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Started playing Pokemon in GenI, using the grey, huge, brick-sized original gameboy. By the time GenII was released in Japan I had already drained my Red and Blue games of all information and content I could get. I ended up emulating Gold and Silver japanese ROMs and sinking even more time into GenII before they were brought to the west and could finally buy them and do it all over again. And then yet again with Crystal. I would have to say GenII is my favorite Gen even to this day due to the huge leap of content and features in comparison to GenI. The berries and apricot systems, time system, pokemon animations, the Kanto post-game zone, etc. And then came GenIII and I was interested in it but life has a way of intruding and eventually had to put the game aside. However, my interest was rekindled when FireRed and LeafGreen were released. Even if it had been almost a decade my love for the original game hadn't faded. The updated graphics lured me with nostalgia and the redone mechanics rewarded me with wonder. The feeling of relearning the original game that I had devoured as a kid kept me hooked to the game all over again. Since then I have occasionally tried the newer games. Personally of the modern games Platinum and Black/White2 have been my favorites but I can't put as much time into them as I used to. Now casually playing PRO is just what I need. And hopefully indulging in helping gather and categorize the information of the game into this wiki can be another of my pass times.