>>41739077oh I had a few good ones, officially started with Diamond, but had very briefly played with Fire Red and Ruby beforehand.
>Thought you could only ever have 6 Pokemon at any time, and that you'd have to release one to add something else to your team. For the longest time I thought the box message meant I was sending my extra Pokemon to a random trainer.>Thought Rayquaza was a random encounter that could happen when you use fly in the field.>Thought if someone took your flag in the underground you could only get it back if you took it from them.>Thought Earth Power was super effective against grass types cause of the animation>Thought that nicknaming your Pokemon as the name of another Pokemon (like nicknaming a Floatzel to Dialga) could confuse your opponent and give you an advantage.>Thought you could catch any Pokemon that wasn't in the Sinnoh dex in Pal Park>Thought Victory Road was a MASSIVE area with a multitude of puzzles that would take even the best players at least a full real-world day to complete.I've probs got a few more but that's all that comes to me for now. By BW I was already pretty well acquainted with the internet so the only rumors I encountered were in Gen 4.