>the smell of a freshly opened booster pack of first

Did anyone actually play the card game? Most kids I knew just collected the cards

>>26389627
I did, but only because of the video game. Which was one of the best games at the time

>>26389824
same
I had the pokemon tcg for gameboy color but never had anyone to play the actual game with

>>26389627
The videogame was really cool.
Shame I never could properly play the card game with anybody.

None of my friends knew how to actually play the game. I was the only one, and if I tried to teach them, they gave up because it was too complicated for them.

>>26389863
did you at least play the GBC game(s)?

>>26389967
>GBC

Son, you aren't old enough for this thread.

>>26389967
the second one was the bee's knees

>>26389893
>Americans
Ehats so gard about the game. Its literally the easiest out all tcgs out there. Fucks sake, americans are truly below avg.

>>26391470
Not him, but Crystal is objectively the best Pokemon game there is.

>>26389627
I used to go to the local bookstore on Saturdays and play in the basement. It was like some kind of club or something

>>26391692
Shouldn't you be praying to Mecca right now eurocuck? Don't let the caliphate catch you posting on 4chan, or you're going to get whipped in the street again

>>26389627
Fuck yeah. We used to have tournaments at breaktime in school every day for about two years. It was amazing tbqh

>>26391692
When I lived in the states most kids actually played the Gameboy games or merely traded cards, they didn't sperg out like autistic fucks over a card game intended to capitalize on the success of a video game.

>>26391697
I second that. Anything past ruby isn't Pokemon

>>26389627
I used to play it with my brother and our friends.