Welcome to the forums, Troy! I loved HG/SS as well; they were great. I was already fimiliar with the story, since I've played G/S/C countless amount of times beforehand... nonetheless, I still enjoyed them. XD The graphics in these games were amazing, and I was a big fan of how your Pokémon followed you. Too bad that this didn't make it to future games, though. Aside from that, I also liked the PokéWalker feature (which, by the way, didn't make it to future games either), as it allowed you to level-up yourself pretty easily while walking. Just transfer your Pokémon, put the device in your pocket, and you're ready to go! Quite simple, right? :3 So, what are some of
your favorite features?
Other than HG/SS, what other games did you play? Have you played X/Y yet? If not, then you have no idea what you're missing out on; you should definitely give them a try. Me, I have Pokémon Y; got it immediately after the initial release day. To finish it, it took me only about two weeks. I was extremely addicted to it. Whenever I turned the game on, it was impossible for me to just put it down. ^^" I was planning to get X as well, but never had the chance to get around to it, unfortunately. One day, I will.
Since you're a fan of challenges, you should definitely take a look into our
Challenges forum as Aura suggested. You could submit your own challenges there and keep tracking of them by posting logs and such. You'll enjoy it, I'm sure.
Anyway, hope you have fun here. If you ever need help with anything, simply post a reply in our
Quick Questions & Answers thread; we'll get to you as soon as we can. If you like, you may also send message to a staff privately. :]