>>22132460I see. I remember the first time I ever played Pokémon was a copy of Alpha Sapphire a girl I was friends with in high school bought me.
>Boot up the game, choose Mudkip as my starter>Very confused as to why he was purple, because I thought he was blue>Think nothing of it and play for a little bit instead of paying attention in geometry class>Decide to wipe my save, because I wasn't happy with what I named my trainer, as slurs were not allowed>Made a new game with a new name, pick Mudkip again, because I wanted to be a water trainer>He's purple again>Play a bit longer, and wipe my save to start a new one last time, because I realized it would be pretty funny if I named my trainer 'Daddy'>So I do, I choose Mudkip, and the nigga's purple again>"I guess I just misremembered what he looked like">I've been playing the game for a few days now, and the girl who bought me the game wants to battle>I start the battle with Mudkip>Girl who got me the game is speechless>I ask what's wrong>"How the hell did you get a shiny Mudkip?">"What the fuck is a shiny Mudkip? Is that why he's that sickly purple color? I wanted blue">"They're super rare, like, a percentage of a percentage chance of getting one">"What do you mean? I've made a new game 3 different times and he was purple every time?">And then she beats the shit out of my team because I don't know how to play Pokémon and I pretend to flush my cartridge down the toilet over our voice call 