>>18720170Gen III was the golden age of pokemon games for me. I played Gen I and II, but I was old enough to appreciate the games more when playing gen III. My brother was old enough to actually play so we battled loads. I had a set of friends who also had the games and we routinely battled, singles, doubles, 2 on 2...
It was before I had discovered serebii so I couldn't spoil anything for myself, rayquaza, latias... I don't even remember how I heard about the games, but I remember importing from america via a specialist store, and man was I excited.
The story seemed epic in comparison to the previous generations, and to this day I still think they are the most solid set of legends of any gen. I was also still young enough that to fall for the mystery of things like the Jirachi/Deoxys playground rumors, which was good. Finally I hadn't heard of EVs/IVs or competetive yet. They have ruined one side of the game for me, I will never again know the feeling of thinking you can take on anybody with just your in game bros again.
