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Virtual Headache February 23rd, 2008 7:55 PM

Chimchar, it's one of the few fire Pokemon you can get before beating the E4 and I liked it best. I chose Piplup in my Pearl though.
I never really liked Turtwig that much...

Darkrayz February 25th, 2008 12:38 PM

kk-i have the same reason as you do

Sajiri February 25th, 2008 1:20 PM

I chose chimchar because in every other game I always start with the grass starter and I thought I'd try a different one for once. Also because I was planning on getting a milotic and a leafeon later in the game but I dont normally make room for a fighting type so infernape with fire/fighting seemed good to me

Hikari_Bellossom February 25th, 2008 1:29 PM

The first time I started I choose piplup and when i restarted I went with turtwig

Milke February 25th, 2008 2:35 PM

I picked Piplup because I'm a weakness and resistance freak. Empoleon is second to Dialga in Resistences and Weaknesses, I think.

Officer Jordan February 25th, 2008 2:37 PM

My main game, Diamond, is the underdog, Turtwig. They're so dang cute, even if they look "weirder" than Piplup or Chimchar. Turtwig owns.

Stevo-kun February 25th, 2008 7:42 PM

I started with Chimchar because I love monkey's, but also, I always tend to start with the fire types in Pokemon, it's my fave type after all, and really, with a serious lack of others. Ponyta is just nto something I would use for a large portion of any game.

And with the over abundance of Water types, I didn't have any problem choosing one, just ended up being Psyduck.

Darkrayz February 26th, 2008 1:10 PM

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is there any chance of this thread of becoming a sticky-because it is very relavant to this forum. Thanks.

Shiny Umbreon February 27th, 2008 1:05 PM

Since there have been tons of this kind of threads, I think it's better to have just this one.

-STUCK-

ProMasterZ February 28th, 2008 7:04 AM

I started with Chimchar in Diamond, just because it rocks, and infernape is one of the coolest sweepers.

In Pearl I started with Piplup because I longed to own a penguin who would evolve and become a serious special wall with some great attacks.

In my opinion though, I do prefer Chimchar to Piplup.

Turtwig is my least favourite.

Parasol Kirby February 28th, 2008 7:55 AM

I started with Turtwig 'cause I could really care less for the main adventure, I just wanted to get to the competitive battling part ASAP, and I thought that the grass starter would be the easiest to start with like most other Pokemon games. But if I had known that Infernape would become OU, I would have chosen Chimchar.

The Confuzzler February 28th, 2008 9:35 AM

piplup!! piplup!!

even though i got All three piplup jis my all time cutest when its piplup.

piplup- cute

prinplup- kinda cool

empoleon- AMAZINGLY COOL!!!

Darkrayz February 28th, 2008 2:53 PM

cool-plus you should calm down on the word "piplup!"-Yay my thread is a sticky!-Thanks Umbreon and the rest of the staff!

Azonic February 28th, 2008 3:23 PM

I started with Piplup. Its so kawaii x3

Silhouette February 28th, 2008 4:11 PM

I chose Piplup because that's my "tradition" -- I always start with the water type.. That started with squirtle, obviously.

Gengarchomp February 28th, 2008 4:56 PM

Went with Piplup. Named it Czarctic.

Meezu February 28th, 2008 5:23 PM

Chimchar. I hate Empoleon and Torterra just isn't as interesting as it could be.
As someone else put it, Infernape looks like its head exploded, haha xD
Mine took me through 3/4 of the game before I finally relented and trained a few extra Pokes for the Elite 4.

Solar-Eclipse February 29th, 2008 9:45 AM

chimchar. the flaming money all the way. oh yeah. ive gots a question. why do so many people insist on using ledgendaries online when they require no skill...

jigglyppuff8 February 29th, 2008 11:29 AM

I started with Chimchar because I was a fan of fire types when I started and always used the Fire type starters.

Budgie February 29th, 2008 4:06 PM

Piplup all the way!
(s)he's sooo cute and like aww :L

Cereal February 29th, 2008 5:47 PM

I choose Turtwig cause, well, cause.
I seem to have a thing for Grass Type Starters.

Vexar February 29th, 2008 6:07 PM

Eh.. I find it easiest to play the game starting off with Chimchar..
Catch a budew.. Use chim's Taunt to catch an abra.. get a starly.. get a bidoof You're good forever after that.

paperfunk March 1st, 2008 9:57 AM

i chose chimchar cuz i'd always heard that the fire type was always a challenge to beat the game with, and i wanted a challenge, but once he evolved into an infernape, it was easier than i thought.

chaotic_soma March 1st, 2008 3:39 PM

I started out with turtwig cause in my first run through i always choose the grass starter but i realised how crap he was and restarted choose chimchar andwent through the game with a roserade instead.

meee its all about meeee March 1st, 2008 5:36 PM

the cool kids pick chimchar mostly girls pick piplup and then turtwig is picked up by nerds, geeks, and other outkasts
i picked chimchar as a starter and i didnt regret it at all
i have all three now but i still use infernape the most and surprisingly empoleon was a good pokemon had to use tms kuz it learns no good moves until late in its life like lv45 he learned hydro pump and drill peck and i taught it steel wing of course with the boost metal coat) and ice beam
infenape learned close combat, flamethrower i taught it shadow claw, and thunderpunch (through a tm givin to me)
toterra is good but not that good
i taught him: earthquake, leaf storm (with boost item miracle seed of course), crunch, and stone edge
he learned earthquake and crunch
overall all starters are good but the best choice is infernape but thats just my opinion but then again ive always started with the fire poke because there usually the best out of the rest


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