If you were the kind of recklessly uncool child that I was, you'll have spent at least 90% of your youth furiously trying to complete your Pokémon collection.

Hey, maybe you still are. There's no shame in it.

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Anyway, what good is a childhood spent making friends with make-believe creatures if you can't at least get nostalgic about it once in a while?

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On Tuesday (aka Pokémon Day), Nintendo invited everyone to do exactly that.

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The good people of Twitter did not disappoint. Cue some seriously fond (and occasionally frustrating) Pokémon memories.

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And finally this one, the mere thought of which literally made me shudder.

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Never stop catching 'em all.

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