I've been playing the Pokemon games starting from Blue, Gold, Sapphire, Pearl, Platinum, Heart Gold, and White. In all those iterations, the core gameplay has changed very little. What has changed is the subtle, behind-the-wall, things such as EVs/IVs and the Meta-gameplay. For the Meta alone am I excited for these new ones as well. All they would need to make this perfect, in my eyes, would be to bring back the Battle Arcade from Heart Gold/Soul Silver (I was a big fan of the Battle Factory and "renting" 'Mons to use for battling).
As an added benefit, I am now 32 and my daughter will be turning 9 in Dec. She learned how to read thanks to playing an old copy of Fire Red that we had around the house. This is yet another reason why any Pokemon game is "serious business" around my house. Having two copies makes it that much easier to "Catch Them All."
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"It's Super Delicious"