I was ready to immerse myself in such dated graphics despite being able to turn on my Nintendo Switch and play an almost photo-realistic version of essentially the same game. Knowing what the game could look like with today’s advanced graphics didn’t makewalking through Viridian Forest any less daunting or battling monochromatic sprites any less exciting. I picked Charmander as my starter, turned my back to Pallet Town and embarked on my journey through Kanto. In that opening, there’s both a reserved humility and an understated promise of more to come - a promise Professor Oak confirms as he welcomes you to the world of Pok é mon.
The tiny speakers on a Game Boy could not be expected to perfectly reproduce the sounds of these instruments, yet there is no way to listen to the music on the title screen and not hear a live marching band ready to follow you every step of the way. The rattle of a drumline punctuated by the immediately recognizable first notes of a trumpet that played over the opening cutscene sounded different in my mind than they did in real life. I fired up a Game Boy emulator on my laptop, downloaded a copy of Pok é mon Red from a shady website and began my Pok é mon journey one more time. Though I’ve played most of the games since then, I never experienced the place where it all started, the foundation upon which an integral part of my childhood was built: Pok é mon Red and Blue.
PLAYR POKEMON RED SERIES
I felt this despite knowing that the game I was playing was just one iteration of a series older than myself. In that moment, I was at a new beginning.
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