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[Icebreaker] How did you first get into Pokémon?

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  • Joeybear7
    Joeybear7 Member Posts: 825 ✭✭✭✭
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    #12

    my cousin mason had a Magnimite card I loved then it snowballed

  • IrishSpyral
    IrishSpyral Member Posts: 1 ✭
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    #13

    I saw ads for the original 150 in the Beano (a UK/Ireland comic) which made me curious. Then my brother and I got a Gameboy colour each - he took blue, I took red. We had a link cable. The rest is history

    I missed out on the 3rd gen due to university but caught up from platinum onwards.

    Haven't gotten AZ yet as no switch2

  • Poké_Zine
    Poké_Zine Member Posts: 7 ✭
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    #14

    Watching the Anime (back in '98).

  • JCfRoMaBOve
    JCfRoMaBOve Member Posts: 2 ✭
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    edited November 11 #15

    I was probably around 8 or 9 when my dad first bought me and my siblings Pokeman tgc starter decks. I got the Blastoise deck. I remember spreading the whole deck across the carpet and just being fascinated with the characters on the cards.

  • Mod_Ember
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    #16

    I was also first introduced to Pokémon from toys at McDonalds when I was a kid.

  • Kittycinnamon
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    #17

    I got into Pokemon when I started drawing a few. My first few ones that I remembered drawing were Pikachu, Piplup, Zubat, and of course, Jigglypuff! It encouraged me to draw more and more varieties of Pokemon, and eventually I played a few Pokemon games when I got my Switch Lite, the very first game playing was Sword, and I loved it!

  • EmilioRB
    EmilioRB Member Posts: 4 ✭
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    I first got into Pokemon when I watched the anime Pokemon Indigo League that inspired me a lot and I really wanted to be a Pokemon Master.

  • Voltareon2012
    Voltareon2012 Member Posts: 1,221 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    #19

    First, I saw Pokémon when there was the 'new fairy type'. I lost interest for a little, but when I was about seven my cousin showed me GO, and another older friend showed me the starters for the newest Pokémon game at that time- Sword. I saw Scorbunny, called him Scorchbunny, and the rest is history

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