@46 There are no quest trackers in pokemon, youre kinda just left to figure things by going places and talking to people.
The reason why text seems so choppy is because thats how they come out in game. You can speed up the text from within the options found in the pause menu. Also, starting with pokemon yellow, you can set the music to stereo within that same options, with 2 other variants that center the bass notes on either the left or right.. Finally, you can speed up battle animation without having to turn it off entirely by holding the A button after choosing a move in vattles. This feature is exclusive to yellow i believe.