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4th Gen Which starter did you choose?

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    I picked Totodile in HG, as I always pick water types in my "main" game in each generation, and Totodile was my starter back in Gold. I chose Cyndaquil in SS because I like Typhlosion a lot, and because I used Cyndaquil in Silver. I've never been much of a Chikorita fan, I guess.
     
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    All three. Started the game, traded each of the starter Pokémon to my girlfriend, then started up again, and then rotated between all of them. All at 100 now, natch.
     
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    Cyndaquil, because way way way back before I had the games I had cards because that was all I was allowed parentally to have, and Typhlosion just looked amazing.
     

    RYOUKI

    survive the world.
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    On my first play through, I got a Cyndaquil. Boy, was he useful. He was a life saver and a lot more when he evolved into a Typhlosion(sp?).

    On the next one, I thought I'd choose the Grass starter since Water types are pretty much useless for me. (Never chose a water-starter till my third playthrough in the D/P/Pt games.) But BOY, was I wrong. Chikorita was USELESS. From Falkner to Claire, Chikorita was useless, more or less. Evolved into Meganium and still no 'absorbing' moves. GAH!!

    I should have chose Totodile. :'(
     

    The Corrupt Plague

    Missingno. hunter
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    I went with two starters when I first got the game. I picked Cyndaquil first and as soon as I reached Violet City, I traded over a Pokemon XD Totodile with Hydrocannon that I have been saving specifically for the occasion.
     

    Version Five

    Restarted entire hack. :(
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    I, like always, choose the fire-type Pokemon in the games. So, yes, I chose Cyndaquil, however, I did know about the other starters you can get, so instead of getting all fires I chose to get one of each kind, Cyndaquil, Squirtle, Treeko. My favorite starters of each generation. :)
     
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    Totodile. I'm usually partial to the Water type starters, and I chose the aforementioned Poke when playing both Soul Silver and Silver back in the day.
     

    Unknown#

    'Cause why not?
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    I actually legitly got all three! In Crystal I chose Chikorita (Also got it through a trade in SS), In Soul Silver I chose Cyndaquil and in Heart Gold I chose Totodile!
     

    xX-Nix-Xx

    The 2nd Chance trainer!
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    I chose Cyndaquil!

    I like all the starters equally (unless you add all the other regions, then Chimchar beats them all! XD)
    But I just had to go for the fire type!
     
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    I chose my Totodile. I didn't really wanna pick Chikorita and I don't like Cyndaquil because of it's popularity
     

    Kitrigar

    Butt Puncher
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    Totodile on HG then Cyndaquil in SS.
    Restarted SS just to use Chikorita.
    For some reason, I have a hard time deciding which to pick each time...
     
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