Coincedentally, I got exactly 88w when I connected w/someone earlier. If only I had my DeLorean and a Flux Capacitor...

I just cried a little bit. LOL

I've been playing Pokemon since the beginning. I had Red and my sister had Blue. I love every new incarnation of the series, they always add a lot of great features that makes the game a lot easier. Granted they also add twice as many extraneous crap, but you gotta take the bad with the good. Me, my fiancee, and his brother are some of the few people that while we look back at the originals nostalgically still thoroughly enjoy ever rehash and will shell out the $35 for HeartGold or SoulSilver this coming Sunday even though we already have Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald and everything that came before.
The true bastardization of the series is the spin-offs. It's one thing to keep making new versions of the same game, but saturate the market with even more child-bait? I mean, I don't see any point to Pokemon Ranger. Mystery Dungeon is kinda interesting since you play AS a pokemon, but it doesn't need to follow the same route as the original series and have multiple versions.