bad pokemon stories thread! ill start off with my worst
this takes place when im around 3rd or 4th grade and i was playing pokemon pearl
>encounter a wild ponyta
>too young to know what a shiny was
>thought blue flames may have been from moon, older brother agrees
>attempt catching but ponyta runs away
yes a shiny pokemon ran away. I wasnt even in the safari zone either. has a similar event happened to you where a pokemon has run away in the wild? obviously roamers dont count and it doesnt have to be shiny of course
still really salty and have never encountered a shiny in game ever since
>>31928869
it has the ability run away so theres that.
also be prepared to be ridiculed for playing DP in 3/4 grade. because vp cant do math
i played pokemon once
worst experience of my video game career, never again
>>31928904
it was a long time ago and i cant even remember my own birthday sometimes so i may get the time when wrong. grade was easier than age here
>friend catches weird looking bagon
>shows it off to our other friends
>we make fun of him for buying a broken game
>gets mad and restarts his game to prove its not broken
>>31928969
> video game journalist ''career''.
>Have Yellow Version
>Trade Pikachu to my brother to see if Pikachu would follow him around in his Blue version
>It doesn't
>Brother evolves Pikachu with a Thunderstone to see if Raichu will follow me around when he trades it back to my Yellow version
>It doesn't
>Turn off game without saving
>Brother points out it auto-saves when you trade
>No more following Pikachu
On the upside, I did realize my dream of a following Raichu years later in Soul Silver. But my Yellow cartridge was forever fucked up.