Oh hey, a lot of us have been playing Pokemon since the battery days too, myself included. Those were the days.. I'd often need to bug my mom to go to the pharmacy so I could get a huge set of batteries, haha. Luckily we can charge our systems relatively easily nowadays.
The Fifth Generation Gaming board is going to welcome you with open arms if you're playing White 2! :) A lot of us are playing through those games while we wait for X and Y too, myself included, though lately I've been more addicted to Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing than anything. A lot of people here love Pokemon though so you're going to fit in very easily and find a lot of friends. Be sure not to disappear; that's probably the most important thing! Do check out the Trade Corner and Battle Center if you're looking for some fun trades or battles, and if you're interested, you can also check out our
Pokemon Showdown server and get involved in that. You can set up your team through there and battle our members, which is quite fun. :D; A lot of our members chat in our Showdown server and it's one of our most popular off-site chat platforms so it's very worth it to stop by. Pretty fun way to learn the ins and outs of competitive battling if you're not as knowledgeable about that yet and a hefty bit of members have gotten a lot of battling knowledge through our servers. It has certainly helped me a whole bunch too, actually.
Go ahead and post around while you wait for X and Y, yeah? Talk about current generations, other things relating to Pokemon like the anime and TCG, and even off-topic boards. Do you like music? Movies? Anime? Video games? Computers and other technology? You can find all of that here as well as other cool things like
forum games to play with the members and such, so look around. Our members already gave you some lovely suggestions as well - look through everything and I'm sure you'll have a ton to keep you busy until October rolls around. ;P Do you plan on getting X or Y, by the way? I'm getting X and my boyfriend is getting Y and I'm pretty set on Chespin as my starter. Maaan, this is all making me so excited.
Anyways, see you around, David, and a huge welcome to the forum. Ask away in the
Questions & Feedback board if you ever have questions or contact one of our lovely members or staff!