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3rd Gen Which starter did you choose?

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    Mudkip in Ruby and Emerald and Charmander in FireRed. My Ruby Mudkip has followed me in every game until HGSS. I'm sad about transferring to BW because he will lose the Shell Bell we made together.
     
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    FR: Charmander because it evolves to Charizard which is a dragon!
    EM: Treecko I don't know why but he seems cooler than the other grass types except for Snivy.
     
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    Water types are the best ,im always with them but alot of times i leave them and trying to find a squad without a starter pokemon
     
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    I chose Chikorita this time around, love the little guy. I usually choose cyndaquil or Totodile though!
     

    Flute

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  • I always choose Torchic, 2nd choice would be Treecko. Mudkip kinda.. you know.. sucks.

    It's EV's aren't bad, but water types are plain useless. I guess grass types are too, but they're pretty fun. In FRLG I always got Charmander, even though I preferred Blastoise. Fire types are the most useful throughout the game, though I always tend to drop my starter sometime after the 3rd gym.
     

    MrFantasy

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  • Well when I first played through Pokemon Ruby I chose Torchic and Leaf Green I went with Bulbasaur (My most favorite pokemon ever:D) I miss my noob days sometimes though. When I was little playing Ruby I didn't go far enough left to realize there was a road to petalburg so by the time I did I had a lvl 40 Blaziken xD Yep I'm that boss xP
     

    AxeyWaxyWoo

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  • First time playing R/S/E, I chose Torchic! :D
    Though in my most recent restart I chose Treeko!

    And in FR I chose Charmander (I love fire!) and in LF Bulbasaur, 'cause, y'know, it is LEAF GREEN after all. XD

    Poor water types barely never get chosen with me, although I do make sure to go through the games with them atleast once. :D Just to be nice.
     

    diamondmutt1111

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  • First time in Emerald: Swampert!
    Recent Starter in restart of Emerald: Blaziken! (Currently Combusken)

    Leaf Green Starter (1st Go): Venusaur!
    Recent Reboot Starter: Charizard! (Currently Charmander)
     

    ShinyUmbreon189

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  • I don't favor any specific Pokemon cuz I used all starters and found out that Chikorita is very underrated, Charmander is overrated and Treeko is underrated.
     

    Ravenfreak

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  • First time I played Ruby I started with Treeko. I was thinking back to when I first got Blue version, and I started with Bulbasaur so my 13 year old self thought it would be cool to start with the grass starter again.
     

    Theta Rex

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  • First run I did of RSE, I picked Treecko simply because it looked the coolest to me. After that though, I almost always picked either Mudkip or Torchic over Treecko because I had a tricky time getting through the game with the grass type.

    FR/LG, it was usually Charmander, as I used to do in RBG. Sometimes Bulbasaur, and only once or twice with Squirtle.
     
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  • In Kanto i always picked Bulbasaur because it was a great asset for the first few gyms and by the time i got to the others I wold always have a full team

    In Hoen i was always was split between mudkip and torchic because both have great moves once fully evolved I loved Swampert's Muddy Water and Earthquake and Blazakin's Blaze Kick

    In Johto I picked Cyndaquil for no specific reason other than looks

    In Sinnoh i picked Turtwig usually because it helped with alot of gyms aand i liked its final form

    As for whatever black and white's region is the answer is I never played it because I really disliked the new pokemon looks
     

    Altairis

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  • Though I have some vague memory of owning a Combusken early in the game, before I really understood what to do.. I think I restarted o.o, so, officially, I chose Treeko first (I still have him on Sapphire C:) and Charmander. I've never really used anything other than a Charmander in the FRLG games.
     
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    The first time I played Sapphire, I chose Mudkip, I'm not exactly sure why, but I did. Ever since then I've always chosen the water starter for every game. (Except SoulSilver, I chose Cyndaquil)
     
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