I'm definitely intrigued with them changing up the things that won't affect what made Pokemon good and what many people have asked. Example: 3D aspect, revamping of sprites, etc.
The Pokemon themselves will always be poor man's versions of past Pokemon to me, but that's just child bias coming out.
I'm looking forward to it and now that I have a hand me down 3DS, maybe I'll give it a try and see how it turns out.