#20
'Pokémon Blue'
for the Nintendo GameBoy released in 1999.
Late in the 4th Generation's handheld cycle, in fact, in the console-arena the 6th Generation was already about to begin and the GameBoy Color was already released, came 'Pokémon Red/Blue' finally to the classic GameBoy in Europe. Years overdue, three to be exact. After already conquering, almost literally, Japan and making North America bow down it was Europe's turn to be captured by the phenomenon of Pokémon. As the rest of the world did, so did Europe. And I was no different.
The game was like nothing the world had ever seen, it came with an onslaught of merchandise, a tv-series and a full-blown movie. I was at the perfect age to be swooped away and still, people of my age have lingered on for one-and-a-half decade now in the Pokémon world buying sequel after sequel. The game was enormous, with 151 Pokémon to capture and many towns and landscapes to explore.
Back then there was still mystery in the world, and I fondly remember me and my friends in school discussing the game and each discovering it's secrets and trading Pokémon through the clumsy link-cable. Urban-myth and rumour surrounded the game at all times. This is the only game that ever did that in my surrounding, the first game I knew of that was able to be influential enough to create a 'community'. But, of course, it was also just a very satisfying and addicting game to play.
#19 Hint:
The sequel to this game, released this year, sadly got rid of the 'Family Tree'. I'll post this in just a couple hours, because I'm way too late with my #20 entry...
