Speaking for myself I was not interested in Pokemon for a long time. In fact, I was not interested since they expanded the initial ~150 rosters and kept reusing much of the same formula. However, I see potential in the new approach even though the execution of the first title is a tad to be desired, it is still the right direction in my opinion and I'm definitively interested.
I do hope that eventually, they'll do a remake of the original with the new engine when they master it. Just like they did with FireRed & LeafGreen.