Way back when I was 12 years old...
It really wasn't that long ago.......
But, there was a TV show that I really really enjoyed watching. The opening song was sung over and over and over again. When you are young, you seem never to tire of anything! I remember singing the lyrics, "I wanna be the very best. Like no one ever was," with a lot of heart and a lot passion. This show was called "Pokemon" and as it grew in popularity it quickly became a video game for the Nintendo GameBoy.
At the time, I never asked for anything that was too expensive so I never had a GameBoy. When I grew older, way past high school, I was finally able to afford my own Nintendo DS and I treasured it. I took with me everywhere. I played happily on the bus going to and from work. It was the best investment of my life, at that point anyway! The first game I purchased was Pokemon Emerald and with it the phrase, "Gotta catch'em all!", became instilled within me.
It became an obsession. One that I was never afraid to flaunt in public. I could be anywhere and as long as I had my Pokemon I was happy!
The game story itself was pretty standard. There's some bad guys, Team Rocket, that are trying to gain the most powerful of pokemon, and naturally, you have to stop them! I just liked roaming around the digital world for a chance to find some rare pokemon! I easily put hundreds of hours into the game. If the point of a game is to have fun, then Pokemon was definitely one of the best games I've played, even for today's standards. Sure as time goes by and more and more odd pokemon get added to the Pokedex I will still have a soft spot for it.
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