The Pokemon Craze

[For those who don't know: it's pronounced Po-kie-mon, otherwise Po-kay-mon]

So...Pokemon Go has been released in Malaysia for more than a week ago.
My friends talk about it, some adults talk about it
Literally everybody is playing it!

And then there's me.
Honestly, I'm not so much as a fan of Pokemon.

Well, at least I was not. But because my friends were talking about it, I went all like, "yeah why not?".
Then to get familiar with the franchise I started playing the old GameBoy versions on an emulator application on my phone like Pokemon: Fire Red Version, Pokemon: Sapphire, and Pokemon: Emerald just to name a few.

The Pokemon franchise has been around since the 90s and has been up and about ever since. It had it's own cartoons, video games and more...
Then when the Pokemon Go application came out for smartphones everywhere, all Pokemon fans rejoiced!
If you go out into the world today, you could see people everywhere, both young and old, running out and about everywhere just to "catch Pokemon".

The Pokemon system has always been the same since the beginning: go outside, explore different areas, catch wild Pokemon, train Pokemon, battle with Pokemon, level up, contest for gyms...I'm not sure whether there's anything more than this but yeah, that's what I can think of, for now.

Oh yeah! One thing I forgot to mention was the fact that Pokemon is short for Pocket Monsters. Haha!
That explains the whole concept of carrying your creatures anywhere, everywhere easily.

To hunt for Pokemon, one must have the essential tools for catching: the classic PokeBall!
Yes, that's right. A PokeBall is basically a ball-like capsule used to contain said creature and to claim it as one's own possession. Once caught, the player can then train the Pokemon to level up by using it in battles against other wild Pokemon (in older games) and against friends and other trainers.

Then there's the rivalry system. (I'm not gonna go any further into that. I'll let my other friends do the talking)
Where do you find wild Pokemon, you ask? Simple.
In older games, one would have to go out and walk around in tall grass just to wait for wild Pokemon to spawn. Then, you can either battle against it to level up your Pokemon, or catch it so you can add it to your arsenal of creatures.
A similar concept is used in the Pokemon Go application. Basically go outside, and wait for a wild Pokemon to spawn right in front of you. Then you throw a PokeBall and catch it.

Last time in older games, you would have a very limited amount of Balls for you to carry. The starter is always 5 empty one-time-use PokeBalls and depending on how much money you have, you could buy some. The maximum amount of Pokemon you can carry is 6 and only 6. No more than that!
Now, in Pokemon Go (of what I've heard), you have 250 PokeBalls to use and unlimited Pokemon to carry with you wherever you go. And instead of going into tall grass to search for wild Pokemon, you can now (actually) go outside and catch them.

But apparently, my phone can't download it. Why?
Pokemon Go is only compatible with v4.4 up to v6.0 Android phones.
And what version is mine? 4.3.
Brilliant.

Well, I am still new to this after all.
Back to my emulator!