Explaining Genwunners
I know people talk shit on "Genwunners" and trust me I know they can be annoying. But I don't think people understand what a big deal Pokemon was at that time for us. It was brand new. It was literally the biggest thing in the world, maybe second to Harry Potter. It was all encompassing too. Everyone knew that Pokemon was a thing. All your friends played it. Most of your friends were just as obsessed with it. There were cards, games, a cartoon, and a movie that got released in theaters! It was gigantic and it was new and it was special. That kind of experience, gives you really really thick nostalgia goggles. Gen 1 has a really special place in a lot of our hearts and our experience of being there at the beginning when it was so huge, is just different. That's why we're all still around, because it was so great and it means so much to us.