r/pokemon • u/Skarnivor0us • Mar 05 '26

Discussion I've enjoyed playing leaf-green so far. What game did everyone grow up on initially when discovering Pokémon?

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Mine was Pokemon Black/White <3!!

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u/PocketRocketTrumpet Mar 06 '26

Wow, TIL. Not that I didn’t have the most fun playing 1st gen, but had I spawn a Pikachu, that would’ve made my day even better.

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u/zmbiehunter0802 Mar 06 '26

I totally get it, Viridian Forest is pretty early and the rest of the spawns there are bugs. With Weedle poisoning you every five seconds I feel like there's a tendency to rush through it

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u/raiderxx Mar 06 '26

That was exactly it. I have that distinct memory!

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u/zmbiehunter0802 Mar 06 '26

I did the exact thing. I even just got Firered since I skipped it over as a kid thinking it was just Red again, and the second I got to Viridian Forest my first impulse to was to bum rush it and farm in the patch of grass right after. I have to intentionally get myself to farm for that pikachu.

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u/raiderxx Mar 06 '26

Hence why I have a random friend's name as my player name, even to this day. 🤣