oh my god my heart is just... yeah this hurts

I gotta say, this hits me hard. I never realized how our Pokémon could feel that way. My first game was Pokémon Y... I now feel sorry for all those times I've restarted and never even thought of those Pokémon. Delphox, Sylveon, Yveltal, Lucario, Venasaur, and I can't even remember the last one... Blaziken, Alolan Raichu, and so much more... I'd just make a new game and forget about the Pokémon I use to obsess over... I'm sorry to you all... I think we can all agree that this probably is gonna stop us from ever removing our saved games without moving our beloveds... Or at least try our darn hardest not to.

Such a heartwrenching yet masterfully crafted story. It was short but I'm nearly in tears reading about it so bravo to you.

...I had a Blastoise in Red, I named him Water King. Him and Snorlax were my only non-legendary pokemon. I beat the Elite 4 with that team and now they only exist on Pokemon Stadium 2. I dunno if that cartridge still has a working battery.

I miss them. I’m gonna go visit.

Reading this made me think of the time i've restarted XD multiple times, and i especially can't forget the first time. I was struggling to erase the save data but then in my mind i though that my team was supporting me in my desition and that they wouldn't forget me at all. Gotta say, now i feel awful about it.
Really loved the personality of each pokemon, really does give you feels.

fuck even after years this makes me wanna bawl my eyes out and revisit my games

Well, considering I always transfer my Pokémon before starting a fresh game (catching a single wild one before the last of them get transferred) I feel no guilt. Though I have mourned when some of my games got too damaged to play anymore, and lamented terribly when my cat spilled melted wax all over my DS cartridges, forcing me to start all over with new cartridges (I now have Pokémon Bank to avoid losing everyone in one fell swoop again).

my Zoura...my Zoroark...my umbreon...my Zekrom...and my snivy...tears everywhere

Damn you writer! The feels were real in this one-shot. If you're still on here, you should make a sequel for the trainer not deleting the game. Now I will never release my core team again and make sure to send them to the new game if I reset. R.I.P Torterra, Staraptor, Luxray. The OG 3. Forgive me.

Well, goddamn.

Guess who found himself tearing up over a few deleted games he now feels guilty about?

I CRY

Can't hold the emotions... can't stop myself from crying like a baby...

I swear I'll never start a new game or delete my Pokemon game save data.

*looks back to my first playtrough* blaziken...

Perhaps you have read this over and over in some other way or words but you make me feel so bad when I remember restarting my Pokemon Yellow all those wonderful years ago, that pretty much is the essence of this fic though. Now, I feel so glad that I play/ed Gen 2 and 3 with a paid emulator that allows me to start new games without actually deleting my previous one. Kudos!

Too much for me, this story made me feel sad, but Charizard's message... It really broke me up. A couple tears fell from my eyes before I knew.

Awesome work on NG, I think I'm gonna save this one on my personal archive. Keep up the good work!