1st Gen Which R/B/G/Y Starter?

[Cactus Twist]

I haven't played R/B/Y for a while, but I seem to remember starting with Charmander a few times, and it just being terrible. Now it is good, but before they split the Special stat, it was straight up bad. Blastoise is just the opposite, it was much better in R/B/Y than it is now. Venasaur has always been good

 

[El Gofre]

As i only ever played in-game, it has to be the bulbasaur line, it rapes:
Brock
Misty
Lt surge (Due to resistance)
Giovani
Loreal
Agatha (Due to resistance)
Bruno's 2 Onix and Lance's Aerodactyl

Thats more than any other starter.

 

[jb0000612]

Having 2 starters on a team is a general safety for me.

 

[lostprophetsown]

i pretty much like them all,i picked bulbasaur first time then charmander and squirtle then started with charmander and traded them all off my other pokemon game XD

 

[Dark Destiny]

you missed out picachu but i picked charmander =)

 

[espenn]

I usually like Fire over anything (in RBY), but I prefer Bulbasaur... I like Venusaur :D

Although I usually don't use starters, I like having a team consisting of mostly "weaker" Pokemons like Vileplume, Kadabra, Haunter, Kangaskhan, etc...

 

[Shiny Charizard]

CHARMANDER IS THE BEST!!!!!!

 

[neonlights]

When i first played on it, i picked Charmander.
The next time i picked Squirtle.
The next time Bulbasaur.

Charmander owns though!

 

[Zerrah.]

I love the Charmander line. But I also like Blastoise. Charmander is da bomb!! ^_^

 

[The Virus]

Definitely Charmander. Although Blastoise is good too. =)

 

[Super Wario 64]

I chose Squirtle in my blue runs cause he's great and
IMO, Bulbasaur doesn't learn Vine whip until Lv14(?)
Here's my rankings of R/B Starters:
No.1: Squirtle
No.2: Charmander
No.3: Bulbasaur

 

[~BlackHeartedWolf~]

Charmader FTW. It's technically the strongest. It's also the cutest =D

 

[Cactus Twist]

I tend to go with Bulbasaur, Venasaur is a great pokemon, but also there is a distressing lack of good grass pokemon in R/B/Y. As I said before, Charizard wasn't all that good in the first gen games, so Arcanine or Ninetails would both probably be better choices for your fire. With Squirtle, there are a ton of waters that could be just as good, if not better i.e. Gyrados, Starmie, Lapras, Omastar, Dewgong, Cloyster. If you don't take Venasaur, what are you going to replace it with? Victreebell? Exeggutor? or you could maybe go straight poison with Weezing or Muk. None of them can compete with Venasaur.

 

[Jayster23]

I pick all i put one in staduim box and then continue on doing the same thing but Charmander is the one who obeys me all the time

 

[BeachBoy]

Charmander, beat the entire game with just him, train to charmeleon befor gym 1, and sweep the world, charmander is a beast >D

Charizard will own every thing in its path! >D

 

[*Spark]

I think Charizard represents 1st gen the best. :)

 

[Super Wario 64]

I tend to go with Bulbasaur, Venasaur is a great pokemon, but also there is a distressing lack of good grass pokemon in R/B/Y. As I said before, Charizard wasn't all that good in the first gen games, so Arcanine or Ninetails would both probably be better choices for your fire. With Squirtle, there are a ton of waters that could be just as good, if not better i.e. Gyrados, Starmie, Lapras, Omastar, Dewgong, Cloyster. If you don't take Venasaur, what are you going to replace it with? Victreebell? Exeggutor? or you could maybe go straight poison with Weezing or Muk. None of them can compete with Venasaur.

so you're saying that it's WORTH the wait for a true grass type move *Vine Whip* when Bulba learns it at Level 13, Level 14 or Level 15?
and BTW, Venusaur is BL and so is Victreebel in the RBY competitive metagame according to smogon.com also Exeggutor is OU in the RBY Competitive metagame

 

[XSeerian]

I seemed to be partial to the Fire type starters, because IMO they always have a much cooler design, even though I usually pick Totodile in Generation II, because...well...he's just awesome!

But seriously, it sometimes bothers me how much attention they put into the cool level of the Fire types final Evolution in the games, than any other starter type, even though...Cyndaquil's final form wasn't all too promising in my eyes.

~Drenz

 

[yoshikiller995]

Charmander is by far my forvorite, it's just soo awesome, it's hard to handle man.

 

[Thunder Beam]

I have already been a fan of Fire Pokemons, so Charmander will be my pick.