
This was the second pokemon game (the first one
was Pokemon Green, that wasn't released in the
USA or Europe). Of course, all pokemaniacs have
started with it, and finished it (I too).
Well, in this game, you start as Ash, a 10
year old boy, and begin a journey around the
world in search of the badges, to make yourself
the world champ. You'll also encounter up to 151
pokemon (150 in the USA version), all of them
with special characteristics.
The graphics are much better than the green
version, and the game, as you can see, has
generated a lot of sequels... So, if you want to
start in this universe, start with this game,
since it will 'initiate' you.
The basic thing in the game is fighting with
your pokemon. Do you remember the digimon? Much
like that. Every pokemon has a type, and certain
strengthenesses and weaknesses: for example,
Mewtwo is a psychic pokemon, that means its
strong against fighting types and weak to bug
types, that are weak to flying ones, these ones
to electric ones, and so on...
An example of fight could be this...

As you go more and more farther
in the game, you'll notice that certain pokemon
evolve when they get bigger. Sometimes, the
graphics can be really nice and beautiful, or you
can see very hard and mean ones. For example, the
female Nidorin evolves into Nidorina, and this
one into Nidoqueen, like this:

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