You'll probably enjoy both X/Y and ORAS. If you don't have a 3DS then yeah just play HG/SS.

>>25648158
What about B/W 1 and 2? Are they any good?

>>25648665
BW2 was spectacular, has a very lengthy postgame. X/Y and ORAS were extremely fun to play, but on /vp/ it's trending to call it the worst gen ever. X/Y gives you the running shoes right away and the roller skates almost right away, so you'll be breezing through everything. ORAS has the DexNav, which you'll probably lose a good 10-15 hours to. It's great. Also, comfiest pokémon ever.

I personally don't really like HG/SS because of how barren Kanto is, but on this board people love it.

>>25648665
Yes but B/W will probably feel a little alien to you because you can only obtain gen V Pokemon iirc. And B2/W2, while having a lot of older gen Pokemon available, they're still sequels to B/W. But if you don't care about the story and all that then you should just get B2/W2.

>>25648692
>>25648718

Thanks, I guess I'll give those ago, HG/SS is pretty much like the original it seems

>>25648101

>So what's the consensus on Pokemon theses days

Play whatever game you like the most. If you're for completely the pokedex, get the latest games.

>>25648745
Gee my question is more like what to play next, I don't know what I like the most right now, and I really don't want a replay of the old games

Also is B/W2 a direct sequel or can I skip B/W1 ?

>>25648101
Start at Pokemonshowdown.com

>>25648761
2 kind of just follows from B/W. It makes more sense if you play them both but you don't necessarily have to.