[Ginkasa]

Well, my dad got "me" an NES at the ripe old age of two months or something, so gaming's always been there. If there is one game that propelled me from a "kid who plays game" to a "gamer," it would probably it OoT. It was not only my first Zelda game, it was also the first game I played that was not Mario or other platformer.

We also, coincidentally, got the internet right about the time OoT came out, so "Zelda" was one of my first search terms. Digging up info about Zelda led me to more general websites that taught me terms like "developer," "publisher," "first/third party," etc. for the first time. It also led me to IGN which led me to Nintendose which, of course, led to this place. An itch to play older Zelda games led me to also try out a lot of the NES and SNES games that weren't Mario.

Pokémon, which came out around the same time, was also a big influence. It was sort of my gateway drug to RPGs. I'm pretty sure I wanted the Dragon Warrior I + II remake on the GBC entirely because Nintendo Power called it "like Pokémon" somewhere in the preview. RPGs and similar types are still my favorite genre.