Pokemon is awesome!
I was really into it when I was younger (game, show, cards, etc) then I had dropped it for a long time (10+ years). Then like 3-4 years ago I saw my (now ex-) gf playing one of the newer Pokemon games on game boy and I was like 'omg I haven't played these in forever, can I play??' And I've been playing it again ever since. We used to go out and buy 2 copies of every new game as they came out (one of each version). So I own one copy of each game from diamond onwards, and I am planning to purchase the next one when it comes out.
I like collecting rare/powerful Pokemon and my favorite types are fire and dragon. My prized Pokemon is a lvl 100 shiny charizard equipped with one of the charizardites! :D