>>25226976It's odd. Technically my first Pokemon game was Silver, I later played Red and Sapphire but I just played them as games. Yeah I enjoyed them sure but they were just another game to me at the time, I was late getting into the fandom, I had never even watched a single episode of the anime.
Then Diamond and Pearl were released and hoo boy that's when it started, that's when my love for this franchise finally started. I loved the music, the Pokemon, the characters, I even started watching the anime from the start because of it.
I've been playing Pokemon my whole life but my love for the franchise started with D&P.
So technically my first game was Silver, but anytime anyone asks I'll always say Pokemon Diamond was my "first" Pokemon game ever, because that's how I see it in my eyes.
Thanks for this thread OP, brought back some fond memories that remind me why I love Pokemon so much.