When you first played Pokemon, what was the moment that made

>>27318991

When I beat Brock for the first time and left Pewter City for Route 4. Leaving from there with one badge in hand, a battle-tested party, and facing a gauntlet of new trainers on my own, I felt like a proper badass.

I dunno, it's never *been* amazing for me.
Just a fun enough game, that's all. Nothing crazy.

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>>27318991
>Tfw can't even remember my first encounter with pokemon

Checking to see what the fuck this Moon Stone I just got does and being surprised when it could be used on Nidorino to turn it into some giant fucking monster that destroyed everyone in Mt Moon.
Well, I say giant, though the Pokédex revealed the truth. But it was still great.

I was simply hyped by the anime. I already knew I'd like it when I first played

>>27318991
>pokemon red
>charmander
>get destroyed by brock
>bugs, birds and pikachu
>all weak to brock
>grind to 16 or 18 for Charmelion
>brute force brock but still almost die as Pigey has to spam sand attack and whittle down Onyx's health
>jump and scream "yes" and save like 5 times after the battle
After that it was pretty much watching Gary go down with Charizard taking down most of his team while Pikachu fucks up his Blastoise

>>27319031
Luvdisc

>>27318991
I just remember always thinking Pokemon was cool, from the moment I first played it.
I was 3 years old when Red and Blue first came out, and I remember watching my big brother play it a lot on that emulator thing you get in Pokemon Stadium, so everytime I actually did manage to sneak in some time myself, it was just awesome, regardless.

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>>27319031

>>27318991
I watched the Pokémon cartoon first, so then the game was way different from the show but luckily I had played a game previous called Super Mario and the Legend of the Seven Stars so I was familiar with complex gameplay for being eight years old

I was at summer camp in aftercare and everyone was playing pokemon and I didn't even have a gameboy so I just sat watching and begged to play just for 5 minutes. I used to browse the pokemon website and go through the pokedex and find my favorite 'mon and listen to the songs on the site. My OG favorite was marrowak. When I finally got pearl I was so psyched. Though the game was pretty forgettable so what really kept me hooked was the show.

>>27319112
One was this.

Other was learning by yourself. I looked by Mankey movepool and saw "Fighting Type". I tought to myself "Its just a kick like those "normal" scratches".

And when tried to use different attacks and see the differences.
The last one was the first time I evolved a Magikarp to the monstruosity that was Gyarados.

Felt good man.

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I got the Nintendo Power that debuted Pokemon mistakenly delivered to my house instead of a few streets away, and from the moment I read that article, I knew it would be my favorite game. I already loved RPGs, but sometimes I encountered cute monsters and I didn't want to kill them, and now I could put them on my team and have them fight alongside me. I also loved the idea of the Type Chart (at the ripe age of 10, I might add) and the idea that each had a special element to it.

But if you're looking for a moment that sealed it for me while I was actually playing the game, it's that moment my Squirtle evolved into Wartortle.

>>27319031
When i was a kid