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I would say my fondest memory is the day I was introduced to Pokémon:
>June 15, 1999
>Mexican 6-year-old from a vidya-loving family
>a strong earthquake hits my hometown
>electricity down for hours, can't play my N64 or watch TV
>get bored out of my mind
>got this big stack of about two years worth of Club Nintendo magazines (think Nintendo Power in Mexico)
>parents would sometimes use them to teach me how to read
>decide I would adventure by myself
>pick one of the most recent ones
>there's this article about Pokémon, listing the whole Pokédex
>get to read about the game, doesn't seem like my thing
>the animals are still based tho
>memorized some of them
>later that day, went to visit my cousins' house
>electricity was restored, TV signal was starting to get restored
>cousin tells me about this new cartoon they are airing through an open national channel
>"I really hope the TV works again soon so you can see. It's so cool, anon!"
>he says the name:
>Pokémon
>I recognize it from the magazine as a game
>I fucking lose my shit, there's actually a TV show about a videogame!
>TV is restored and we watch it
>the hype is unreal for 6-year-old me
>get enraptured by Pikachu
>get Yellow by Christmas, play the shit out of it
>ffwd today
>hype still stronk
Not to mention the 17+ years of fond memories I can dig into. Man, I really love this franchise.
