When Did You Start Playing Pokemon?

[Pidgeot]

When did you start playing Pokemon? I started in 2005, and my first game was LeafGreen.

 

[chimera]

I've been into Pokemon for years, but I only started playing it last year.

 

[AtomicRebirth]

In 98 when Blue came out in America.

 

[Joshawott]

Christmas 1999; which was the Christmas after Red and Blue launched in Europe. I got a GBC and Red for Christmas.

 

[Mitchman]

Sometime round 1998, when they came out.

 

[TheCapsFan]

2005, first game was FireRed

 

[Sanic Hegehog]

It was 1998-ish I think. I can't remember the specifics, but I do know it was prior to 2000.

 

[Ferbgor]

It all began in 2007 when I bought Diamond.

 

[yourlilemogirl]

the Christmas of 2000. My brother and i got carts of Gold and Silver.

Although i had been playing Stadium well before that.

 

[Kokoro]

2004, when I got Sapphire with a Gameboy Advance for my birthday. Though, like Yourlilemogirl, I was playing the Nintendo 64 spinoffs for a few years before.

 

[Composer]

Games in 2009.,but if you count TCG,then more than a decade. I believe it was 1999. or so.

 

[grassyglide]

Sometime between 1996-1999 (maybe 2000) and my first game was Red Version. I got it for my birthday.

 

[Usagi-Zakura]

I'm an old-school Pokèmon gamer. My first game was Red (Yellow had only just been released but it was a birthday present and mom and dad couldn't find Yellow, which I really wanted),

 

[Miar]

'99 or 2000, I think. My first was Red, but I voted the GS era because Gold and Silver were either just about to come out or already were. I really don't remember.

 

[Like_Fahrenheit]

In 1998, My oldest brother got Red and my next oldest brother got Blue. They let me play it.

 

[Charbok]

Around 2007. Diamond was my first Pokemon game and I got it a few months after I got my DS.

 

[Lord Clowncrete]

Red in 2003,when the anime started in India and i discovered the games.

Edit:And after writing this,i get hit by a wave of nostalgia and realize how much pokemon has influenced my life.

 

[LunarPikachu]

Either 1998 or 1999, with Red and Blue.

 

[Twylis]

Somewhere around 2000 or so. First game was Silver, which I happen to be replaying right now (. .)

 

[Tsuness]

Around 1998 whenever I got both blue and red.