Quote Originally Posted by Paulbot View Post
Big questions this week... Black or White? Fire pig or Grass snake or Sea otter?

And do I buy Black and White when I've still not cleared the Johto area in HeartGold??
I'm getting Black because there is Black City with extra trainers, where as White has White Forest that has extra Pokemon to capture.
It really depends on what you want. More trainers or more available pokemon to capture.

Finish HeartGold and then buy and start Black/White. They might sell out for this month, but you can still get Diamond/Pearl/Platinum/HeartGold/SoulSilver at pretty much any store. They are stocked up, and Diamond and Pearl were released years ago.
I would guess Black and White will end up the same.

Quote Originally Posted by Paulbot View Post
I can't beat the Dragon-trainer gym leader and I lost interest in the hours it would take for me to level up my strongest Pokemon to be powerful enough to win that badge. Gold/Silver doesn't have any good level up areas like Diamond/Pearl did (with the helper characters who'd heal your pokemon after each battle in certain areas) so I find it boring and a waste of time fighting a few battles then having to go to get healed, repeat x 50 to level up maybe 3 times
Just keep having a crack at the Elite 4. If you don't beat them the first time, then you still get the experience points from them and can try again.

Also, don't be afraid to use hyper potions, revives and full heals.
I bought 50 of each the first time I went through and came out of them with about 3 of them.
The Elite 4 will abuse full restores and so should you.