The last Pokemon game I ever finished was Emerald. I was really hyped up over gen 4, so went so far as to order D/P from Japan on release date. I followed some walkthrough on GameFAQs since I couldn't understand Japanese, but I never played past the part with the windmill. I just couldn't stand the twinkly music and the designs of the new Pokemon.

Would it be worthwhile checking out Platinum or BW/B2W2?