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Sometimes you just have to be patient. Hell, my favorite game of all time kind of requires patience in the beginning before it picks up. Considering that you were nine, I'm not surprised; kids that age don't really have patience at all. Perhaps one day you could try playing the game today if you have more patience. (could is the key word, don't jump my case please).
I would have picked Espeon but since you get both Espeon and Umbeon in Pokemon Colosseum I decided to get one of the other three. It was then my siblings decided that one of us would get Flareon, one of use would get Vaporeon, and the last of use would get Jolteon.