User blog:Japanlover86/Growing up with Pokemon

It looks like it was the 20th Anniversary of the Pokemon games yesterday, 1996-2016, I grew up with the series since I was three, and I always wanted to have adventures with my own Pokemon after seeing the TV show, I loved it, but, I couldn't get a GBA SP to play the third-gen games on, I would always get something else and I can't really blame my parents, my brother used to have a Pikachu backpack, Which I still have to this day, I preferred watching Pokemon to making friends, It was a cute and cuddly characters, my first Pokemon game was Pokemon: Blue Rescue Team but broke after years or months, I then got Pokemon Diamond, I loved it, then Pearl, Platinum, which broke after cheating gone wrong, HeartGold, SoulSilver, Black, White, Black 2, White 2, X, Y, ORAS, finally having teams of my own, I loved it even as the age of sixteen, I treated my Pokemon on my games as my own children and pets, they mean a lot to me, during harassment, one boy told me, Pokemon was babyish and asked why I played it, I said It was my preference, and he needs to respect that, I also liked the cards even though I don't collect them anymore.

I watched a documentary about children with autism, It shown a boy who was obsessed with War Hammer, an army game, mom said this was similar to my interest in Pokemon, I also sometimes question my interest, My mom told me I had a great uncle that was in a dangerous Japanese POW camp during WWII, and he wasn't able to forgive his captors, Pokemon was from Japan, and she assured me it was fine, I also liked learning about WWII also, especially films set in WWII.

I cannot wait for Pokemon Sun and Moon, I wonder what the legendaries are gonna be? The starters? The new Pikachu-like mascot?

Happy 20th Anniversary.