A Foot in the Door Perspective:
I got Red and Blue for Christmas years back. Played through Red and enjoyed it. I did the missingno. glitch or whatever it was. After that, it just didn't hold my interest, so I never got around to playing Blue or any subsequent releases.
I've tried some other RPGs just to see what the deal is with them (Tales of Symphonia, for example), and I just can't get into them. I do however, enjoy the Mario RPG series because, hey, it's Mario, and those are simpler, Mario-ish RPGs that I can relate to a lot more. Sounds crazy, I know, but I mean...