Do you really think just because you like the newer pokemon that don't look like anime characters that you are a bigger fan than someone who has been a pokemon fan since 1998?

That's like saying people who think the Simpsons have lost quality in their newer episodes are not real Simpsons fans.

Most people who put gen1ers down will get over pokemon in a few years... Just like what most people did when yugioh or beyblades were popular..

However gen1ers have loved pokemon since 1988