I only played the first two generations (Red/Blue/Yellow and Silver/Gold/Crystal), and I'd have to go with gen2. The newer generations just have too much going on, in my opinion.

I feel like those games hit a sweet spot in regards to complexity. Lots of new features were introduced as Quality of Life improvements (making the select button an assignable hot-key so I can quick-launch my bike with a single press? sweet. Being able to then switch it to my fishing rod when i'm trying to get a horsea? AWESOME) in that generation. Acorns collected in the wilderness to make specialty pokeballs, breeding, time-based evolutions, new types, Pokemon happiness, etc. All good stuff.

That's some really cool stuff Sanglorian. I kinda missed out on the newer generations because I couldn't afford to get the newer handhelds. Also, as I've gotten older, it gets harder to deal with the grindy nature of games like Pokemon (and Final Fantasy, for instance).

The simple, tight plot of Red/Blue remains my favourite, but that's in FireRed! (The additional filler they added after that plot wraps up is all a waste as far as I'm concerned).

I've started playing fire red and... it feels so weird because I know all these dialogues from when I was a child from pokemon blue xD

so.. would you say I dont have to play pokemon blue again if I play firered?

By the way, something totally offtopic:

_{i dont have a gf anymore. from today on, she's my fiancee.}

Congrats Tama!  Hope you have a pleasant engagement. 

I don't have a favorite...all I know about the series is that as a kid, I was the only one in my circle of friends that was interested in it, and since nobody wanted to buy a copy along with me, I never did....  So, I've been watching Let's Play videos occasionally to learn about it.  I probably won't play because it is pretty old school and designed for kids with lots of free time; like others have mentioned, I just don't have time to grind away.

I like that you are thinking about twitch.  Players there could advertise us  

Overall, I'd like a non-grindy experience, but I feel it kinda defines the genre, and there are players who really like that sort of thing.  Maybe we could tweak the levels and what not to make Tuxemon hunting/griding more optional than forced.  I do know some levels in the original games force you to fight, and maybe we could limit that sort of thing (like putting tall grass between places you need to go).  Optionally, adding a "repellent" type object early on so players can avoid combat would also be nice.

Another way to think about the problem would be to make combat more interesting.  I don't think our target players are going to be young (and not able to play a complex game), so maybe more elements of strategy or difficulty would make grinding less awful.

Thanks for the info Sanglorian.  I didn't know about that thread.  Anyway, I see this thread starting to get derailed.  I like that proposal, and maybe we could eventually add it.  It actually doesn't seem like a hard thing to do.