Personally I'd like to see it put to rest (only to regain HP

One thing that would help it out though, not to mention Nintendo (after that statement I heard about their new system, they could really use it) A Pokemon online RPG, with the appropriate link-up to the GBA and all that good stuff.
One thing people should also keep in mind is, apart from being insanely long. Pokemon doesn't have all that many bad points to it. The games were great, the TV series was a lot of fun, the movies were... IMO kinda lame, and I doubt I'd buy the plushies for myself, but few would turn down a plushie Snorlax.