>>35805836Even more scattered memories
>used to LOVE and collect the faux-Pogs that came on the back of Pokemon Mac and Cheese boxes (this may have actually been where my love for Pokemon actually began) and used to simulate giant Dynasty Warriors-esque battles between them>remember noticing that I always had the "red" version (Red, Gold, Ruby) despite liking "blue" colors more, decide to get Diamond when Diamond and Pearl come out specifically to counter this>Diamond is sold out and end up getting Pearl anyway>played the instore demo for Diamond and Pearl, somehow get the impression that the game could only be played with the touch screen and get angry, realize my mistake when the games actually came out>playstyle is basically "starter only with maybe a legendary" and avoided most trainers for many years until I started watching Slowflakes Let's Plays, then my style switched to his (make a full team and battle everyone)>form entire team for B/W after the sprites all got dumped online, many months before the games actually came out in America>was that guy who nicknamed his Snivy "Smugleaf">was on /vp/ on its first day and created the first reaction images thread on /vp/tcg related
>get the 2 player starter set that came with shitty 30 card decks and Pokemon Play It!>later get the second Play It! from a thrift store>play Play It! 2 more often than I probably should have>every card from the era seemed mythical because I never saw any of them in person>eventually got Pokemon TCG GB and played it a lot>didn't actually buy a pack until Diamond and Pearl came out 