I was born in 1997, my first game was Firered. The reason why I was so late to the franchise was because my mom was a pretty hardcore christian and Pokemon was a "creation of the devil". Once she started mellowing out, she finally let us play.
>>40498349>>40499045I can also confirm the Hoenn favoritism. I have a lot of nostalgia for Firered but once I played Emerald I was hooked on Hoenn. I also loved the Pokemon movies that came out during that time, which were Hoenn, of course.
