#riolu was my all-time favorite pokemon when i was a little kid after dpp came out | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

zorollade · 5 months

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fun fact in case i havent told this story here: riolu was one of my first shinies in a main series game! i dont think it was THE first, but how i got it was pretty fun:

my sister and i have a long-standing tradition of getting both versions of a game. i would get one, she would get the other. even through our tumultuous relationship as siblings, it was always a chance to finish the pokedex together.

when sword and shield came out, my sister, being older and with a job, bought Shield immediately. i had to wait until christmas to get my own copy of Sword. when i finally had it, my sister had beaten the game, and when i lamented to her that Lucario was a level 60 encounter (riolu and by extension lucario being one of my favorite pokemon, especially when i was younger), she bred a Riolu egg and traded it to me. nothing special, and just one, just so i could have one on my team while i played.

as you may be able to guess, a full-odds shiny hatched out of the egg. needless to say she was SO fucking mad

so thats why i love shiny riolu so much!

#i still have him! his name is Riley :]#riolu was my all-time favorite pokemon when i was a little kid after dpp came out #clearly it was the only one my sister knew i liked bc she also made me a paper riolu costume one halloween. very flimsy #riolu is still so cutes to me. i dont use lucario on my team much anymore but seeing riolu makes me smile #my partner in my first playthrough of explorers of sky was also a riolu! i think i was a vulpix if i remember correctly?#not seared into my memory as much as my red rescue team squad. Skitty and Pikachu Forever #mine

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