Oh yeah I remember ruby and saphire, anyways thanks for the replies guys, I'm going to get White and see how I feel, thanks for the advice on those emulators, I'll give it a go.  Thanks very much! 

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Hmm...
I'm still pretty undecided, ruby and saphire are remakes of red and blue aren't they, is the story and layout basically the same? and are they available on DS?
TBH I might just get White because I do like the looks of Zekrom, if I do get heavily into the whole pokemon scene again I'll probably buy the rest.  Also, is there a game that combines all pokemon and regions etc, like PU or is it just PU so far?

Cheers.

I have to agree scyther is pretty awesome, I also think arcanine looks beast and blastoise.

After seeing all the pokemon in black/white I'm not too impressed, I didn't feel much thought was put into making them, they just seem rushed, un-inspired, the first generation is what I grew up with and I love them, then they kinda go down hill, gold & silver, diamond & pearl, platinum, and black & white.  Fingers crossed that the next generation have a bit more thought put into them.  The things I dislike about the new pokemon are some are too humanoid to be pokemon for me, the only one in 1stGen was probably jynx, also the faces and eyes just look too, what's the word, too gormless, like cute and stupid if you know what I mean.
So for what I hope for from Gen 6 is less humanoid and stupid looking pokemon that have more thought and imagination put into them.  Just better pokemon.

Hey guys,
Jack from the UK here, found this after remembering those good old days on the old pokemon games for the gameboy then doing a search on google.  PU (lol *holds nose and haves hand* pee yoo!) sounds good, beta just around the corner, can't wait, look forward to playing, training and fighting 

Cheers.