@Toon Link - thanks i'll definitely be getting it as soon as it comes out in that case.
@zezhyrule - in the US it starts January 30 which i believe is on saturday. it ends feb 14. as for other countries, i'm not sure.

@OsoOto - go totodile!!! he was the first pokemon i ever got!!

Thanks smileys.
I plan on getting chikorita, my 2nd favorite pokemon...

We share the favorite Pokemon. I'll be getting Soul Silver, though, because I always liked Lugia more than Ho-oh.

Go for Totodile. You can't go wrong with a Blue crocodile that sprays water.

You also can't go wrong with a cute little green dino-thingy that has a leaf on it's head that smells good, and has an evolution named after an herb.

I've never really gotten into Pokemon, but this game looks really promising. Tons of content, charming graphics, interesting cast of characters. I can see how this could become a major addiction.

Where have you been the last 30 years of Pokemon?

having colloseum, firered and having played XD i already have ho-oh, lugia and the three starters and pretty much all the jhoto dex, but that means NOTHING (i seriously can understand why anyone would buy/not buy a pokemon game just because of that anyways, and i have seen a lot of people like that) i WILL get SoulSilver, soulsilver contains Meowth, so theres no real contest, plus i remember having hours and hours of fun with silver back in the day. I already have a friend who will get HeartGold, too.

Well, I'm 18, so for 12 of those years I was nonexistant. For the rest of them I avoided it, really. I never liked RPG's as a kid (and the idea of playing with little cards seemed lame), I hated anime...it is odd that I've never really played the games (except Pokemon Snap for the N64 which is outstanding) but I plan on getting into the series when this remake comes out.

Pokemon was created in 1996, so unless I'm really bad at math, I don't think that is 30 years...
_{6 years makes a difference!}
Yeah... I think I meant 16 years

Yeah I was pretty sure he was wrong (because I distinctly remember when the craze started) but I went along with it.

im so glad i got my first pokemon game when i was 3 which was silver and then my second game was pokemon yellow pickichu edition then my 3rd one was pokemon ruby (played that game to death ) and my 4th one was pokemon pinball (ruby and sapphire edition) then after that i got my 5th pokemon game pokemon red rescue team which is to this date my favorite turn bassed stratagy game. and my last one i got so far was pokemon pearl. i am so freaking happy to relive my early childhood memorys again

now I feel old.

Pokemon started in 1996 because I distinctly remember the 10th Anniversary Journey Across America being in 2006.

i was born may 24th 1996

CYNDAQUIL!!

my favorite type is grass pokemon but i am not choosing chickarida becuase they are only females.....

ahem....
Chikorita, #152
Gender Ratio:
*Male: 87.5%
*Female: 12.5%

Remember the ladybug from the movie "A Bug's Life"? It's the same thing.

I don't really understant why the gender of your chikorita would matter at all.

It's poke-sexism!

Im probably getting Chikorita, coolest IMHO.