I give up with Platinum.... I hate No$Gba and it's speedup button -.- It's too hard to level up my Pokemon, you get such a little EXP. from everything...... I think I do next Sapphire :P
Good luck! Gardenia will be a pain, since there are no blue fire, flying, bug, ice or poison pokemon before the gym. :( The only way I got through was with Prinplup, who learns Peck at some point. The rest are fairly easy :) What other pokemon were you planning to add to your team?
Crystal is wasn't difficult as you think, if I didn't grind a lot I think that I will be done with this game in 2 days. If you have a level 55 or 60 Pokemon at the Indigo Plateau, you will be fine with Red too :D
I was scared when I first saw Red's Level 87 Pikachu, and all of my Pokemon was level 55 sooo yeah :D Thanks! I think that I will start Platinum or Blue in a few days :D