Today was a good day.

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Jacob Potila was actually a Jacob Flotilla of lies.- WarTurkey
Story time: When I was a kid, Pokemon Emerald was the first Pokemon game I played properly. I loved the shit out of it. it was perfect. I even bought it with my own money! Later on it got stolen. I was fucking HEARTBROKEN.

So for years I've been looking round for a new one. Ages spent looking on Ebay and other sites, all either fakes or just the cartridge. As someone who both wants to collect the games and fill that nagging feeling of loss in my heart, it sucked to run into the difficulty of finding a boxed copy for a reasonable price, but today something great happened, I found a boxed copy in my local retro games shop! It was £40, and I had a pile of games that I didn't play any more, so I traded them in and was able to get Emerald again!




Seriously I cannot describe how good it feels. I know Emulators are a thing and that's good and all, but there's just something so much nicer about having the real thing, and it feels good finally having it again.



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Jacob Potila was actually a Jacob Flotilla of lies.- WarTurkey
Good to hear, man.

Thanks, feel so happy I had to share it.


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Makes me want to go find my Pokemon cards from fifth grade


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Jacob Potila was actually a Jacob Flotilla of lies.- WarTurkey
Makes me want to go find my Pokemon cards from fifth grade

Dig them out and post


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>TFW I have two Collector's Edition copies of FFXII and two PS2 consoles but both consoles are broken and I have to wait for my tax return to get a new one and play it.
>TFW I wont be able to finish it either because The Zodiac Age is coming out sometime this quarter.


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I wish I still had the box for my Emerald. It was the first game I properly owned myself. Kinda crazy to think how old it is and just how many hours I've put into it.



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Excuse me, I'm full of dog poison
These kids and their gameboy advances. In my day we didn't even have color.


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Excuse me, I'm full of dog poison
Makes me want to go find my Pokemon cards from fifth grade

Dig them out and post

That would require a serious amount of effort and time that I can't justify. Also I'm pretty sure my mom has them up in Michigan.


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Jacob Potila was actually a Jacob Flotilla of lies.- WarTurkey
So I load up the game...

Spoiler














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Jacob Potila was actually a Jacob Flotilla of lies.- WarTurkey
I wish I still had the box for my Emerald. It was the first game I properly owned myself. Kinda crazy to think how old it is and just how many hours I've put into it.



You should feel lucky to at least have the game itself


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I wish I still had the box for my Emerald. It was the first game I properly owned myself. Kinda crazy to think how old it is and just how many hours I've put into it.



You should feel lucky to at least have the game itself
Definitely, this game holds so many memories for me


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Jacob Potila was actually a Jacob Flotilla of lies.- WarTurkey
I wish I still had the box for my Emerald. It was the first game I properly owned myself. Kinda crazy to think how old it is and just how many hours I've put into it.



You should feel lucky to at least have the game itself
Definitely, this game holds so many memories for me

It's hard to describe how I feel about RSE. It just makes me feel nice and warm and fuzzy inside. I'd say it's nostalgia but I don't like saying that word


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Jacob Potila was actually a Jacob Flotilla of lies.- WarTurkey
And I now have something to play it on. Great!



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I think it's also possible to purchase the boxes/manuals by themselves online, but good job man! I'm an advocate for playing the genuine products. I've still got Ruby and Emerald lying around somewhere. This kinda makes me want to complete my "to buy" list but financial priorities man :'(

Side note, that previous owner did NOT fuck around. 



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Jacob Potila was actually a Jacob Flotilla of lies.- WarTurkey
I think it's also possible to purchase the boxes/manuals by themselves online, but good job man! I'm an advocate for playing the genuine products. I've still got Ruby and Emerald lying around somewhere. This kinda makes me want to complete my "to buy" list but financial priorities man :'(

Side note, that previous owner did NOT fuck around.

Thanks, I check ebay daily because I want the full collection one day. I saw Ruby boxed in a shop for cheap the other day and I'm still kicking myself for not buying it. I'll need the Soulsilver box someday because I lost mine but I'm glad I at least still have the game.


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I loved Emerald. I remember when I used to clone pokemon in that game and have like 30 Rayquazas due to that glitch where you corrupt your save file.