you know what? The first couple of games are fantastic RPGs (Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver and Crystal at least. Haven't played and don't plan on playing the new ones). I didn't care for the TV series, but I watched it up until they got to Johto. It was not very good, but without it I wouldn't have gotten into better anime. I remember when I was like 9 or 10, if something had Pokemon on it, I would buy it.
I actually bought a Copy of Gold recently for like $7.
My current party is:
Feraligatr
Lugia
Pigeot
Hypno
Poliwrath
Houndoom (recently evolved from a Houndour. I heard that if leveled up right and has crunch and flamethrower and you tought it Solarbeam and Sunny Day from TMs, it is unstoppable)
I stopped buying the games after it became "I can't remember all these. I'll stop at 251 and be happy". And I have. Although its hilarious whenever kids with like LeafGreen come up to challenge me and have no clue what they're dealing with.
Now, I had Red, Yellow, Silver and Crystal way back in the day, but all but Red and Yellow were sold with a bunch of games to EB Games several years back. Mostly because Yellow broke and I still play Red alot.
but for me, my sudden re-interest in the games is nostalgia factor. I'm now remembering how much fun I had playing them.
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here be dragons