Remember when Pokémon was just a tv show?

[Charmander]

I was in grade 4 or 5 when I started getting into Pokémon. Which I belive I was in 1997ish times. Omg what a flash back. I remember rushing home every day from the school bus to watch the Pokémon sho on YTV. Then I had a friend on the school bus who had Pokémon red for his GBC. I begged my parents for a GBC and Pokémon Blue. And I got it for my bday. My friend and I always played on the bus ride. I remember having to trade by cable link and that was just a whole new world! Then the Pokémon cards came out. And boy if younger me knew what they were today I would have for sure hung onto them instead of selling them in a garage sale. Would have done the same too with my Gameboy original, gbc and games. Oh well. Anyways I Remer how the cards were quickly banned from schools due to the fights it would cause and kids getting ripped off. It's crazy to see how this show has turned into quite the dynasty!

[xChoppie]

omw that looks so ridiculous. Would you then be logged onto the sae account or have multiple accounts

I'm not sure about that but I always go O__O when I see them.
HAHA! I'm amazed by their dedication too.
But I guess it helps to keep them healthy in a way? By exercising and keeping them occupied.

[phantasia]

I'm not sure about that but I always go O__O when I see them.
HAHA! I'm amazed by their dedication too.
But I guess it helps to keep them healthy in a way? By exercising and keeping them occupied.

40/50 is still very young I would think they would be working building there lives. I think 30-60 is when you are suppose to work your ass off to build a future not playing games.. But thats just me. And I a on here right now while I should really be building that future. My parents are in there 60's I think I can see them doing something like that to keep busy but I think they dont consider being on an app as relaxation.

[Ice]

I think I was still a small kid when the games were getting really popular (my older cousins were playing Red/Blue when they were first brought to the states) but I personally didn't start playing the games myself until Yellow version. I have a very strong memory of wanting Crystal for Christmas when I was maybe around 7ish? if memory serves right and I found a cartridge in my mom's stuff (she had bought it off ebay bless her) and I was SOOO excited Crystal absolutely remains my favorite version to date and I would buy a remake in a heartbeat.

My sibling and I definitely spent a lot of Saturday mornings trying to wake up early and watch the Pokemon show though, I remember watching it from its original run maybe up through like Advance? or the one before. Honestly for us 90s kids I feel like the original Pokemon season just really hits different. We are the generation of nostalgia though and cling to our childhoods where things were simpler/life wasn't a fucking battle to get through every day LOL.

[Kibba]

I was born in '93 and I always watched pokemon, like every day, one of the biggest fans as a lil kid.
Then in like 2000, I had my first game, Pokemon Gold and my life changed. I then got Blue and Red and as today, I have all the games that pokemon has released.

I watch the anime here and there, have watched many seasons completely, have to catch up with Pokemon Journeys

[Bulbasaur]

Oh my, I remember when Red and Blue first came out lol I was about 10.
I also remember when the show only came out once a week and we had to wait so long sometimes for a new episode!

My grandfather always had the TV ready for when it would come on and my brothers and I would go and get our blankets, snacks and get all excited. It was like we were getting ready for an epic movie

[Strat]

Oh my, I remember when Red and Blue first came out lol I was about 10.
I also remember when the show only came out once a week and we had to wait so long sometimes for a new episode!

My grandfather always had the TV ready for when it would come on and my brothers and I would go and get our blankets, snacks and get all excited. It was like we were getting ready for an epic movie

It was always on in the mornings right before we had to leave for school, so majority of the time, we had to record it on VHS to be able to watch it after school instead. It was really annoying. But on Saturdays in the morning, they also did re-runs of like 5 episodes, so that was kind of cool. I spent many a cold, wintery weekend morning binging the shit out of Pokemon

[Alister]

I was 9 when Pokemon Red/Blue were released and I was obsessed. It further blew my mind as a kid watching the anime for the first time and seeing Mew and Mewtwo in the actual opening credits like omg?????? also most hype theme to a show ever*. I remember, the show used to air around the time I'd be waiting with my dad to pick my brother up from basketball practice after school. We had a ridiculous family van with a TV and a VHS player in the back so I'd always watch Pokemon on this old box set with horrible reception. I can distinctly remember ugly crying during the Goodbye, Butterfree! episode xD

Pokemon will always be my comfort series. I loved it when I was a kid and obsessively followed the series and games through Crystal, took a very long, reluctant hiatus once I got older, then got back into the series right before Sun and Moon came out. There was a family tragedy and I was sitting around with all this time on my hands while on bereavement leave and got the random inspiration to go get a 3DS and a copy of Pokemon X for a distraction and that was that, I was hooked again.

*except for Monster Rancher and Sonic Underground, of course ;D

[xmilo]

It was always on in the mornings right before we had to leave for school, so majority of the time, we had to record it on VHS to be able to watch it after school instead. It was really annoying. But on Saturdays in the morning, they also did re-runs of like 5 episodes, so that was kind of cool. I spent many a cold, wintery weekend morning binging the shit out of Pokemon

Same here! But in my country, they would only show on weekend mornings. To be specific, at 9am. I always hated to wake up so early just to catch the show, only to oversleep and wake at 10am instead. I also remembered when gameboy yellow came out on gameboy emulators. and my uncle would play it while my brother and i watched from the side. man, we sure came a long way, now that we have virtual reality and using apps to catch pokemon IRL.

[Bulbasaur]

It was always on in the mornings right before we had to leave for school, so majority of the time, we had to record it on VHS to be able to watch it after school instead. It was really annoying. But on Saturdays in the morning, they also did re-runs of like 5 episodes, so that was kind of cool. I spent many a cold, wintery weekend morning binging the shit out of Pokemon

Oh yes! My grandfather use to record shows for us so we could rewatch them lol
I remember when I use to rewind the intro just so I could sing the Theme over and over again!
Wish I kept those VHSs though.