Gen 6&7 feels like it was only a few years ago, and in a way even Gen 5 feels moderately recent. I have /vp/ related memories of release hype and corocoro leaks from those gens, and /vp/ trademons from over 10 years ago that all feel like 5-7 years at best.

XY era pre-transporter and pre-datamined/injecting was a magical time, when we were all grinding away at our national dexes to see the new 3D models for the first time (I still treasure my XY all-pentagon-mark living dex), and wondering what other secrets were hidden in the game (power plant, etc). Then when injecting became possible, it was only accessible to very few people for a good while (SciresM), and we were excited to see what those guys were finding (shiny Gen 6 mythicals, special moves, etc). Then all the theorizing about Z before GF cucked us (still sad).

Can't help but already feel nostalgia for fucking XY, something I never imagined. I add it up to the the huge graphical jump, and being the first time a game was not hackable immediately on release to reveal everything, are what made the era feel special in hindsight. It all just doesn't feel like it was that long ago.

Gen 4 and earlier feel like forever ago, but they sure don't feel quite as old as they really are. I can remember the Gen 4 games all coming out and regularly watching pre-release info show up on Serebii. I have super vivid memories of Giratina origin form and the distortion world being revealed.

Time really does speed up as you age, sucks being an oldfag (almost 31). Killing myself.

>USUM
almost 8 years ago
>SM
almost 9 years ago
>ORAS
almost 11 years ago
>XY
almost 12 years ago
>BW2
almost 13 years ago (west)
>BW
over 14 years ago
>HGSS
over 15 years ago
>Platinum
over 16 years ago
>DP
over 18 years ago
>Emerald
about 20 years ago (west)
>FRLG
almost 21 years ago (west)
>RS
about 22 years ago (west)
>Crystal
almost 24 years ago (west)
>GS
almost 25 years ago (west)
>Yellow
almost 26 years ago (west)
>RB
almost 27 years ago (west)

>>57973781 (OP)
Anyone remember the old Gen 4 giveaways? I still have a bunch of them lying around.

aight

BW was 30 years ago anon.

>>57973793
I have the distribution roms because my autism demands it.

>>57973781 (OP)
Not much else to say that I feel you and you're not alone, anon.
32 years old myself.

>>57973818
Nah, not that. People used to distribute genned competitive pokemon over here.

>>57973781 (OP)
I feel like that with music that came out 2-3 years ago. I'll be listening to it and be like oh yeah I remember this.

>>57973781 (OP)
>Killing myself.
Good, do it now that you still can

>>57973781 (OP)
21 year old here, and.. yeah, it really did have something special, didn't it? X&Y's reveal to release was some of the most excited I've ever been for a pokemon game, just being beat out by sun and moon, just watching the countdowns for both was amazing. I was about 8-9 when it came out, and even still, it feels weird. my nephew is the same age I was when it came out. nowadays really does just not have the same feel, with there being no real hypebuilding, just.. leak spam.
..although, anon, if it makes you feel any better, even the young ones like me who were around your age when XY came out get bittersweet for nostalgia. if there's anything I could really say though, it's that these things still do exist. you very easily can go back to where you came from, go back to the older games and things that you adored, and they'll always be there.
trust me, anon, you're doing great, I promise.

>>57973781 (OP)
I think it's worse for us who just recently turned 30 because covid hit in our mid 20s lol

>>57973793
I still have my Torterra toy that was released in 2007

>Pokemon's now been bad for longer than it was good

>>57974987
Pokemon was never good

>>57974982
I wish I still had my Dialga stylus. It vanished years and years ago.

>>57974994
Holy crap, that's so cool

I swear ever since covid hit, I feel like I’m stock in some sort of limbo. Nothing feels real anymore. I can’t believe it’s been 5 years.

>>57975065
you're on to something, it was basically the end of the world. time hasn't passed since then.