Man the original Pokemon games where fun, addictive, and pretty original at the time. Anyone who says otherwise is denying to sound like they where always mature and where even too cool to be part of fads even as a child.
8 years later, I still have my Blue, Yellow, and Red sitting in a box under my bed along with some other early childhood things I kept for sentimental reasons I guess. I sold most of my cards, if not all, all my other games and old computer games. Those are the only 3 games I kept. But i'm giving them to my little cousin, he can have 'em. I don't need/want them anymore. =p
They where fun at the time, and this "new generation" will just have an "anvanced version" of our addiction to the original games.
Ahh...good times.