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4th Gen Your starter?

Which starter did you choose the first time?

  • Chikorita

    Votes: 1 12.5%
  • Totodile

    Votes: 3 37.5%
  • Cyndaquil

    Votes: 4 50.0%

  • Total voters
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Alright, quite a simple poll here: which starter did you choose on your first play of Pokémon HeartGold / SoulSilver Versions? Why?

Also, is that the starter you normally pick when replaying? If yes/no, why?
And which would you argue is the "best" starter for in-game?


Personally, when I first got SoulSilver I picked Cyndaquil because although I liked Bayleef is dislike with a passion the design of Chikorita and Meganium. Totodile / Croconaw / Feraligatr were the middle ground.

However, when I (for reasons I can't remember, something to do with version-exclusives I think) decided to swap it for HeartGold, I chose Totodile. Although I plan to use Cyndaquil on my next playthrough, Totodile undoubtedly evolves into the strongest pokémon (Feraligatr) whose versatility means you never come unstuck (As opposed to Typhlosion, who has a sadly quite limited movepool, and become stuck against Clair and Lance, making it pretty awkward to use). Totodile's design has also grown on me somewhat, and Feraligatr's sprite in Hg/Ss is arguably his best IMO.
 

PlatinumDude

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I picked Totodile in HG and Cyndaquil in SS. I never bothered with Chikorita at all, considering how widespread its weaknesses are in those games.
 

Sableye~

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The game itself (SS) had been a Christmas gift, and I looked up the evolutions of each starter with my sister's fiance. He suggested Cyndaquil and I went with it. (He used to play Pokemon as a kid, so he was interested.)

My other playthroughs were with Totodile, though. The only time I chose Chikorita was when I was SR'ing and found a shiny one.
 

Azu

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Chikorita, just because Bayleef had this very touching episode ;-;".
 

Khoshi

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I remember in SS, I started with a Totodile that was Shiny c:
Sadly, it was on an emulator, so.. :(

But overall, Cyndaquil and Totodile were top choice for me.
 
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I'd used each of the three starters once a piece back on my original Gold, but I never really had a preference out of the three. Knowing that I wasn't going to use my starter as my main Pokemon, and that Bugsy is one of the early Gym Leaders, I just decided to pick Cyndaquil.
 

curiousnathan

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Unfortunately there's already a thread discussing the starters (for both DPPt and HGSS); which can be found here. Perhaps next time use the search tool to check if there is any current threads already discussing a topic you wish to post. 8)

With that I'll close this up!

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