Jan 17, 2016, 08:26 PM
Oh god, I'm remembering even more because of you people... Just kill me now,
Long ago, when the very first set of trading cards came out, everyone suddenly had them. I wanted them, too, so I collected my allowance, went to the local toy store, and bought... A pack of knock of cards. Cards that just had pictures of the pokemon. No attacks on the cards, no energy cards, just... Simple cards with a picture of a pokemon.
After a while, I did eventually get the TGC cards. I ended up with a shiny Zapdos. *Shiny as in, it had a glittering background*. Some girl I met on a vacation had Pokemon cards too. But she had an Electrode card that was way different then the ones I had seen up to that point. I traded my shiny Zapdos for it. Turns out that that Electrode was a fake.
I actually thought Pikablue was a thing. This was before Gold and Silver were released. A random magazine got their hands on some early concept art for Marill, and they were convinced that that was some super rare Pokemon that you could catch in Red/Blue. I tried for weeks, man....
I thought the new types *dark and steel* where a hoax. Because that same magazine said so. So... When I finally got my hands on that japanese Pokemon Silver floppy, I simply didn't think that was a thing. Jasmine's Steelix made me quit playing that floppy because of it.
Suffice to say, that magazine does not exist anymore. Also, for some reason, dark and steel still feel like they're *new* types to me.
Long ago, when the very first set of trading cards came out, everyone suddenly had them. I wanted them, too, so I collected my allowance, went to the local toy store, and bought... A pack of knock of cards. Cards that just had pictures of the pokemon. No attacks on the cards, no energy cards, just... Simple cards with a picture of a pokemon.
After a while, I did eventually get the TGC cards. I ended up with a shiny Zapdos. *Shiny as in, it had a glittering background*. Some girl I met on a vacation had Pokemon cards too. But she had an Electrode card that was way different then the ones I had seen up to that point. I traded my shiny Zapdos for it. Turns out that that Electrode was a fake.
I actually thought Pikablue was a thing. This was before Gold and Silver were released. A random magazine got their hands on some early concept art for Marill, and they were convinced that that was some super rare Pokemon that you could catch in Red/Blue. I tried for weeks, man....
I thought the new types *dark and steel* where a hoax. Because that same magazine said so. So... When I finally got my hands on that japanese Pokemon Silver floppy, I simply didn't think that was a thing. Jasmine's Steelix made me quit playing that floppy because of it.
Suffice to say, that magazine does not exist anymore. Also, for some reason, dark and steel still feel like they're *new* types to me.
