Two days ago, I was looking through this box I have that houses my stationary supplies, paints (yes, I paint), and electronics, when I chanced upon my old hard drive. I thought it was back at my parents' house in Singapore! (I had always thought I had asked Mom to bring it home for me or something. But pssh, what is real and what isn't, really? I live in a world of my own...)
I plugged it in and looked through its contents, which was surprisingly empty; old scanned copies of my various education achievements (high school results and what not), an old resume, couple of movies, and a very, very. Special. Folder. (no, it's not the sexy kind of special. I do not own material such as those, thank you very much.)
I found my old games folder!!!
I found the Gameboy emulator application that allows you to play games on, and along with it, Pokemon Fire-Red, Pokemon Emerald, Super Mario World, and Plants vs. Zombies (though you don't need an emulator for this) !!!
this is like the best thing ever
I looked through it and didn't find any saved material in the games, so they were pretty much blank slates.
HOW EXCITING IS THAT!
so unashamedly, I STARTED PLAYING.
(oh god. Just what I need before exams right?!)
I LOVE POKEMON FIRE-RED!
Judge me. Whatever. I LOVE IT.
(My housemates are totally judging me but it's cool. I can live with it)
I think this love is largely due to Saturday morning cartoons on free-to-air television when I was growing up. My brother and I would watch Pokemon at 10:30 every Saturday without fail. First it's (I think,) Loony Tunes, Pokemon, X-men, Iron Man/ He-Man, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and then Power Rangers.
(then Mom would go: KIDS STOP WATCHING TV! YOU'VE SAT THERE ALL DAY! and be shooed from the house to play outside...)
We were so into Pokemon, we watched from the first few episodes of the original series, how Ash met Pikachu and all that, to the first Pokemon movie (which I think we own a VHS of...). As the Fire-Red version remakes the original Red version, I'm actually familiar with most or all of the pokemons in the game? As opposed to Emerald, because high school happened and I kinda just stopped watching. I'll totally go look for episodes online to watch during my upcoming summer holiday though!!!!
Because I'm quite a fan of lists (no not really, but it's fun to write about),
here's 4 reasons why you should play Pokemon Fire-Red - or Pokemon, in general.
1. It brings back childhood memories.
If you watched Pokemon cartoons as a child/ for fun, it really is very fun! It lets you reminisce about the good ol' days, in a way...
2. It gives a great sense of satisfaction.
The feeling when you level up, or beat someone... It's really satisfying.
3. It gives you the sense that you're really on the epic adventure (as with most RPGs).
So it starts with this: you're given an epic mission to catch all the pokemon there is, to fill out a small electronic encyclopaedia (i.e. the Pokedex), and to be a Master Pokemon Trainer. You have a rival slash arch-nemesis, and you would feel compelled (by the basic storyline) to beat him at all cost. You can also give him a name of your choice. You travel around the country on foot (and later by bicycle), and you fight at different leagues (Pokemon gyms) for Pokemon-qualificatons, known as badges, whereby each badge is sort of like unlocking new things you can do.
4. It has an overhead kind of view, and it's really cute.
see for yourself!
The guy in the hat; that's you (if you chose the 'Boy' option in the "are you a boy or a girl?" question at the start) [edit: and oops i mean, bicycle guy, there are two guys in hats!]
so cute right????
so go play it! Gameboys are hard to come by these days, and so are cartridges - but they are easily downloadable online (both gameboy emulators and games) for both Mac and PC, so that could be your new fun indoor-holiday-activity or something!
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