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>visit the Nintendo World Store in NYC over the weekend
>browsing around, checking out the Pokemon shit and whatnot
>hear a little kid's voice
>"Welcome to the world of Pokemon!"
>turn around
>there are two small kids behind me, a little girl and a slightly older boy, presumably her brother, holding plushies of Fennekin, Chespin, and Froakie in his arms
>he's pretending he's the professor at the beginning of a game, giving her the whole speech telling her what Pokemon is all about
>the little girl is eating it up, she is so fucking enthralled by everything he says
>he holds out the plushies
>"Now you get to pick one of these three Pokemon to be your first one!"
>she picks Chespin, he picks Froakie for himself
>"Now we're Pokemon trainers! We can have a real battle when we get home!"
>the kids give the plushies to their mom and she buys them, then they leave
>mfw this was a raw display of the pure, innocent excitement I once felt discovering Pokemon for the first time