>>33556990>viet crystal as my very 1st pokemon game>be 9 years old>have never played a rpg before, let alone a pokemon game>english is not my 1st language>viet crystal has broken english>spend 3hours trying to figure out how to get out of my room and go downstairs>spend an afternoon trying to figure out that i had to go pick a pokeball when Elm was done talking>spend another day trying to figure out how to open my bag and throw pokeballs at pokemon>overlvl starter and end up with a lv93 typhlosion at the end of kanto +random hoothoot/growlithe/eeveelution>one day save file just corrupts and 999h playtime lostgood times man, good times. Will never forget the 3 crystal versions I ended up buying between playing RBYGS after my 1st crystal messed up (the second one couldn't save, that's what you get for living in a 3rd world country full of bootlegs).
I say, not having broken English sure helped after the first crystal, though. Especially in knowing what the hell your pokemon was trying to learn
