>>45633485>24>Gen 1 was before my day, but my brother has memories of my "playing" on his Red version.>Remember watching the Lt Surge and Raichu episode and discovering my fave mon. >Around the year 2002, my cousins own Silver. (((Borrow))) it from them. Instantly fall in love with the games. >Didn't get Crystal. Gameboy broke and my mother really didn't want to but another one.>My older brother came to visit us froim out of state and soon left forgetting his Gameboy Advance. He never came back for it. Play Silver until the cartridge died.>Mom buys me a Gameboy SP. (((Borrowed))) my friends Sapphire version. Really enjioy it, the first time I'm actually understanding the map layout, mechanics, etc. >Mom eventually buys me Emerald. Played it until the internal clock died. Somehow my older brother managed to (((borrow))) LeafGreen from WalMart. And later acquired FireRed from a friend who gave it away. >Played all 3 games until I eventually lost all of the cartridges. >Mom buys me a DS lite, eventually gets me Diamond for Christmas, find out it was via GameFly. Never gave the cartridge back and got away with it. Eventually got Platinum. Was one my favorite games, until I of Soul Silver the following Christmas. Played it until I eventually put it down. >Was hyped for Gen 5. But never got to experience it because mom was too poor to buy the game. >Sat out every game release, and practically the entire franchise, until I bought Alpha Sapphire in late 2015. Since then I went back and played every gen.
