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>be me
>be 10 years old
>ads for Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire first start popping up in magazines and on TV
>to this day I have never been more hype for a game than I was for Gen 3
>shit like PUDDLES ON THE GROUND RIPPLING WHEN YOU WALKED THROUGH THEM blew my little mind
>finally get Sapphire version
>literally cried and hugged my parents
>played nonstop
>not my first Pokémon game, but the first one where I was old enough to understand what I was doing
>started with a Treecko
>named him Scaley
>my absolute bro
>always 10 levels above the rest of my team
>beat the Elite 4 together--first time I ever beat a Pokémon game
>still played the shit out of it
>seriously, I LIVED Sapphire version
>completed every single objective
>maxed out the in-game clock
>was well on my way to catching them all, had maybe like 20 left
>come home from school one day, ready to see my bros
>go to open up my game file
>TRAINER: SOPHIE
>BADGES: 0
>Sophie is my little sister
>start crying hysterically, almost beat up my sister, get grounded for two weeks
>it doesn't matter
>nothing matters
>years go by, though I still love Pokémon I never truly got into a game again the way I did with Sapphire
>fast-forward to now
>people showing off the special message you get for transferring a Pokémon from the originals into ORAS
>can't even be happy about it
>all I can think of is my long-lost bro
>Scaley the Sceptile will never get to come home
