I played first Generation (Red/Blue) and have somehow been able to find excuses not to pick up any later installments (though I have recently picked up the original Silver edition) which is not to say I dislike Pokemon, I had a blast with the games but it's a franchise that would have killed my wallet and my sanity had I stayed devoted. I moved onto Shin Megami Tensei which is basically Pokemon without the cute factor but I still get the hankering for another playthrough because it was a good game.