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I wasn't a particularly demanding child, for the most part I was content with a box of constuction tools like Lego and such to lose myself in (literally, sometimes; these were big boxes). However, what my 10-year-old self wanted more than anything was Pokémon Emerald for GameBoy Advance. However, glances of enthrallment over the shoulders of my contemporaries were what I had to settle for.
Seven years later, through the wonders of emulator technology, I played it yesterday. I even dug out the joypad I almost never use. Suffice to say I am now an extremely happy 10-year-old boy.
That said, the intervening years have given me a good pool of pop-culture references to draw nicknames from. Note my Wingull called Kehaar and my screaming Whismur called Gorrister. Also my Magikarp called, for complex reasons, Ms. Fish. If anyone knows what that's a reference to, do say.
Yes, it's true that the entire series is pretty much the same game. Since I'm just going to play one or two of the later ones, why does that matter? It's all one game, but it's a good game.
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I have been going through a very similar thing. Silver Version was the first Pokemon game I ever owned, and Crystal was the last.
That generation was great, and now I’m reliving it all through SoulSilver, complete with “witty” Pokemon nicknames (like a Haunter named Whiskey).