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Pokemon Blue was my first video game ever and I still have some painful memories.

When you first start the game I had no idea that to exit the house you have to stand on the darker patch of ground (which I later learned was a doormat) and press down because I assumed that would mean walking into a wall. Two hours later, I finally exited and found the lab and Oak was not there, so I left and explored the town then went back and he still wasn’t there, so I left my character sitting in the lab waiting for him to return and I’d sometimes run back home but only quickly for fear of missing the professor, and it took 5 hours for me to try leaving the town. I hadn’t acquired Flash before Rock Tunnel so I navigated the entire thing in pitch black (and back then you didn’t even have a circle of light). I got so comfortable with the slow pace that when I got the bike and zoomed forward I got so scared that I never used the bike again. It took me months to get into Saffron because I never thought to get something from the vending machine for the security guard to drink so I wandered around for ages trying to find things to do—I’d even wait just before his line of sight to see if he’d turn away. I used only one Pokemon to fight (my starter Bulbasaur) for the entire game so I beat the league with a level 80-something Venusaur and only used Razor Leaf every single time and when that ran out I used leech seed + solar beam. I used my Master Ball on a Snorlax because it took me so long to get passed his blockade (recall how long it took me to get through Rock Runnel) and I thought he was the ultimate Pokemon.

This was absolutely me when I saw six with my first Pokemon Red. I knew nothing of Pokemon prior to the game and I literally only picked it up at a garage sale because it had a dragon on it.
The doormat thing had me stumped for a few minutes, and the only reason I left town as quickly as I did was because I came to A Very Serious Decision that  was going to be a rebel. I assumed by not waiting around long enough for Oak to introduce himself that I could charge ahead and be labeled as a rebellious trainer and be a lot cooler in-game. I also assumed I could just catch my first Pokemon as I had no idea starters were a thing. I assumed something as cool as Charizard was just going to be a special boss later in the game.

Once I got that squared away, though, and spent about a day and half lost in Viridian because I didn’t know how to return Oak’s parcel, you know what absolutely scarred me for life?

Viridian freaking Forest.

There were no steps leading out of it and no doormat to mark the exit, so the only exit I knew of was the southern one back to Viridian City. The northern exit was just a black wall with a sign in front of it with some kind of trainer tip that had nothing to do with getting out.
I legit spent a week in that forest.
Every day I’d try interacting with a different bunch of trees and defeated trainers and see if something had changed to let me escape the horrible forest all the NPCs kept warning me was a giant maze. Every day I’d fail and have to save among the trees in defeat.
Eventually I forgot how to head south.
I got confused in the little wiggly path on the northernmost end of the forest near the exit that eluded me for so long, and I thought I was going in actual circles because all of the up and down paths looked alike in Red and Blue.

I was trapped.

I spent another two days in that horrifying loop alone and I just cried over my Gameboy every minute of it because all I could think of was that all of my Pokemon were going to die in the forest and it would be my fault.
I also had no concept of stat modifiers being temporary in battle- I started crying at another point because all the bugs (naturally) kept using string shot and I thought the lowered speed stats were permanent. I remember actually going to my mom in tears because my Pokemon were going to be so slow by the time I finally got away from the bugs. I’d have to replace them all and they’d never be useful again. It took another several months before I noticed the stat pages didn’t actually change.

And the music.

To this day the Viridian Forest music from gen I makes me want to cry. Other kids were scared of Lavender Town, but I was scared of Viridian Forest. I had nightmares about Viridian Forest. You could torment me by just playing the Viridian Forest theme and I would dissolve into tears and beg you to stop.
I had to play with the volume off because the music made me so incredibly upset.

Finally, after nearly two weeks of being stuck in that horrible forest (only finding my way back to Viridian City for a heal because my Pokemon used Struggle until they all fainted and I blacked out), I went up to the dead end in the forest and started jamming the A button. I was so upset and scared and worried about my Pokemon that I was going to jam that A button at the black wall until the game did something or my Gameboy broke. I just wanted to move on and get my Pokemon healed at a new city and maybe go shopping like the nice lady with the mean grandpa.

And then, by some miracle- some glorious miracle- I accidentally hit the ‘up’ button.
The black screen scared me to death for a split second because I knew if I had actually broken the game I’d never be allowed a replacement, but then I realized I had stepped through the exit.

I was out of the forest in a totally new gate building with totally new NPCs and I remember cranking the volume back up just to hear the glorious sound of my triumph.

I cried the entire way to Pewter and vowed to never go back in the forest again.

I never did, I was terrified of it and legitimately never went through that forest again until I got Yellow a year later.

