Over time there's been a bit of talk about the Pokémon games in the The Computer/Console Gaming Thread and there's several of us who are fans, and a couple that are true Pokémon Masters.

But sometimes the news of special release Pokémon get lost, so I thought, with a new game about to be released, why not just make a new thread and let us Pokéfans discuss it here.

(This includes discussion of the cartoon, or card game or whatever else)

My Pokéstory

I watched some of the original cartoon series back in my Uni days and I eventually purchased Pokémon Yellow and found I loved it more than I had expected to. A few years later I purchased Silver but after getting stuck at the Elite Four and I put it down and never finished it.

Many years later when I bought a DS (I jumped from the original GameBoy to the DSLite without any of the consoles in between) I picked up Diamond and was blown away with the graphics upgrade and how much I still enjoyed the game's mechanics.

I purchased HeartGold since I already owned Silver, and I'm determined to eventually finish it this time. (Thanks to the advice, people I will try the Dragon Trainer again soon).

Black or White

I've been looking at the Pokémon available in Black and in White character lists and it seems that differences mostly cover types from the earlier generations. From the newest generation you only miss out of 9 types, 7 of which are from three different evolution cycles. So not a huge loss.

I think I am going to choose Black because I like the look of those Pokémon more and Black apparently has more "rotation battles" and they look more interesting to me than the 3 on 3 ones.

But I suspect I wont be playing Black for a while since I still have so much of HeartGold to finish.