*Clears throat* Ahem...
The beginning of fall, marks the day a legend was born...
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls of ALL ages, allow me to re-introduce myself; the only living awesome-a-saurus living among us, not in captivity...
The jabroni beating... "a-lalalalalu!" pecan pie eating! Trailblazing! Eyebrow and hair-raising! Splatoon playa! Hella ink spraya, straight from Himalayas! Top-tier duelist who's always the coolest, Pokéfiend, and all-around greatest human being who's your friend, and brotha from anotha motha
Step off the brake, put your foot on the gas, AAAAALLLLways ready to kick some ass...
The one!
The only!
JOVAN "THE JEI-MAN" WIIIIIIIIMBERLY!!!!!
Happy personal birthday wishes to myself, and thanks to all that do the same for my special day!
Happy 20th anniversary, Pokemon!
Man, what a wild ride it's been; trying to very best, like no one ever was...
Catching, training, battling... over the course of 20+ years, and over a decade of many consoles. I haven't stopped, and neither have you! And it keeps going, with Sun & Moon, and the way to play even continues to evolve; with Pokemon GO. What a time to be alive, and a trainer!
Kinda late to the party, but not missing a beat; I wanna share a few of my fave memories from the span of each generation.
Gen 1 - Beating Blue for the first time, and catching Mewtwo; thinking I was top dog, and challenging everyone. I got my butt handed to me, after learning that Mewtwo IS strong, but not the strongest Pokemon ever. A harsh lesson, but had fun, either way. Another fave memory from this gen, is leveling up my Bulbasaur to 100, and evolving it to Venusaur, totally decimating the for Elite 4 Leader; Loriel!
Gen 2 - Not playing the originals; Gold/Silver/Crystal, I came into gen 2 a bit later on, once HeartGold and SoulSilver were released. The Pokewalker was my fave thing to use, and loved the fact that it effected the Pokemon that you placed into it. You could even catch Pokemon within the Pokewalker, itself! Technology is AMAZING!
Gen 3 - I loved EVERYTHING there was about Ruby/Sapphire; me having Sapphire, minus the contests. Then, when the remake came along, I fell in love with the Battle Frontier!
Gen 4 - My fave generation, and the one that got me into online competitive battling. some of my fave memories from here included trying to download all the event Pokemon, creating Poffin with one of my friends online, to help with my contest runs, of course online battling.
Gen 5 - Not too many favorite memories here, but I DID love exploring Castelia City; as it's inspired by New York. Some of the Pokemon had really interesting designs; some weird, some cool, but it was good times.
Gen 6 - And lastly; Gen 6 is when Pokemon embraced fully 3D-powered goodness! Fave moments include experiencing all the online features via the PSS, enjoying playing with my Pokemon through Pokemon-Amie, and seeing the after effects of doing such. The BGM of the many towns and cities were awesome, and so were some of the battle themes.
In closing, who would've thought this series would be so inspirational to trainers of all ages; big or small, or otherwise. I had no clue, but one things for certain...I'll be catchin' 'em all for as long as I live!
Thanks for being there with me, Pokemon and I hope we get to celebrate another 20 years!
TRAIN ON!
#Pokemon20
#TrainOnAndProsper
#GottaCatchEmAll
#Trainer4Life
A'ight people.... Update: The docs say she had the flu and urinal tract failure, but she made it back home. She's still with us.
Thank you one and all for your prayers and good wishes.
Continue praying for her, though. Prayer is powerful.
Godspeed and godbless