I'm 19. First started playing Pokemon in 1998, when I was only 6 years old.

So much has changed since then. A lot of my best childhood friends don't talk to me anymore because they got involved with drugs and I didn't. Loved ones have passed. We've all gone on our separate ways to college. My childhood sense of innocence and wonder is gone. I've grown up.

I can't believe that after 13 years I would still be walking around Kanto, trying to be the very best. I'm not a complete nostalgiafag or anything, I have all the generations, and beaten them, but I always come back to the Kanto games, whether it's RBY, FRLG, or GSC/HGSS. That region has become a part of me, as I am sure it has become a part of a lot of you.

These games have been a constant in my life. They mean so much to me, for the fun they provide and the great memories they bring back.

Pokemon series appreciation/nostalgia general.