My favorite Pokémon memory is when my big brothers friend gave me his Pokémon yellow and I stayed up all night playing it under the covers and just feeling so pleased with a fat little pikachu following me around in the game. It was awesome. It was when I fell in love with Pokémon honestly bc it was MY first game and not my brothers save file that he’d let me play to pass the time
I was lucky enough that though I didn’t own my own Pokemon games until I was in my 20s, I at least got to play my own saves filled back in the day. We just restarted over and over and over. Everyone had memories of their early starters being their first lvl 100 Pokemon and struggling to defeat all ALL the gym leaders and taking on the Elite 4 and catching legendaries.
I played the first couple of routes on repeat and got stuck and rage quit at the fucking cave all the time (I ALWAYS got lost and kept whiting out before i made it through.) Though I still loved it so freaking much.
Also, Yellow was probably my favorite because adorable fat pikachu following you that you could interact with. What is not to love about that version?!
