While I was walking to the store after starting up a new game of Black 2, I decided to make the walk more fun by trying to make a rough estimation of how much time I have logged playing Pokemon in my life.
After recalling such fun facts as...
...I have had two separate files on Pokemon Colosseum reach 99:59, meaning over 200 hrs on that game alone.
...Damn near 200 on Pokemon Black
...176 on Y, according to my 3DS's activity log, the fact that gave me this idea in the first place.
...and the several games I've played via emulation, allowing my to hold down the fast-forward key and log in-game time way faster than real time...
...I got a ballpark estimate. In the past fifteen years, I've spent almost, if not more than, 1500 hours of my life collecting Pocket Monsters.
That means...in the 15 years I've been playing, I've spent the equivalent of just over 16 minutes per day, every day, for FIFTEEN YEARS, playing Pokemon.