5th Gen The Starter Discussion Thread

[Ho-Oh]

Mhm, when I first saw Mijumaru straight away I thought it was just a copy of Piplup (but it's even better!)

 

[Yuoaman]

Mhm, when I first saw Mijumaru straight away I thought it was just a copy of Piplup (but it's even better!)

I actually really hate Mijumaru, it's evolutions are kickass though.

 

[PlatinumDude]

Mhm, when I first saw Mijumaru straight away I thought it was just a copy of Piplup (but it's even better!)

Really? When I first saw Mijumaru, I thought it was a fusion of Piplup and Bidoof. I even nicknamed it "Biplup" or "Pipdoof" at one point.

 

[Ho-Oh]

...

Until now I never saw a connection between Mijumaru and Bidoof. But... you're right, something about their faces is similar. Wow. D: Mijumaru is like much better than Bidoof though (and sadly kinda disliked, too...)

 

[MatyoSai]

first time im actually thinking about picking a water type Mijumaru is cute and awesome and the evolutions are epic Tsutaja is a bit boring and Pokabu and its evos are just gay so looks like Mijumaru for me :P

 

[Shadow Ball]

I rarely ever chose the water starter... but I probably will this time, considering I think the other 2 look incredibly strange. xD; I miss the simplicity and cuteness of Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur, lol.

 

[Shiny Gardevoir]

I had Piplup before and Pokabu's no my type... So i'm stuck with little Tsutaaja.

 

[Mirimaju]

I'm going buy both Black and White and choose Mijumaru and Tsuisjta for each one and when I'm done with one game transfer my team to the other restart with Pokabu so eventually I had all three starters =) But, I'll Mijumaru was my first option it reminds me of Piplup... but when I first saw it I was like wait we already have two seel/sea otter water type families

Spheal's and Dewgong's

 

[TJgamer]

Mijumaru will definitely my choice.

Mijumaru is sweet,
I can't wait 'til we meet,
It is not to dispute,
For it is very cute.

...Made it up myself. :cer_wink:

 

[pokewalker]

Mijumaru will definitely my choice.

Mijumaru is sweet,
I can't wait 'til we meet,
It is not to dispute,
For it is very cute.

...Made it up myself. :cer_wink:

Mijumaru may be cute and all, but I choosed it on my Japanese White and I came to the conclusion it's final evo f*cking sucks. 1st and 2nd evo's are powerful, though. ('til the 4th gym)

 

[TJgamer]

Mijumaru may be cute and all, but I choosed it on my Japanese White and I came to the conclusion it's final evo f*cking sucks. 1st and 2nd evo's are powerful, though. ('til the 4th gym)

And that's just it. My Mijumaru will not evolve.
A friend of mine gave me a Squirtle, and same thing, he won't evolve either.
I want Pokémon for who they are, not for their power.

 

[Meduza]

I hate how the poll uses Tsutarja's fanmade name which isn't even official. >_>

Mijumaru is by far the best out of these three. The whole idea of an otter and a saumrai being put togetehr just amazes me, in a good way.

Tsutarja may be cute too but it's further evolutions just creep me out.

Pokabu seems very plain in it's color choice. And once again, we are left with a Fire?Fighting final evolution for the fire starter. Not too happy about that.

 

[Ho-Oh]

I hate how the poll uses Tsutarja's fanmade name which isn't even official. >_>

You might wanna take a look at B/W's scavenger hunt :)

Just a note too, the poll options will be updated with the official names after thursday.

 

[OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire]

I like it that Tsutarja is defensive and speed, as I have only picked Attack and slow starters most of the time and I wanted something different this time :)
Note: I was going to get Tsutarja no matter what.

 

[Prometheus]

English names announced today.

 

[Ho-Oh]

So, any of you intending to swap your favourites due to the starter names? For me, this just gives me more of a reason not to pick Tsutaaja, lol.

 

[SgtPatches]

Snivy = poor obvious word combo.
Tepig = even worse and even more obvious word combo.
Oshawott = actually well constructed.

 

[PlatinumDude]

I'm sticking with my starter choices even with the name changes (Oshawott/Mijumaru in Black and Snivy/Tsutarja or Tepig/Pokabu in White).

 

[OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire]

Snivy = poor obvious word combo.
Tepig = even worse and even more obvious word combo.
Oshawott = actually well constructed.

No one predicted Tepig so how was it obvious?

 

[yaya0]

Snivy is a stupid name, "TehPig" is stupider, and Oshawott just sounds like they were on drugs.