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ive never felt as excited for any other game than i did for gen two. i still remember going to all the local swim clubs and pools when gen 1 was around, and all you heard or saw were other youth trading pokemon cards, showing their teams on their gameboys, and arguing about whenever pokemon green was going to come out because it existed in japan. ill never forget those days of pure bliss as a youth with nothing to worry about. the older guys would battle each other and everyone would crowd around to watch what would now be considered awful battling. it was simpler then. and everything seemed larger than life. when gen 2 came out it still carried on in the same fashion, however this time everyone was shitting bricks over the new pokemon and the fact that you could actually go back to kanto. at a time in my life when pokemon was becoming "uncool" for kids my age, it was a nice treat to be able to return to world i loved a few years before. unfortunately i didnt have anyone to share my feeling with during this time, as most people moved onto yugioh, which meant that the game became more personal to just me. the hours i spent playing by myself were justly rewarded whenever i met someone who still played. i felt like the last veteran of a forgotten time. the younger kids who jumped straight into gen two never understood our love for the game because they never experienced gen one. and i think the final battle at the end between red and myself really captures the idea of moving on from the dreams of my childhood. long gone are the nights spend sleeping over friends' houses and playing together and watching in awe as someone evolved a pigeotto into a pigeot and wondering how long it would take to get my own; long gone are the nights spent in the backseat of my families car slowly awaiting the next streetlight so i could see the screen; long gone are all the dreams i used to have of being a pokemon master, as they seem too see-through to be true. at least it happened
