I kind of envy the kids that started out with games like Diamond and Pearl or Black and White or later core games

Like imagine if you started as a kid with Black and White and you'd enjoy it as much as the kids who explored Kanto or Johto on the Game Boy for the first time. Imagine if you traveled for the first time in Sinnoh and think the myths there are super cool and Darkrai is the most mysterious dark Pokemon you can encounter but never could. Imagine they pick Snivy or Fennekin or Chimchar for the first time and that Pokemon is their buddy for life. Imagine how amazed you'd be that Pokemon has been around for 22 years

I genuinely envy those kids, having a whole sense of wonder in a game thats not Gen 1 or 2, but later and only finding out later that Pokemon is ancient.

But I'm still happy that I started out with Gold, best game