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My life was shit for most of my early life. I wish I could forget…
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Spinda.
The only name you need to know.
I can still remember the gen 1 starting pokemon, anyway.
Let’s see, there’s Squirdis, Barbarasoar, uh… Chortle? Oh no
Chortle was my favorite.
Don’t forget Charmonger, Charmelon and Charlizzo!
Let’s play grill brand or pokeyman
- Char King
- Smokin’ Champ
- Charcadet
Here you go buddy:
Don’t worry trainer, you can always get back together in a big ol’ group of all your friends and between everyone we’ll be able to figure out all their names. :)
A big group of friends? What kind of fucking fantasy land are you living in?
Uhhh… The internet? lol
You can get together with a small group of friends if you’re more comfortable that way, but the sentiment is the same. Find some people and have fun remembering your shared past.
I still have an easier time remembering all the original pokemon than I do the periodic table of elements.
There’s antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium, And hydrogen, and oxygen, and nitrogen, and rhenium…
do you still remember vaporeon?
Did you know…
that in terms of human companionship, Flareon is objectively the most huggable Pokemon? While their maximum temperature is likely too much for most, they are capable of controlling it, so they can set themselves to the perfect temperature for you. Along with that, they have a lot of fluff, making them undeniably incredibly soft to touch. But that’s not all, they have a very respectable special defense stat of 110, which means that they are likely very calm and resistant to emotional damage. Because of this, if you have a bad day, you can vent to it while hugging it, and it won’t mind. It can make itself even more endearing with moves like Charm and Baby Doll Eyes, ensuring that you never have a prolonged bout of depression ever again.
This is so wholesome, especially in contrast. I love it!
You disgust me OG baby
After a certain point the Pokemon started being made with the level of creativity and identity you can expect from AI generated garbage, so I don’t blame you for forgetting them.
I’m pretty sure the only ones that have truly stuck with me are the first gen.
I don’t remember exactly, but didn’t design change hands pretty early on? The first 151 were designed by a fairly famous character designer, iirc
Honestly I don’t even think gen 1 Pokémon are anymore creative than the others. I was still a kid when the concept was new so they felt fresh, but pretty much every Pokémon I can think of is based on an existing archetype of some sort. Plant/Animal, inanimate object brought to life, spirits, dinosaurs, etc. Then you sprinkle on some regional flavor and there you go, you got a Pokémon.
“Identity” isn’t something that belongs to the object, it’s something that is assigned to the object by an observer.
This is why, in retrospective, I’ve really fallen out of love with Pokémon. I could have spent that time learning about real-world animals and plants, since it’s so arguable, whether Pokémon are even cooler to begin with.
I still love Pokémon, I just try not to let my nostalgia for the old games get in the way of enjoying the new ones. I try to judge everything on its own merit.
But yeah I agree, really animals are way more complex and interesting than anything you’d find in a game.
If you can’t see it, you can’t see it. I can’t point it out to you.
Very true!
The grass Joto starter was literally named after looking in the spice cabinet.
Magnemite is named after a magnet and Voltorb is an electric orb.
Tauros and Porygon are just one letter away from Taurus and polygon.
Ekans is snake backwards.
I’m open to having my mind changed, but I’m going to need more lol
My secret to remember then is to have children.
Yes, but after naming my first child Bulbasaur and my second one Venusaur, I’m not sure I can sire enough children to fill in the first 150, let alone the full roster…
Yes, but after naming my first child Bulbasaur and my second one Venusaur, I’m not sure I can sire enough children to fill in the first 150, let alone the full roster…
Plus you already forgot Ivysaur!
You’re right! Now I gotta start over. Drat
With enough women, it’s possible.
How early did you introduce the games (or show)?
Mine are still years away.
They know the most well known Pokémon thanks to merch and a few old cards that my wife and me had when we were children and conserved.
My oldest watched a few episodes when she was 5, and “read” a Pokémon manga after (she watched the images, she didn’t know how to read). I promised her that I will teach her how to play the cards when she’ll know how to read … I will keep my promise and buy her her own deck for her 7th birthday :-)
That’s adorable. I’m so excited to be able to share this with my kids too.
My oldest only knows the name “Charmander” from a stuffed animal, but that’s it.
I got my kiddo playing around 4 or 5. Mainly just watching. Eventually he started playing games like Coromon, and other monster catchers. The newest Pokémon sadly haven’t run well on his switch either, so I’ve been trying to get him on the older but still favorites like Pearl or Diamond.
I get fuzzy on anything after Black/White. Hisuian and Alolan regionals would probably be my saving grace after that, I never found the will to finish Sword and have had 0 interest in Scarlet/Violet.
i can remember all of them from when i was a kid, but that number has since tripled. if i was a kid now i don’t think i would be able to learn all of them in the first place!
Triple isn’t that bad. I knew 151 and then the main ones from the next few games (and didn’t learn all the names, I don’t remember any of the middle evolutions) but there are 1025 now
It’s a shame they didn’t clue into the regional variants sooner. I love all the different Meowths. Would have been cool if each new game was remixes of existing pokemon
I wish they had better games rather than just new coats of paint
Imagine how creative they would have to be if they were restricted to only the first 151 for the last 25 years
Electrode, Diglett, Nidoran, Mankey. Venusaur, Rattata, Fearow, Pidgey.
Seaking, Jolteon, Dragonite, Gastly
Ponyta, Vaporeon, Poliwrath, Butterfree
