>>36178529He's talking about early online, the first few months.
And it was because everyone was using the PSS all over the world, trading and battling, and injection wasn't a thing yet. It was the first truly connected Pokemon experience, and because Bank wasn't out, it was also a fresh start for everyone. Every aspect of the game bloomed with activity, trading, competitive battling of all modes, friend safaris, GTS, it was all a fucking blast and all clean, your effort actually paid off in the global community of players.
You could take your in-game team online and actually have fun, people were testing the new Pokemon out, Mega Evolutions, and so on.
