DAY 5, FAV MON:
Growing up I always loved Articuno. Mostly for its appearance, but it was also handy in slaying those powerful dragons back in the day, and I loved its cry for some reason, it just sounded legendary. There was just something about Ice types in general that I liked as a kid as well. Nothing really stood out to me the same way as Articuno did until fifth gen when I adopted a little Zorua in Castelia City after it played with my Celebi. I thought it was the cutest of all cutemons, then it evolved, and all of a sudden I had a new favourite Pokemon. There's just something I love about Zoroark. He looks so evil, but also friendly at the same time. I always have a hard time explaining why I like Zoroark. He's just... cool
So Zoro gets my current vote, but can't ignore Articuno for all that nostalgia
DAY 6, RUMORS:
We had the typical rumors floating around when I was a kid, Mew under the truck, beating the E4 100 times to battle Prof. Oak, Mewthree, The grass outside Pallet Town etc etc.. My best friend at the time always seemed to be one step ahead of all the rumors and would tell me about them and not to believe them before I would waste my time. He wasn't around for third gen though, and I wasted plenty of time trying to hitch a ride on the spaceship in Mossdeep. The only rumor(s) I got really sucked into were all the button pressing combos to catch pokemon! Me and my brother had a routine when we'd hold A, and tap the D-pad in the direction the ball was going, so up when you throw it, up and down when the ball is bouncing on the ground, and alternate let and right when it shook. We were so convinced it worked that we taught everyone!
Also that pressing B increases your chance to evade (or weaken) attacks, and mashing A increased the power. Our poor N64 controllers, how they have suffered..