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>was a poor kid growing up
>parents get me used GBA with used Yellow
>save file has 1 gym badge, player named 'Pimper' and a Pikachu and Butterfee named "Wormy"
>play through the whole game with those dudes
>got fucked over by EXP Share as well as trying to train a zillion different Pokemon at the same time
>Wormy was the absolute best, since Confusion bent Gen 1 over easy
>kept losing to the E4 and lost all of my Pokebucks, so much so that I couldn't buy Pokeballs or Potions
>remember hanging out with the Gambler's outside Vermillion since I was so poor
>never actually beat it but still enjoy the memories
>name every Butterfree I use 'Wormy' to this day
>some fat kid trades my Yellow for his Crystal
>instantly fall in love with the music
>play through the game with Chikorita, who I picked just because everyone said it was terrible
>cruised through Johto, got really into looking for rare Pokemon and flipped shit when I saw a Yanma for the first time
>when I get to Kanto, I deposit all my other Pokemon but my Meganum and Espeon since they were all I needed
>loved every second of it
HGSS and BW2 are my favorite games, but damn if there wasn't something special about Crystal version. I have a lot of memories with other games too, but these stick out the most. Funnily enough, the most fun with a Pokemon game I've had recently was with X/Y, since coming across rare Pokemon felt like such a treat thanks to there being so many different ones.
