I started playing Pokemon Fire Red on an emulator last week, my first time playing one of those games (I've played Pokemon Snap and Stadium on N64, but never had the chance to play Red/Yellow/Blue and their sequels- blame my video-game-hating parents

).
Anyway, started with a Charmander, had a Charizard within 2 hours and beat almost the entire game with it, and later a Zapdos (Level 50). By the time I faced the Elite 4 I had a level 73 Charizard, level 52 Articuno, level 50 Zapdos, level 29 Scyther and level 36 Gyarados. In all my battles with the Elite 4 I used just the Charizard and the Zapdos. By the time I finished the game, I'd been playing for about 4 days, about 2.5 hours a day, and rage-quit after I realised I couldn't get Mewtwo without cheating.
maybe not an interesting story, but meh.