User blog comment:Project Predacon/Operation: Nostalgia Trip/@comment-3146930-20141029223615

For me growing up, my mom wasn't big on video games so my first actual game system was an Xbox, however she did let me have a Gameboy Color my dad had bought me when I went to visit him over the summer. My first game for it (and the game that pretty much started my Pokemon addiction, thanks Dad) was Pokemon Gold. The funny thing was there was a big shift in time between my friends enjoying Pokemon and me. Because of my mom's stance on VGs at the time, my friends had already played the games and collected the cards so by the time I got Pokemon Gold, the fad was already over. But this was my first game so the excitement was still there.

So when I heard they were remaking Pokemon Gold and Silver, I was obviously excited. I ended up going to the same store I had bought Pokemon Silver at (I bought Silver to complete the Pokedex back when you still could, as well as so I could play a new game) and bought Soul Silver on the first day. Seeing the updated graphics and having your Pokemon follow you around was the best thing ever for me and despite later games having the updated graphics and features, I still find myself playing Soul-Silver on occasion. I even went back and played my original Silver copy right up until the battery inside died and I'm just too lazy to replace it.

That is pretty much the biggest game Nostalgia I have ever had.