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Originally Posted by timson733333

You are able to access the 3rd starter event as soon as you reach Route 11. With only a level 42 Golbat and poor AI, it's pretty easy to work around the higher level and easily defeat it, getting you the starter as early as after the 3rd gym.

Give me a day or two to fix the event, I was bound to forget something in my moving around of data.

I'll boost the AI a tiny bit just because you mentioned it, though. It was meant to be easy. After all, the official games never took Team Rocket seriously.

Spoiler:

Of course, now someone's bound to mention that the player would never have access to more than one starter of a particular generation in an official main series Pokémon game. Discounting Yellow, that is.