How'd you choose your first game?

[Me!]

FR for no particular reason. Might have been for Charizard though now I think about it...

 

[Kyuuketsuki]

I choose based on availability. Red was the one most within reach, so I grabbed that and took it.

 

[Manny T. Starr]

I originally was going for Emerald as my first Pokemon game, but STUPID ASS WAL-MART WAS SOLD OUT so I had to get Sapphire. T_T And I've heard that Emerald has a better storyline, so I'm still pretty pissed about that. 3:<

 

[RoseArch]

I was really, really young so I don't remember. Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut it was Pokémon Blue. So either it was a gift or it was because Blastoise was on the package.

 

[Aur]

Mine was pokemon Gold, I got it for my birthday.

 

[Rotom Robot]

FR for no particular reason. Might have been for Charizard though now I think about it...

we got it because our friend got it! dont be a goose!

 

[StaticSky]

i got crystal cause my sisters had gold and silver already
and i like the cover of crystal more

 

[C Rivers]

I choose Blue because Toys 'R' Us didn't have any of the slips out for Red.

 

[Kingmate]

I got Red becasue thats what the GBC came with.

 

[Proxima Centauri B]

I chose Silver because Lugia was on the cover and I loved Lugia

 

[Rakarei]

I got Red as a gift on my 4th birthday.

 

[Joshawott]

I liked Red better than Blue; nicer colour.

 

[MeiChama]

I was about eight and I saw the cover of Red version and Charizard looked cool because he looked like a dragon and I love dragons. :3

 

[Dylan_Cypher]

For Christmas one year I got a blue Gameboy Pocket and Pokemon Blue Version. Because they matched color. Pokemon was technically my first vidja game.

 

[--root--]

More kids in my class had Sapphire than Ruby, so I got Sapphire too.

 

[Usagi-Zakura]

I didn't.
I asked my parents for Pokèmon Yellow since it was the most recent release at the time and thus "teh best" or so I assumed...but they were sold out so I got Red Version instead... but I wasn't about to complain, I just got super-exited over the fact that they had given me a freaking Game Boy Color for my Birthday :banana: seeing as this was back in the day when I couldn't afford my own... (I had to save for weeks before buying by GBA, and it was only the standard edition, SP was out of my reach:dizzy
Later on I kind of regretted having it since more of my favorite Pokèmon where in Blue: Vulpix, Meowth and Butterfree (Butterfree is in Red but its quite rare, I just find Weedles all the time rather than Caterpies...) My cousin had Blue though and my brother Yellow, so I actually managed to complete the Pokèdex at one time (would have been 151 if I knew about the Mew-glitch back then.)

 

[Caffeine Free]

I got gold as the only video game my parents ever bought me. It was the christmas after it came out.

 

[corvax]

No reason. Red just happened to be the version I came across first. My cousin got Red version as a 1998 Christmas present, and I played it for a few minutes, got hooked, and begged my parents for months for a copy. They finally gave in five months later, and viola, Red version May 1999. Good times.

 

[eevee91]

I remember saying I wanted Silver because of the color. I didn't care for Lugia back then.

 

[Niall]

Ruby was Red.
I liked Red.