Surely STDs ought to be at the top of this list...or preserved animal organs....or literally anything apart from anime-related content.

I'm dead serious. No joke. Aside from Shadows of Almia, I can't think of a longer plot to have existed in a Pokemon game.

Our coach used to split us into separate lanes...It was not very effective. ;)

Well I'm just assuming so from the severe lack of customised trainers in the previews. Hoping it's not the case.

Firstly, sorry for assuming you were a guy; I guess I got too caught up in my own memories and mentally read siblings as brothers. In case you are contemplating whether I am misogynistic Grumpig or not, I am about to use the lamest cop-out ever: the person who got me into Pokemon was a girl. We spent every swimming…

Sir! My ego is the size of a Wailord as we speak! :P

My bro and I imitated the starters (I was Bulbasaur or Charmander, him Squirtle) and, like you, we would bring in Jigglypuff, Pikachu, Meowth, Eevee and Team Rocket when needed in whatever challenge we had set for ourselves. Sometimes he would be the trainer and I would be the Pokemon, or he would be my little baby…

For the record, I really liked Ledger's delivery of it. It fit well.

I remember the day I opened a pack that I won at a fair to discover a Blaine's Moltres. It's a talisman for me now.

However, the most exciting TCG experience I've had was back in 2003, when I discovered that India had their own set of Funskool-printed Pokemon cards featuring the first 150. I genuinely think that they…

I can't take all the credit; the gif was stolen after all. #gifrobber

"Heyy!!"

Agreed.

It's not like I don't take care of my Pokemon: All of the others are neatly in cotton-covered boxes. It's literally just my Eevee that is missing. Hopefully he's elsewhere in the house or just got sent back accidentally to storage in between moving.

That reminds me: I'm still looking for my Eevee plush that I found years ago at a White Elephant Sale. At the time I couldn't believe someone abandoned an Eevee like that, and now I find myself in the same situation...

BUT IT'S THE THING! You've got to be upset about never being able to play THE thing that you haven't heard much about even remotely. IT WAS GOING TO REVOLUTIONISE GAMING!

They are well-drawn and distinctive: would you ever mistake a Magnemite for something else?

I would like to try Yokai Watch, but my ailurophobia, combined with Jibanyan's eyes, prevents me from doing so. I'm not sure that I find the other designs appealing either.

As an Aussie abroad I'm kind of glad Oz is finally getting its turn. Makes up for all of those years where I had to wait ages for international releases. Of course, I naturally won't be benefitting from this change, but what's life with Sod's Law at work?

I remember the Friday evening Pokemon Sapphire was released in Perth it cost $70 AUD in Myers, Toys R Us and Target. In the USA it was around $30 max.

I think my parents find it mildly amusing about how enthusiastic I am playing, but they realise there are many important and varied memories attached to the experience.

Perhaps I do, but after Gen 3, I found fewer and fewer Pokemon designs in each generation that I genuinely liked. My enthusiasm for Pokemon remains undiminished, but it doesn't mean that I haven't been dissatisfied with the overall designs.

No, Generations 1 to 3 actually had a pretty high quota of good designs verses…

I am being objective in my assessment, as much as you disagree with it. I don't find them uninspired, but rather more organic-looking and most importantly, distinctive. I'll give you Generation 3, which is underrated, but Generation 5 is a often a retread of older designs with a few superlatives like Krookodile,…