How'd you get into your favourite series?

[The221Believer]

Video games have such fun stories attached. xP

I got into Pok?mon in the fourth grade when this boy tried to bribe me into dating him with copies of Pok?mon Crystal and Sapphire and a Mudkip plushie. Because I'm not for sale (that's kind of a really gross attitude to have towards girls tbh and I was creeped out even as a kid) I told him no, but he told me to keep the goods anyway and I've adored Pok?mon from the moment I plugged that Sapphire in. <3

Do you have any weird/interesting stories from getting into a series?

 

[MayorSaki]

I've been playing Pokemon for a long time. I remember playing the old games like Yellow and Silver with my dad and sister when I was really young. I did lots of silly stuff with my sister while playing them and playing older games always remind me of that X3
I'm still a big fan of all the Pokemon games and I'm always super excited about new releases. I can't wait for ORAS, cause Emerald was my very first actual Pokemon game and I'm looking forward all the new changes in it.

 

[Beachland]

My favorite series is Mass Effect, my parents bought me the third game for Christmas (they had just looked up the most popular games of 2012 lol) and I loved it so I bought the first two.

Pokemon would probably be a close second, my brother got me into that one.

 

[RayOfHope]

I grew up with most of 'em. Like The Elder Scrolls and Zelda, my two favorites, for example. And Harvest Moon, Fallout, The Sims, a little of Final Fantasy. I can thank my brothers for all of those.

I think Animal Crossing (GC) was my first video game, so I got into that on my own, as well as Pokemon and Phoenix Wright. I only like horror games like Silent Hill thanks to hilarious Let's Plays that showed me the fun in the genre.

 

[Mango]

ive played every single animal crossing game. so, ive loved it. never touched pokemon, only played tloz:lbw

 

[superheroantics]

I played it. I liked it. I played it again.

 

[Earth Wolf-Howl]

Pokemon? I don't remember that well, I was three then... But if the story's true, then my father brought Pokemon Blue back from his trip to the UK. I played it and continued the series, and it became one of my favourite series.

Zelda's another, but OoT happened to be one of the first games I ever played, so... Nostalgia, I guess?

 

[Elise]

I got into Animal Crossing when I was about 15. I had a gift card and I decided I was going to buy a new DS game with it. This was before I knew you could find game reviews and recommendations online so I would just go to the shop and pick whatever looked cool. I ended up picking Animal Crossing Wild World and I honestly don't even remember why. Maybe it was the bright colours and cute characters. All I know is that I was addicted within days and that my little brother and best friend both bought the game as well when they saw how much fun I was having.

 

[dulcet]

my fave is the zero escape series. i played it bc i was bored and it was one of the best decisions i have ever made in my life. i really do hope there will be a third game or ill be forever sad

 

[Cam1]

All my friends started talking about how awesome pokemon was and I was feeling left out, so I said "I LOVE POKEMON!" even though in first grade I hadnt heard of pokemon before. the day after, my mom took me to gamestop and got me pokemon Firered and Emerald. Thats how I got into Pokemon and I still love it. XD

 

[AskaRay]

I got Ocarina of Time when I was 9 for Christmas because my mom thought the game starred a girl XD
either way it is entirely her fault I play video games right now

My friend helped me beat OoT because she had already beaten it herself, so she gave me hints and everything. A year later, Majora's Mask came out and I got it for my birthday. THAT was the first game (besides like...Mario Kart) that I beat by myself.

I have owned every single Zelda game since then... I literally buy nintendo systems for Zelda games (of course other things come out and I want them, but the initial thought process is "there's gonna be a zelda game on this system so I need it right now")

Yeah

Once I have enough money I plan to get the Hylian crest tattooed on my back, specifically the one from Ocarina of Time (the new design is less appealing to me)

 

[Balverine]

Um the first time I went to Florida, when I was five, we stopped at a gamestop and my parents let me and my brothers each pick out a cheap gameboy color game, and I found Harvest Moon GBC
Unfortunately, that copy couldn't save at all, but it was still enough to get me into the series : P
Now I own every handheld HM game \o/

 

[RainbowNotes]

tales series and legend of zelda, both were introduced to me by my brother and his friends who played a little of both titles, which sometimes they regret it because i talk about both series constantly * V*

 

[Vinathi]

I got into Pokemon in 3rd grade when Pokemon Diamond/Pearl was just released. My best friend was a HUGE Pokemon fan and he told me everything about it. I bought a DS Lite and bought Diamond. I had a struggle with the Pokemon league lol. But when I got my Sapphire game, it was my drug. :')

 

[Swiftstream]

I didn't particularly care about video games until I was around 6. My friend got a new DS lite, along with Pokemon Pearl. I watched her play everyday, and eventually the year after I got a DS lite for my birthday. I watched the Pokemon anime before getting the game, and that was pretty much it.

For animal crossing, I played animal crossing wild world when I got my DS lite. Though at the time I really didn't understand the concept of it, and I was wondering why some weird raccoon was asking me for money. And how my house was infested with cobwebs and cockroaches. After that I never really touched it again.
However in the year 2013, I was scrolling through youtube, and went to my favorite youtuber's channel. There he was, with episode 1 of animal crossing new leaf. I didn't really care for it that much at the time, but I clicked the video anyways.
After that I was like "I MUST GET THE GAMEE" And here I am now.

 

[debinoresu]

i have my best memories with harvestmoon, like my fav game is okami but it isnt a series

i got into harvestmoon bc we were at gamestop and mum noticed hmwl and was like "lol cow is cute" so i grabbed it and i fell in love

new harvest moon games suck tho so i am sad about that

i have like 4 big favorites, fomt or mm would b my top 2 favorites, tied for the prize

 

[Wholockian]

I have two favourites

Animal Crossing:
Once upon a time, I was in ASDA... And although they dont do it much now, they were selling games super cheap.
I was walking around and I saw a copy of ACLGTTC (with wii speak too). I always liked animals, and I loved some of the ones featured on the cover. I never really planned on getting it, however, until I realised at other places, they were selling for ?50-?60. In the end, I thought, why not? I mean, if it turned out bad, I could just cash it in. I found gameplay alright, then SHE moved in. Rosie. Same name as my dog, and looked adorable.

Pokemon:
Anime... Done

 

[Saylor]

When I was maybe eight I went to this place to get a haircut, and they had the seats set up so you could play video games during it. I got to play Wind Waker and I thought it was the coolest game ever because you could smash vases and chase pigs and stuff so my parents ended up buying the game for me, and later I fell in love with the whole series.

 

[Aradai]

Bioshock: It was a dare. I had to find a FPS game or a variant of that and actually play it. I picked up the original Bioshock. I wasn't excited, since I knew nothing of this game and I thought all FPS games had no story and all you had to do was shoot. Bioshock was different. I love horror games. I also like games with a fantastic story. I was really happy while playing Bioshock, and I loved every part of it. So, playing Bioshock really got me into loving Irrational Games and wanting to play the next one.

RIP Irrational Games.

 

[Ustarte]

Animal crossing is one of my favorites! I got into the gc version with my sister and we have both been hooked ever since!

My other favorite game is world of warcraft. I got into that from friends at work that were playing and then some of my family started too.