Originally Posted by
Harry Seaward
That completely ruins the whole experience, imo.
Collecting Pokemon shouldn't be that easy.
Anyway, I suggest playing White of Black, too. They're very cool. If you've played the old games, it should really be like riding a bike. If you can't go all out and get a 3DS and a game, just download an NDS emulator.
Pokemon is awesome. I've beaten basically all the games, but never really had the patience to catch all the Pokemon. Though, I suppose I should do that some time, because why not. With DS/3DS internet compatibility, it's easy to trade/battle online, so that makes it a bit simpler.
If you don't want to jump into the newer games yet, download VBA with FireRed/LeafGreen. Those games are bad ass.