I then proceeded to challenge Brock with a level 9 Charmander, a level 7 Metapod (that only knew Harden), a level 6 Kakuna, and a level 5 Pidgey. I had no potions left after the forest and lost spectacularly.
I immediately challenged him again with zero leveling up and lost again.
I lost to him about a dozen times and realized I was never going to get past this city with my weak Pokemon and panicked because I had survived the forest of death and torment and more death only to end up at this weird new city that I couldn’t pass.

It felt like it took an eternity, but ultimately it was probably a week or so later I finally defeated Brock with a level 17 Charmeleon that solo’d the entire battle (I hadn’t trained anyone else) and somehow managed to come out on top.

The rest of the game was spent just leveling up my Charmeleon because I thought we could win against anything if we just had enough ~friendship.~

Misty was a nightmare.
I don’t even remember how long I was stuck on her because Charmeleon was the only one I had at a high level and I didn’t know that the local Oddish would be strong against her if I took the time to train them a little.

I do remember getting the bike, though, and insisting on riding it everywhere and running into everything. Just everything. People. Buildings. For some reason it moved too fast for me to control.
But the music was so upbeat.

And Lt. Surge, the first gym leader I wasn’t at a disadvantage against? Yeah, Charmeleon evolved into Charizard literally the battle right before him.
Guess who got downed by Thundershock over and over and over again because she didn’t know electric types were strong against a Charizard?

Me.

That’s why whenever I see how they’re making the new games easier and more user-friendly and simpler for kids to understand I can only be grateful that the next generation isn’t going to have to suffer through what I did. It might make fond memories (like pep-talking to my Charmander’s stat screen as if it would help us not get beaten to a pulp for the tenth time) but my gosh I would not wish that on any unknowing child. If they want a challenge and want to go in blind, that’s one thing.

But generation one was merciless and unforgiving and mildly traumatizing.

“Trainer Sappire would like to battle!”It took three days of off-and-on work while combatting a terr

Trainer Sappire would like to battle!

It took three days of off-and-on work while combatting a terrible cold alongside allergies, but I managed to finish this.
I started playing Pokemon when I was six years old with a Pokemon Red game and a Charmander, making Charizard here my oldest friend.

MS Paint and mouse as per usual, props to (x) for inspiration on how to improve my fire-drawing skills.


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yeah, yeah.

I’m convinced everyone in the pokémon fandom knows about this joke but it still doesn’t stop me from naming people things like this.

Then again, I basically convinced an old senile man (prof. Oak) that his grandson was named Asswipe.

Who’s really the villain here?

(me, it’s me)

It’s Pokemon Day! Here’s a tribute to the original games~!

It’s Pokemon Day! Here’s a tribute to the original games~!


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i kept forgetting to post my patreon’s december illustration lol here it is w january’s!

I hope everyone has an amazing Christmas <3! 

I hope everyone has an amazing Christmas <3! 


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Red ran into Team Rocket while out adventuring! Luckily, they were no match for Bulbasaur.

Red ran into Team Rocket while out adventuring! Luckily, they were no match for Bulbasaur.


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Mew“Apparently, it appears only to those people who are pure of heart and have a strong desire to se

Mew

“Apparently, it appears only to those people who are pure of heart and have a strong desire to see it”

-Pokémon Gold/HeartGold Pokédex entry

Pattern: SecretBaseDolls

:muffidoodle


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Last month I was pattern testing for SecretBaseDollsShe’ll be launching this Mew pattern in English Last month I was pattern testing for SecretBaseDollsShe’ll be launching this Mew pattern in English

Last month I was pattern testing for SecretBaseDolls

She’ll be launching this Mew pattern in English in Ravelry soon! You can see the preview here: Amigurumi Mew - Pokémon

I’ll keep you posted when it is ready for sale!

1st :muffidoodle

2nd : lilalboi


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Cubone

“The skull it wears on its head is that of its dead mother. According to some, it will evolve when it comes to terms with the pain of her death.”

-Pokémon Moon Pokédex entry

20th Anniversary Pokemon Virtual Console editions of Red, Green, Blue & Yellow are now available20th Anniversary Pokemon Virtual Console editions of Red, Green, Blue & Yellow are now available20th Anniversary Pokemon Virtual Console editions of Red, Green, Blue & Yellow are now available

20th Anniversary Pokemon Virtual Console editions of Red, Green, Blue & Yellow are now available for pre-order across Japan~ Here’s the display the Pokemon Center MegaTokyo.

There’s two editions: regular download code & the special edition that comes in a replica box (with a magnet that looks like the original GameBoy cartridge, a map & stickers).

(Also Detective Pikachu is also for preorder underneath)


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