What about catching pokemon, would that be us trying to catch the pokemon and you deciding if it would succeed or fail?  Like maybe through a dice roll?

Also this region, is like today's world right?  So it has everything that our world today does?  (Hotels, technology stores, clothes stores, restaurants, the list goes on.)

Can we could create our own original pokemon moves?  (Reasonable ones that is.)  

What ages would our characters be?  Like 12-17?  Or could they be older than 17 for main characters?

How would pokemon gain experience and become stronger?  How would that be recorded and kept track of?