>>32806732Playing the games together with my friend. Pick any of those times. They were really fun.
We had, like everyone else, seen the anime on TV before, but neither of us played the games. I tried the games first and loved it. It was Soul Silver. My friend lived next door and saw me playing. Seeing her interested, I bought her Heart Gold and helped her play, explain basics like the Types and useful moves and items, and I restarted my copy to play together. We'd compete to see who was faster, who had higher levels and overall stats, give progress updates and tell each other about anything different we would encounter, and we'd fight every time we got a Pokemon Center or after every Gym. I won all at first, having a better understanding, but she learned quickly. We both used different teams and if there was a Pokemon we both wanted to use, we'd settle it with a fight. Occasionally, it would turn into a real fight, when one of us was losing and didn't like it. It was still fun though, and even when angry at the other, we would play Pokemon together.
Now, we both got jobs in different places and moved out, so we don't get to play together like that. We still use different teams and get different versions, and try to fight after Gym Battle or Trail, or every time we reach a Pokemon Center, but it's a lot harder and a lot less fun.
