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As somebody who was born in 2003, the bulk of my childhood took place during the Nintendo Wii/DS craze (2007-2011). And so, whenever I think of games that kids played growing up pre-F2P, my mind defaults to the assumption that everyone must have played Nintendo growing up... right?
Thus, this thread was born. That said, to answer the question from my own personal experience: SSBMelee was the first game I ever played (Christmas Day 2005/2006). And between this and Super Monkey Ball, Luigi's Mansion, Pikmin, Star Fox Adventures, SSX Tricky, the first few Shine Sprites of SMSunshine, and later Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Super Mario 64 DS, Kirby Triple Deluxe, Backyard Baseball 2009, and SSBBrawl, you've got the entire collection of games I played between ages 2y and 7y. When I was 8yo is when I became exposed to the world of Pokémon— specifically: Pokémon Platinum, HGSS, and Black/White. It was also around this time when I did my first full playthrough of M&L:BIS (late-2011/early-2012) and played around with Mario Super Sluggers. Come January 31st 2012 (i.e. my 9th birthday) and that's when I got exposed to Skylanders. From then onward, this was pretty much the only game I ever played. I have all the games and all the figures (including, yes, covenanted figures such as Robow, Wildstorm, and Chompy Mage, as well as the NSW Edition of Skylanders Imaginators)... and then March 2017 came around and it was Zelda BotW.
