Player invested 315 € and a year of his life to save his beloved Pokémon

Many Pokémon players develop a special bond with the little pocket monsters. For one gamer, this bond was so strong that he spared no expense to bring back his old friend.

What a rescue mission it was! Reddit user u/Rxyaschao shared on June 6th the reunion with his beloved Charizard. It had been stranded in Pokémon Colosseum for the GameCube for the last 15 years.

With the latest update for Pokémon HOME, the player was now able to bring his old companion to Paldea in Violet/Scarlet (via 3D Juegos).

What makes this Pokémon so special? Charizard actually doesn’t need such a rescue. He could have obtained the final evolution of Charmander, the fire starter from Generation 1, much easier.

However, Roxaschao did not want just any Charizard, but exactly the one with which he had played through the FireRed edition back then.

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Trainer says: ‘I have no regrets’

This is how he did it: To transfer his loyal companion to the latest generation, Roxaschao spared no expense.

The player bought a GameBoy Advance, a link cable compatible with the GameCube, and Pokémon Ruby
From there through Platinum and the White edition to the Pokémon Bank
From the Pokémon Bank it went on to Pokémon HOME and from there finally to Violet

To achieve this, the loyal trainer also bought a supposedly defective 2DS and a damaged DSlite, as well as other equipment that he could repair himself. Despite these measures, Roxaschao still paid nearly $340, which is just over €315, to get his Charizard back.

The whole undertaking took the Reddit user about a year. During this time, he also caught up on the game generations he had skipped back then.