Hiku said:
I would was going to say something similar.
Pokemon games don't really have much of a story. And even less so when you compare the games to each other, because it's essentially the same story every time.
You can use this to describe every Pokemon game:
Boy/girl moves to a new town with their mother. (Father mysteriously never mentioned.)
A professor asks the kid to come see him in his lab, along with other kid/kids. (One will become your rival.)
He gives you a Pokedex and asks you to record every Pokemon you see. Gives you a choice between one of three Pokemon.
Whichever element your Pokemon has, your rival will pick the one that has an advantage against your element.
Meanwhile, an evil team is plotting to destroy/change the world with the help of Pokemon, and Legendary Pokemon are involved in their grand scheme.
On your way to the Pokemon League where the Elite Four are awaiting your challenge, you beat some gym leaders, and stop the evil team from achieving their evil plans.
You beat the Elite Four.
The End.
That's the plot of every Pokemon game.
The only differences story wise between each game tend to be pretty subtle. They have different characters, but don't expect their stories to be particularly fleshed out.
You could start with Pokemon X/Y and be just fine. If you really like it, you could check out the older games as well. If not, then at least you played one with up to date gameplay mechanics.
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But that's not true at all. That's extremely reductionist. Pokemon plots follow a loose formula, but they are far from being the same, or even being similar. There are Pokemon games with simple plots, more complex plots, good plots, and bad ones. And there definitely are fleshed out characters in Pokemon with arcs and developement. Barry was fleshed out. Cyrus was fleshed out. N was fleshed out. Bianca was fleshed out. Cheren was definitely fleshed out.
Pokemon may not be Shakespeare, but it's definitely not what you describe either.
