Y'know what? To hell with emulating Pokemon Emerald. I went to GameStop and bought a used DS Lite and a copy of Pokemon Black. To my surprise the professor I'm greeted by at the new game screen isn't a creepy pokemon obsessed old man but rather a really TALL woman with rockin' legz n' hipz named Professor Juniper. Coincidence?

And, of course, while finding an image to put up there I found a bunch of sexy pinup versions of her. Man I love the internet sometimes.
So far Pokemon Black seems really good, although the starters didn't really blow me away at first. There's an uppity grass salamander, a fire pig in a Zorro mask, and a water otter packing some seashells. I ended up taking the otter for its Shell Fu. There seems to be better balance in the distribution of types to fill out your team with as well as with difficulty of the gym leaders, but the biggest change I'm happy about is that TMs now have unlimited uses. YES! It's about fucking time!
I believe in no God, no invisible man in the sky.
-Andrew Ryan, Bioshock
...and don't forget the ponies.