My VG Music Picks #26 – Lavender Town (Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt_H9qkzeMQ

Pokémon, at it’s core, is ultimately a thing for kids. When you glance at the advertising, the simple gameplay and the cuddly creatures that populate the many regions, you think to yourself “Yeah, I know some children that would love this.” But every once in a while, something will occur that causes those same wide-eyed innocent kids, with a dream to be the very best like no one ever was, to shit themselves. For many of us aficionados of Pokémon, that very first moment was in the original games. Continue reading