It's... er... complicated.
See, as a young kid, I've always liked Pokemon cards, and I used to have this big book of all gen 1-6 pokemon that I would spend hours poring through, but I didn't own any of the games. The only 'pokemon games' I'd ever played are Smash Bros. games with pokemon. Note: I never chose pokemon.
But, another thing about me is that I have a few obsessions per month or two, I have them, very extreme, I think and talk about that exclusively, and then soon, I'm obsessed with something else for another two-three months. My last obsession was TTRPGs. This month's obsession is Pokemon, and it'll probably be that for a while.
I still don't own any official games, but I've played the first 2 gyms of Insurgence, I play PokeMMO on a regular basis, and I have Pokemon Myth downloaded, but I rarely play it. Anyway, that's me! I plan to buy Pokemon Scarlet (mostly because of scream tail), and I'll choose Fuecoco as a starter.