I always loved the GBA ones (They still hold up imo, I play em on an emulator from time to time), I never cared for the console versions. I loved the 2D style much much more. I'd recommend checking 'em out on an emulator, since you can do things like play an English patched FE6 that never released in NA (I think that's the one with Roy?). That one was very very short, but intensely fast paced. Constantly introduced new characters, and shit happened at breakneck speed.
The Sacred Stones is technically a superior game in terms of features, but I liked the characters in 7 more. Sacred Stones has places to grind, which I did obsessively (even healers, I literally got everyone up to max potential and unlocked all hidden characters). Also, the 3 different campaigns in 7 were vastly varied and I loved each one for their own reasons.
From the sounds of it, Awakening will be a great entry point, but from there, I highly recommend the GBA ones. I don't much like the console versions, but other people do, and I'd assume they're fine.
By the way, please don't play on casual mode. I understand the appeal to some, but so much of the game is about permadeath. Even though I just restarted missions when people died. Didn't have the heart to see them go, I remember feeling crushed when I let Florina die the same mission that we found her other sister :/ I did restart the mission, but it was sort of the moment where shit hit home and I was like oh fuck, I goofed hard. Oh, and by the way, if you have the option to upgrade somrone, max them out in original form first. They become beasts of a whole new level if you do.
Edit: Also, the camaraderie in FE7 is SO FUCKING GOOD. I loved that group of people. I liked the Sacred Stones people, but that was for different reasons.
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