Ah, cool to follow your dreams; I'm sure that all will be well for you guys! And welcome to the forums! I'm Dragon! I'm from Toronto, Canada myself, so, it's pretty cool meeting more people from across the world!~
I first played Yellow as a kid, moving up to the Pokemon series up to today! And aha, it's okay; I believe some of my first pokemon games were used too; at least, I remember they were from a small video game store. Hopefully GO proves to be fun!
But yeah, I'm free to chat with anytime! Feel free to message me via PMs or VMs and I'll get back to you as soon as I can! Have a nice time, and an enjoyable day! ^ᆺ^