Thread: How'd you choose your first game?

Originally Posted by Ivysaur

Not really sure why. My first game was Crystal, which I actually had rented from Blockbuster (ended up buying a new copy and keeping the rental one :p). God knows what my five-year-old brain was thinking when I went with it, but meh, I'm happy I did. I <3 my Crystal.

You're *bad* :o

I had Red as my first game because I got it from a Tag Sale for $2. Couldn't go wrong there!

Red: I thought Charizard looked badass in the box so I was immediately sold.

Red, probably because it featured Charizard.
But as long as I got the game that was opposite of the version my brother got, I was satisfied. As for Black and White, though, I'm absolutely going for the cool factor of the mascots.

Other.
Back in the days I got Blue, I chose it 'cose I wanted to be different.
All my friends bought Red so I decided to take Blue so we could trade later.
I later did this on every other version too.
They had Gold, I bought Silver, They bought Ruby I bought Sapphire.

I went with Blue, partly because of the color, but also because Blue seemed like the cooler version. It always seemed to me (and this is 0.00% fact, mind you) that Red was the overt, front-and-center version that everyone wanted, while Blue was the off-the-beaten-path choice that signified that you were smarter and cooler. It's a bit of a Lennon-McCartney thing, I guess (assuming that analogy makes even a little sense).

EDIT: No wait, I have a better analogy: Coke and Pepsi. They're even red and blue!

My first game was Silver and I choose it cause I liked it's mascot especially after Pokemon 2000. Lugia was awesome and Lugia was the first legendary I ever caught(I used a Master Ball)

I didn't. My mum and dad got me Blue with my Gameboy Color when I was four and I don't actually think I ever wanted Red anyway, or knew about either beforehand, really. I've used the legendaries and exclusives to decide since.

My obsessive fate was sealed that day. ='D

Colour for me. I always go for the third version (Yellow, Crystal, Emerald, Platinum, Gray?), followed by the one that's expressed first in the pair of names. (Red, Gold, Ruby, Diamond, Black).

I was shopping and I saw a copy of Ruby on a shelf. I thought "Hey, I haven't messed around with pokemon since the cards when I was 5!" so I bought it. That was the gateway to where I am now xD

My cousin made me get Red.

I wanted Ruby, and he's like NOOOO.

Needless to say I'm glad he did that. Now I only get the first-named versions (Red, Diamond, Gold, Ruby, etc.) Except I'll change when B&W come out because I want more Pokemon, not trainers to fight.

I choose for Mascots. D8

Went with Yellow version because Pikachu is cute, yo.

I liked Ho-oh better than Lugia and Suicune (still got Crystal, lols).

I liked Groudon and Rayquaza better than Kyogre.

I used to love Charizard, is why I got FireRed version.

I actually loved all three of the dragon trio in DPPt, but Dialga the most because of his adorable feet I saw in Brawl. But then I saw Origin Giratina, and was like "Yeah, that's my mascot!".

Finally, I think Zekrom is much cooler than the graceful Reshiram. So I get White version.

Quite simple. I don't need to worry about version exclusives, that's what trading with your sister/the world is for.

Originally Posted by Vulpes

When I got my first Pokémon game, I chose blue solely because I like the color blue better. The mascots had nothing to do with it; I actually vastly prefer Charizard to Blastoise.

What made YOU choose?

I actually didn't choose, I got my copy of Emerald for Christmas YEARS ago, and started playing it right away. I loved it, and I still consider Hoenn the region I'm from. I had to start over, as my Blaziken was useless in the league, and beat it with my Sceptile. Soon I got Pearl, then Diamond and LeafGreen, then Platinum, and finally SoulSilver. It's been a LONG journey.

Gold was really the first game I choose because out of the two new games that is what I picked. Red and Blue were presents when they were still the newest games.

I choose diamond first because i really liked dialga more then palkia

I chose Red because I preferred Charizard. With later games, I chose based on the catchable Pokemon.