hey. some of you may remember from way back in the day as jet1213.. (if someone could get me my password for that account, thatd be great haha)

anyway, ive been reading up a lot on these new games, and i have some questions

whats the deal with trading/battling? you can do all of this with friends online?

whats the deal with trading pokemon from gold/silver/crystal/saphire/emerald etc??

thanks,
newbie all over again