Luckily for me I had the foresight as a child (or at least that's what I'd like to think) to trade most of my favorite pokés to Emerald so they could adventure with me, including the Lati twins. I started by dusting off my old Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald versions to see which pokémon were where. It was through these combined improvements, and Pokémon Bank, that I decided that this generation I was going to finally catch them all. With the destiny knot I am able to breed desirable pokémon in a third of the time it used to take. The Battle Frontier stepped up battles in the game and in order to take on the Frontier heads, you had to breed pokémon or cheat. Since the Battle Frontier in Emerald, breeding pokémon became one of my main reasons for journeying through each region. In past generations, getting a pokémon that was perfect stat wise was rather difficult and time consuming, and there was an element of luck which I simply don't possess. Of these improvements my personal favorite was the upgraded breeding mechanics. When the first trailer and teaser for the current generation were released, I cried share and an overall easier time finding and catching mons. This new generation has a number of significant improvements like a rethinking of the exp. The move to a polygonal overworld was the least of the changes I was interested in (in fact, I miss the pixel art).
#Caught em in that box and series
This was such a drastic departure from many of the series mainstays and I loved it. It's healthy to feel so happy, even about a silly game. I know there's something embarrassing about this, but I think everyone should be allowed one fandom that stirs this level of passion. When the first trailer and teaser for the current generation were released, I cried. But I still found time each week to dedicate to my poképals.
#Caught em in that box and full
Then college happened and I had other things in my life that needed sorting more than my boxes full of pokémon. Whether it was not being able to snag one of the other starter in Red and Blue, or not being able to catch a Deoxys in Ruby and Sapphire, there was always something standing in my way. I played them all over the following years. I distinctly remember maxing out the in game timer in at least one of each of the versions I possessed.
Little did she know she created a Pokémon addict.
#Caught em in that box and free
It was like nothing I had ever played before and needless to say my mother's ploy to make this trip as stress free as possible worked.
Out of necessity to keep me occupied, my mother decided this crazy new Pokémon fad would keep my infinite repository of energy in check.įrom the second I turned on the Game Boy Pocket I was hooked. Being the rather "spirited" child that I was, they knew the vast beauty of America's coast would be lost on my five second attention span. I remember my first hit: I was eight, and my parents thought it would be a great idea to travel from our home in New York all the way down to Florida. I've played every generation of Pokémon and every version since it came to America in 1998. The road to catching all 719 Pokémon was paved with a childhood's worth of free time, a healthy commute and one very promiscuous ditto.
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