Vrominelli wrote:
Why I do not play GSC: "because it does not interest me and the pokemon from that era are all lackluster."
Why I do not play "middle versions": "I just bought version a/b of this gen and not even a month later you announce the mid version! AAAARGH!"
Why I have not played B&W versions: "I'm gonna wait for gray version, since there will OBVIOUSLY be a gray version soon enough."
Why I do not play B/W: "........Seriously? B&W2? And it is a sequel and not a mid version? well that's just super........"
Prime reason why I don't go nuts for pokemon games like everyone else: lack of MONEY
I think your reasons for all of those are fail.
GSC/HGSS will forever be the best Pokemon games in existence.
Also, the third versions are not really meant for everybody. They are a "developers cut" and add things to the game that they missed out on doing at first. For example, Crystal adds a female player and animated sprites, Emerald adds the Battle Frontier, and Platinum changes up the plot, and adds the Distortion World, plus a Battle Frontier.
The third versions are meant for people who haven't already gotten the "basic" versions, or are just hardcore fans enough that they want every game.
As shown by B2W2, there will probably not be a "Gray" version, so getting Black/White is necessary. Plus, B2W2 are sequels, not remakes or developers cuts, so to understand some of the story, you will have to have the originals as well.