Cream147 on 13 February 2016
If you're the kind of guy who can handle retro, then I really recommend starting from the beginning i.e. Red/Blue. They are certainly dated, but the magic that was there remains there still. However, I've noticed that people who started with the later games find it much harder to go back to the older games, perhaps because they're used to all the improvements the later games provide. That's a shame, because Red/Blue/Yellow and Gold/Silver/Crystal are still to me the games that truly capture the magic of Pokémon. I don't think you should miss out on those experiences, and I'd really give them a go. An appreciation of the series' roots will go a long way into appreciating where the series is today.
