>>57996736 (OP)>Game closest to my birth year2001, so Crystal. (My birthday's in August too, so my Nintendo Power cover for my birth month is Pokemon Crystal, sick as hell.)
>Game played through firstHeartGold
>game you first played through console??? I guess DS since my first game was HG
>game released when you were 6-9 regardless of having played them at that timeDP, Platinum.
Most of my childhood memories are of Gen 4, with board games like Pokemon Champion Island, or the DP era TCG sets. After getting into the main series I played spin offs like PMD2 and PBR as well. I specifically remember in elementary school that everyone was talking about and hyping up the release of Rise of Darkrai but I do have some very foggy memories of Gen 3. Specifically, my first Pokemon related memory was watching the episode AG027 "A Three Team Scheme" on my living room TV because Keanu's Nincada stuck with me and I remembered the secret base plot as well as spotting older kids using the colorful translucent cartridges. My personal favorite Gen is Gen 3 but I've had a complete set of Main Series pokemon games and a lot of the spin offs since I was in high school, so I don't really think I have a "home generation." Started with Gen 4 remakes of Gen 2, much more knowledgable and experienced on Gen 3, emulated the first couple generations in middle school on my phone before getting a Game Boy in HS, played a lot of Gen 5, 6, and 7 when they were new. Really I grew up with em all, just at different points in my childhood/adolescence.
