>>29521554>be 7 - 8 y/o>first PKMN game and it's Yellow edition>Rock Tunnel>no HM Flash because my 7-8 y/o self didn't bother talking to random NPC nor reading any of the game's text and absolutely hated backtrackingAlso in Gold...
>reach the Kanto region>my fat old nemesis show's up once again in the form of a sleeping Snorlax blocking the path, again>no idea how to get rid of it since the PokéFlute is gone (guess who ironically got it in the previous game)>turns out, in this game you're supposed to wake it up using a tune which goes to the PokéGear's Radio Card upgrade which my 8y/o self never bothered getting from that one radio host NPC in Goldenrod CityBy the time I had finally caught on and managed to connect the dots, I had kicked off the whole game talking to all of the NPC, the backtracking was real and you know the worst part?
It wasn't even a damn puzzle.
Goes to show what happens when you're not paying attention, it was all about being the first kid in the neighborhood/school class to beat the Johto/Kanto game.