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A long history of collecting Pokemon games (photo included).

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 It all started with Pokemon Blue & Red.  I have no idea why it did, it just happened.  I assume it was way back in 1996 or thereabouts.  My youngest daughter was only one and the elder about three, so I didn't buy it for them.  I already had my Gameboy, with long sessions on Tetris and Bill & Ted.  I don't even remember hearing about Pokemon and why I should buy it, but I did, both of them.  It didn't take one long to love them.  The characters, the music, the game play - it was just awesome and in fact was the catalyst for me to become even more of a gamer than I already was (having started back in 1973ish with Pong. 
 
Although my daughter was only three, she was already a proficient reader, so she took to Pokemon like a duck to water.  It was our first gaming bonding experience.  We gave our characters stupid names, like Assachu.  We laughed like only a child of three and a dad who thought like a three year old could.  By the time my younger daughter was threee in 1998, she was also a proficient reader, so we were all into it. 
 
One of my fondest memories of that time was learning that you could "clone" characters.  It was an awesome glitch.  We cloned all the good characters so we could have everything.  I miss cloning.

  Gotta buy 'em all (missing - Pokemon Yellow: somewhere in the house) 
  Gotta buy 'em all (missing - Pokemon Yellow: somewhere in the house) 
With the main series of Pokemon, a trend started and continues now.  My daughters got the new release games.  They would play the hell out of them and I would have to wait my turn.  I still hate that there is only a single save file and I will get a R4 card to go around it.  Anyway, eventually, the inevitable third game would come out and that one was mine, starting with Pokemon Crystal.  I recently got my Platinum game, an they were jealous as they are each time, that I got the newest one, conveniently forgetting that I had to wait more than 6 months to finally play it.  Right now, I am the one missing out as they have SoulSilver and HeartGold. 
 
The home console versions have been a constant disappointment as such.  I still yearn for a home console Pokemon game that is equal to the main handheld ones.  It can happen, it should happen and we deserve one.  XD Darkness of gale was fine whilst it lasted,  but it as too short.  Battle Revolution is just an add on for the DS games.  The N64 versions were fun though.  They had fun mini-games and the peripheral for connecting you Gameboy games, and characters was very neat.  Pokemon Snap was excellent for what it was and is screaming out for a proper sequel on the Wii.
  
Here is the collection you see in the shot:

Gameboy 

  1. Pokemon Red 
  2. Pokemon Blue 
  3. Pokemon Yellow 
 

Gameboy Colour  - Special Edition Pokemon Console

  1. Pokemon Gold 
  2. Pokemon Silver 
  3. Pokemon Crystal 
  4. Pokemon Pinball 
  5. Pokemon Trading Card Game 
  6. Pokemon Puzzle Challenge 
 

Gameboy Advance  

  1. Pokemon Ruby 
  2. Pokemon Sapphire  
  3. Pokemon Emerald
  4. Pokemon Fire red 
  5. Pokemon Leaf Green 
  6. Pokemon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire 
 

DS  

  1. Pokemon Diamond 
  2. Pokemon Pearl 
  3. Pokemon Platinum 
  4. Pokemon Ranger  
  5. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time 
  6. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness 
  7. Pokemon SoulSilver 
  8. Pokemon HeartGold 
  

N64  - Special Edition Pokemon Console 

  1. Pokemon Stadium 
  2. Pokemon Stadium 2 
  3. Pokemon Snap 
  4. Pokemon Puzzle League  
 

Gamecube  

  1. Pokemon Colloseum 
  2. Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness 
  3. Pokemon Channel 
  

Wii  

  1. Pokemon Battle Revolution
 

Grand Total is 31 Pokemon games. 

I still enjoy the Pokemon games as much as I ever did.  Sure, the games are pretty much the same as the they have all been, but think of them as expansion packs, with new stuff.  I truly look forward to what they can do with the 3DS and await news of what the Pokemon Black & White is all about - maybe it is about Michael Jackson  :/ 
  
Well, there you have it.  Pokemon is not for kids, it is for people who enjoy good games.  People don't grow out of Pokemon, they just get mentally old and have lost touch with their sense of fun.  Their loss, not mine.  Anyone managed to accumulate more Pokemon games than me?  There are still some I don't have, believe it or not.
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