24 Frustrations Everyone Who Grew Up In Kanto Will Understand

When you're trying to pick your starter pokemon but you have to walk around the table for ages trying to remember which pokemon is where.

When you're ready to charge to the next town without delay... only look at all the long grass.

When you pick the fire starter and then hit the first gym – which pits you against an Onix.

When you nickname your Pokemon hilariously but immediately regret it.

When you've got one pokemon in your team that's letting everyone else down.

When you're rushing to a Pokemon centre because your Pokemon is dying and your rival shows up out of nowhere.

When you've just won a major battle and forget to save the game.

When only one move is effective on your foe and you run out of PP for that move mid-battle.

When you're getting increasingly weaker as you move through the Elite Four and there are no rest stops.

When you're trying to catch an Abra and it teleports away on the first move.

When you have a once in a lifetime opportunity to catch a Pokemon - but your team is too strong to cause any damage without making them faint.

Or when you come across a legendary Pokemon... and have no Masterballs to catch it.

When Snorlax just won't move out of the way and you have to trek all the way back to the previous city to find a flute to wake him up.

When you've nearly got your opponent beat... and they use a super potion and restore all of their Pokemon's HP.

When your Pokemon is paralysed at the start of the battle and you're defeated by a Pokemon you could have killed in one move.

When your Pokemon is poisoned and you have to walk to a Pokemon Center watching the life slowly drain out of it.

When you've finally levelled up your Squirtle and it's ready to become Wartortle... and you press the B button during the evolution.

When you get lost inside a maze of a cave and forget to bring an escape rope with you.

When you're trying to get a Gyrados from a Magikarp and you can't train it up because all it can do is 'splash'.

When you make eye contact with random trainer and you really can't be bothered with the battle.

When your foe uses attract and your Pokemon is so enamored that it refuses to win the battle for you – despite being twenty levels higher.

When you repeatedly press A to skip boring dialogue and realize you've missed something vital and have no idea which way you're going.

When Victory Road is a thing that exists.