@xenuline Slept well actually. Yeah setting up servers can cost some sleep
As for Pokemon. I did play them from Gen 3 - 6. I used to hate on Gen 5 a lot for its really pixelated sprites (now I want those back lol)
The ones I most like are Gen 3 and 4. 3 was my first Gen and 4 did so many things better in my eyes. (Though I do like the items and strategical elements made availiable from Gen 5 and 6)
I would not play them vanilla anymore today since there are quite some QoL in later Gens. I do like Romhacks which make modern stuff availiable in older Game styles.
Modern Emerald is really great for example good fun. But the recent opening of Emerald in the form of the decompilation was great.
There is now stuff like Pokemon Emerald Rogue which makes Pokemon a Roguelike. Very fun