Happy Pokémon Day - 30 Years

[BLUEVOODU]

Pretty crazy... on 02/27/26, Pokemon Turned 30!  I started playing Pokémon back when it 1st came out.  I believe it was the Blue version, but ended up owned the Red and Yellow versions as well.  I remember putting a lot of playtime in this game during a snowstorm and had a lot of down time lol.   Downtime... those were the days.  Not really sure what Downtime is today.

I ended up getting the IceBlue Game Boy (not color) as mentioned in a Thread here.  I thought that came with Pokemon, but that may have been Zelda where I then also bought Pokémon at the same time.  I'll have to find the box as I still have that as well.  That was the console I used once I bought it... the slim version was extremely handy and easier to tote around.  I remember giving my Pokémon ridiculous names lol... but was it a lot of fun!     There's also a new Pokémon game called  Pokémon Pokopia - topic coming soon.

Nintendo page for the event:
https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/happy-pokemon-day-everyone-lets-celebrate-30-years-of-pokemon/

Video from the Nintendo Article:


As a part of the "celebration" they also discussed the Pokémon Legends: Z-A – Mega Dimension DLC:



Hard to believe it's been 30 years.  Time sure flies!  What are your memories of Pokémon and what have you enjoy over all the years of Pokémon?  Thoughts,  comments... post it up!

[Mai Valentine]

I watched the anime before I played the mainline games. The first game I bought was Pokemon Silver because the Pokemon 2000 movie made me a huge fan of Lugia. I've played a game from every generation since then. Gen 2 holds a special place in my heart but my favorite generation is 9. Pokemon Sword/Shield are my least favorite but Legends Arceus is really good so I can't write off gen 8.