Why?

Gotta catch 'em all! How many are there now? 718 or so...

I remember back when there were 150... I honestly never even caught all 150.

I wasn't your star trainer... in fact, I was probably below average...

But I thought this game rocked!

Pokemon is the staple childhood game of kids born in the 90's.

I was no exception. I played the first 3 generations during my childhood.

In my opinion, the greatest generation was the second.

Pokemon Gold and Silver were huge advancements on the original trilogy.

It gave us a whole new foreign region to explore while still letting us relive the nostalgia of our former home. It practically doubled the number of pokemon we had access to, and added a whole slew of new items and tools. It also didn't overdo it on the new ideas like subsequent generations.

Then, they released Crystal Version.

There wasn't much of a change from its predecessors...

but the animation and color were enough.

I recently felt the need to relive these gems from my childhood.

I understand and appreciate the Nintendo DS remakes...

But I wanted to play the real thing.

I still have all my original cartridges, and my GBA to play them on, but for the sake of screenshots, I will be emulating it this time around.

So... here I am: a grown man playing Pokemon, and you'll hear my thoughts as I do.

This is the story of Pokemon Crystal Version:

The Good, the Bad, and... the things I totally didn't pick up on when I was nine.