My mom has a story she loves to tell from when I was playing Pokémon Blue (shout out to my blue crew) in first grade or so and I came over while playing to ask her what "illumanint" meant.
I didn't know how to pass through mt moon without being told I needed to "illuminate" the caves. I eventually figured it out and learned what the word meant, but only after a surprised exclaim of "Wait!? You can READ".
I had been learning the basics in school, but Pokémon helped me apply it. I get such a specific feeling too whenever I see art from that era, it's pretty indescribable and nothing else gives me that type of nostalgia feeling. Monumental stuff.
That's a beautiful story, thanks for sharing — your mom must have been proud! Your story is bringing back some of my own memories, like how using Cut was something I learned from neighborhood friends by word of mouth, and then weird esoteric stuff like trading to get Cut so you could skip boarding the S.S. Anne and then later using Surf to reach the island next to it to get Mew (that didn't work, but the lore circulating on the playground was unbelievable).
My mom has a story she loves to tell from when I was playing Pokémon Blue (shout out to my blue crew) in first grade or so and I came over while playing to ask her what "illumanint" meant.
I didn't know how to pass through mt moon without being told I needed to "illuminate" the caves. I eventually figured it out and learned what the word meant, but only after a surprised exclaim of "Wait!? You can READ".
I had been learning the basics in school, but Pokémon helped me apply it. I get such a specific feeling too whenever I see art from that era, it's pretty indescribable and nothing else gives me that type of nostalgia feeling. Monumental stuff.
Thank you Nob for also teaching me how to read <3
That's a beautiful story, thanks for sharing — your mom must have been proud! Your story is bringing back some of my own memories, like how using Cut was something I learned from neighborhood friends by word of mouth, and then weird esoteric stuff like trading to get Cut so you could skip boarding the S.S. Anne and then later using Surf to reach the island next to it to get Mew (that didn't work, but the lore circulating on the playground was unbelievable).