat up flaming monkeys? HOOKED.
 
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