Crystal is great. You won’t regret it. Heart Gold and Soul Silver are very highly regarded so they’re hard to find but Crystal will give you a similar feel, just with older graphics and missing a few features.
Diamond and Pearl are a good time but are extremely slowly paced and might not be the best place to start off.
Black and White are also great games and are geared to a bit of an older audience. The last truly great Pokémon games.
Personally I’d stay away from any of the games made for 3DS and beyond. X and Y were bad Sun and Moon were awful, and the Switch games are a downright rip off. The quality has really dropped in the games recently. The Ruby/Sapphire remakes might be the one exception but even those were a noticeable downgrade from the originals.
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