Andy

I remember breeding a masterful team for the Round 2 baby pokemon cup in Stadium 2. I broke a N64 controller over that little tale of frustration.

XD "baby Pokemon"

It was brought back to my memory the other day when I caught a Pichu in Diamond and the damn thing was caught at level five and was damn useless until it evolved into a Pikachu at level 36. HOnestly if it wasn't for the EXP SHARE item it would have serioulsy been killed every battle

Just out of spite >.>

Yeah, I thought: "Alright, smart arse. If you won't evolve... I'm trading you the fuck over to Blue and evolving you"

I remember getting pokemon yellow and getting pissed off that I couldn't evolve the only pikachu in the game because it didn't want to.

It truly was the golden age for Pokemon...now though it all feels rather soulless, like the later years of an 80s hair metal band or the pog.

I miss those days of the Metals as well especially when you bring your monsters into Stadium II.

I stopped at the Metals myself and dabbeled in a touch of Ruby but it got complicated very fast.

I miss that sense of fascination you only ever got once from that generation of games.