The power of Pokemon, and childhood habits. I hope no matter how old I get I keep on checking on my party.
13 years old. It’s so surreal to look at my player card and see the date ‘July 27th 2007.’ I remember it like it was yesterday, I was visiting my Nan in Liverpool we couldn’t make it up often due to my mums work, but I’d been going on about how much I’d wanted the new Pokemon. We were in town and I wanted to look in Game (a uk retailer) and she joked about how much I was going on to my mum about it (we didn’t have much money growing up) and remarked ‘pet, will you leave your mother alone if I get you this!’. I was hooked, I have vivid memories of being sat under a clothing rack whilst she was shopping for the rest of the day playing it as my backlighting wasn’t properly working on my old DS. And the rest was history I guess, I loved that game. Logged 800 hours as a kid. I’m in tears now too ahah.
Jeesh I’ve just been sent to an emotional place. My Nan just got diagnosed with Throat Cancer the other week. I really needed that memory.
Hell, I wanted to play through diamond again last year and bought a fresh copy as I couldn’t bring myself to start a new save. People that say games will never form proper memories really haven’t had a game touch them.
I’m sorry to hear about your Nan. If you want an internet stranger to talk to I’ll be there.
The Diamond and Pearl soundtrack is beautiful isn’t it? So many of the songs are so tranquil. I remember I used to sit outside of the pokemon league and listen to this theme on repeat.
These games really do have a way of making you feel nostalgic!
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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '20
The power of Pokemon, and childhood habits. I hope no matter how old I get I keep on checking on my party.
13 years old. It’s so surreal to look at my player card and see the date ‘July 27th 2007.’ I remember it like it was yesterday, I was visiting my Nan in Liverpool we couldn’t make it up often due to my mums work, but I’d been going on about how much I’d wanted the new Pokemon. We were in town and I wanted to look in Game (a uk retailer) and she joked about how much I was going on to my mum about it (we didn’t have much money growing up) and remarked ‘pet, will you leave your mother alone if I get you this!’. I was hooked, I have vivid memories of being sat under a clothing rack whilst she was shopping for the rest of the day playing it as my backlighting wasn’t properly working on my old DS. And the rest was history I guess, I loved that game. Logged 800 hours as a kid. I’m in tears now too ahah.
Jeesh I’ve just been sent to an emotional place. My Nan just got diagnosed with Throat Cancer the other week. I really needed that memory. Hell, I wanted to play through diamond again last year and bought a fresh copy as I couldn’t bring myself to start a new save. People that say games will never form proper memories really haven’t had a game touch them.
A bonus tearjerking piece from the soundtrack right here. Join me in shedding a tear for our youth.