R/B/Y is just about all I have left from my past that I haven't tried to repress...
Nah, I wouldn't go that far. But it is one of the few fond reminders of my tween years. I still consider them the best games in the entire series...because of all the modernization of pokemon these days, it only makes me want to return to the early days more than ever, before it was popular...back when the anime still aired at 6:30 in the morning and 150 pokemon felt like more than one could ever hope to memorize. R/B/Y had the best plot of any pokemon game...it was the basis of the anime, after all, and no area could ever compare to Kanto, no villain ever compare to Team Rocket and the diabolical Giovanni. Even after FR/LG comes out I'll still continue to play R/B/Y just because nothing can compare to its absolute oldskoolness.