Yeah, they made a lot of good improvements to the new games and the graphics look especially good. The new box system is really nice too.

Hm... I used to go with fire pokemon a lot in the earlier games but these past few I've gone with the water pokemon because they're just so cute! I went with Oshawott in Black and Piplup in Diamond. I used Cyndaquil in Gold and Torchic in Sapphire. I pretty much never go with the grass Pokemon first so when I started playing the new gold I picked up Chicorita but it's gong to be replaced by another grass Pokemon I like better. I have my party all planned out for that one. ^^;