>>31898183If you wanna get into the games, for each generation you should play
>Gen 1 = Fire Red/Leaf Green>Gen 2 = Heart Gold/Soul Silver>Gen 3 =Emerald>Gen 4 = Platinum>Gen 5 = Black 2/White 2>Gen 6 = Y>Gen 7 = MoonIf you don't want to play seven different games, HGSS, Pt, and B2W2 are considered the best, so just play one of those. Alternatively, Sun/Moon are also the most recent ones if you're interested in the most recent additions. There's also pounds of spinoff games of varrying quality that may be fun to check out.
Pokemon games are not incredibly difficult. If you are interested in the more competitive side, however, the Smogon forums have made a fan set of rules and tiers that are widely used among the community. Pokemon Showdown is a browser application that you can use to battle people right on your computer. It cuts down on the nitty gritty stat management, letting you make pokemon just how you want them right away.
The anime is lame, so don't bother. Ash never ever wins a tournament, Ash never ever gets the girl, Ash never ever catches them all and becomes a pokemon master, Ash never ever grows up and matures as a character. It's just a kids show. I dunno if the anime is a guilty pleasure for your girl or what, but it's not necessary to understand and appreciate pokemon. Some of the fight scenes in the later series actually have some cool moments, so I guess start later in for that.
Serebii is a good site for general pokemon news and knowledge. Bulbapedia is run by a pedo, but I guess it works too.
