So I just fully beat Pearl, well not like 100% but everything there was to do outside of capturing every Pokémon. Solid story, game was laid out decently well, not a lot of annoyances except mainly for the Elite Four + Cynthia and that's mainly because I was going at it with an underleveled team.. but with the use of items and strategies to prevent all of them from using their Full Restores I was able to finish it with a team of (Palkia [L. 57], Torterra [L. 54], Gyrados [L. 49], Luxray [L. 51], Staraptor [L. 49] and Rapidash [L. 50].
Onwards to White now! .. well actually I won't be starting White until Sunday, because I really only play while I'm at work and that would be the next time I'm in the office now that it's my weekend.