[andyn]

You'd have trouble finding someone willing to do most of the work of writing a game and especially the artwork.

You're in luck though! The game is popular enough that someone else has had the idea of writing a clone:

"PokeClone: A Pokémon engine coded in Python"

http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=284297

https://github.com/tpwrules/pokeclone

[gaigepr]

I hadn't yet stumbled upon PokeClone yet; thanks!

What I more meant was I am not as interested in working with graphics code/libraries. Not to say I couldn't but that is just not what interests me. I figured along the way I would look around for free assets or look for a friend (new or old) to help me on that front.