I got Pokemon White 2 today.
I wanna get myself a pokerman game again. I have an emulator for Ruby but it's just not the same as getting to play on a handheld.
If you're going to get a Pokemon game, I'd suggest finding a copy of Black or White first, and then later pick up Black 2 or White 2 if you feel so inclined. Aside from being direct story sequels, I think Black or White would offer something of a better experience to someone coming back into the game after an absence.
I haven't played one since Ruby, so...yeah I need some time to get back into it. Only just recently started understanding how EVs and IVs and Natures and stuff works.
Also, Black and White both have horrible real time based mechanics in the game. Specifically, there are different seasons in-game and they change depending on the actual time of the year (or to put it bluntly, you have to regularly exit the game and fuck around with the DS's internal clock to access all of the content). If, like me, you find that sort of thing to be completely insufferable, you may want to go with Diamond/Pearl instead.
I don't really mind, although I missed a bunch of beasties on my first playthrough of Silver because they only came out at certain times.
Also: I only just figured out how Elements are supposed to work in Chrono Cross. By reading the manual. To quote a friend of mine, "I never claimed to be especially bright..."
And my dreams of recreating the cast of Homestuck in my FFT game are down the drain, as it freezes after the first plot-related battle after the tutorial.