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Sydian September 20th, 2010 7:37 AM

Which starter did you choose?
 
Obviously we've probably restarted a TON of times on these games, but your first time playing RSE and FRLG, who did you choose? I chose Torchic and Charmander, respectively. Gotta love Fire types! :)

Cherrim September 20th, 2010 7:39 AM

Torchic and Charmander too.

For odd numbered gens up to now, I've always ended up choosing Fire types. :'D I'm a little sad I'll be breaking said tradition for Gen 5 but oh well. The fire type was the only starter I liked in RSE and I love all the starters in FRLG but decided I like Charmander the most. ♥

Zebeedoo September 20th, 2010 7:40 AM

I chose Torchic and Bulbasaur as my starters first time playing RSE & FRLG. :3

M. Dent September 20th, 2010 7:51 AM

Treecko and Bulbasaur

Gotta love those Grass types :D

mal'akh September 20th, 2010 6:39 PM

Mudkip and Squirtle. Gotta love those Water Types. xD

Arc September 20th, 2010 6:44 PM

I got Torchic, and Squirtle.

Gotta love mixed~

Ctrl.Alt.Geak September 20th, 2010 6:53 PM

Mudkip and Bulbasaur (but I prefer Squirtle)

Aquacorde September 20th, 2010 6:57 PM

I chose Torchic and Charmander~

Fire FTW~ :3

Brunatix September 20th, 2010 7:09 PM

Charmander, Cyndaquil (HINOARASHI FTW) and Treecko....Sounds weird, he's a grass type but...Yeah, he's still awesome.

Elite Overlord LeSabre™ September 20th, 2010 9:05 PM

Torchic and Squirtle. And not just the first time, but every single time I've restarted them.

I found that those Pokemon's evolved forms work best for me, and I tend to stick with what I know.

And now I'm getting the urge to play through Leaf Green again...

Soul Hunter X September 21st, 2010 1:22 AM

Mudkip and Charmander...and I always (almost) choose 'em.

PlatinumDude September 21st, 2010 1:55 AM

In Sapphire and Emerald, I went with Mudkip. I tried Treecko and Torchic, but found them awkward to use.

In FireRed/LeafGreen, I went with Squirtle in LG and Charmander in FR.

chaos11011 September 21st, 2010 4:16 PM

Ruby was my first Pokémon game and I remember I chose Torchic because what got me into the game was my God-Mother giving me a Torchic Plushie when she came and visited and in return my god-brother and I got Rub yand Saphire and I got Torchic because of that Plushie (he got Treeko plushie and started with Treeko)

Leaf Green was my second Pokémon game and what got me into the tradition of using Grass type Starters,because Bulbasaur caught my attention from the Anime,during the era of Ash and May using Bulbasaurs.And then I descovered Ivysaur and has been my Favorite Pokémon since.And later bought a Bulbasaur Plushie after Lt.Surge

TL;DR Torchic for Ruby,Bulbasaur for Leaf Green

(I still have both Plushies <3)

curiousnathan September 21st, 2010 10:15 PM

I chose Charmander and Treeko.

Dark Pulse94 September 22nd, 2010 12:43 AM

I started by choosing Torchic, then Charmander, but in my newest restart (my Nuzlocke Challenge) I chose Mudkip. I heard you liek? no, seriously, I nicknamed it "you liek"

Martins September 22nd, 2010 4:39 AM

Charmander in FireRed and LeafGreen and Treeko in Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald. I always choose them.

Xilfer September 24th, 2010 1:19 PM

The two, the only.....
 
Aaaaaah i remember the good old days, i chose torchic the first time i played r/s/e but i chose treecko the second time, i love'em both.
as for fr/lg,...i really cant remember, i think it was charmander, FIRE RULZ!!!!!! :D

Alamos September 24th, 2010 1:43 PM

Ahh, the memories lets take it back.............

FireRed: Charmander (Respectively)
Emerald: Mudkip

Pancake86 September 24th, 2010 4:00 PM

I chose Treecko when I started Ruby for the very first time and Squirtle in Fire Red (I forgot Sapphire and Leaf Green though). Of course, i've restarted these games a million times. x_x But that's what I remember.

Sgt_Grovyle September 24th, 2010 5:02 PM

Bulbasaur in Fire Red and Mudkip in Sapphire. I beat Sapphire in like a day but FR took me forever.

Kayuu September 24th, 2010 5:17 PM

I chose Mudkip in Sapphire and Charmander in Leaf Green.
Mudkip will always be my favourite starter since Sapphire was my first game. :D

Peach Fresca September 26th, 2010 9:16 AM

Ruby - Treeko(SP?).
Leafgreen - Bulbasaur.
Emerald - Mudkip.
Emerald [Second Time Around] - Torchic.

Legobricks September 26th, 2010 12:07 PM

Torchic and Charmander... Until gen. 5, I've never liked any grass starters much, and the only Water Pokemon I ever make a point of getting is Azumaril (or Starmie in gen. 1). In FR I abandoned my starter once I got Elyssa's Farfetch'd.

Charizard★ September 26th, 2010 12:37 PM

Same for me.
Torchic and Charmander.

paramore_223 September 26th, 2010 3:58 PM

My first pokemon game was firered when I was seven.I got A female charmander as my starter.She is now A charizard at Lv.100, Ive had her for six years now!And im never gonna trade her! EVER!

I got sapphire a few months later and chose mudkip, dont no what happened to him though. :/

Purple Materia September 26th, 2010 4:34 PM

Torchic and Squirtle. Blaziken is awesome, but Blastoise is AMAZING.

AntiZero September 26th, 2010 4:38 PM

In Sapphire: Mudkip. Who doesn't liek mudkipz?

In Fire Red: Squirtle. My personal favorite out of the Hoenn/Kanto starters. :)

Massacre. September 27th, 2010 9:05 AM

I picked Torchic, and Charmander. (I AIN'T RACIST)

chickenofunity September 27th, 2010 9:13 AM

In fire red, I picked Bublasuar, but next time I play I plan to choose Charmander, becuase I love it so.
I also picked Mudkip on Sapphire, but my love has since turned to torchic. Go chicken.

Timbjerr September 27th, 2010 2:57 PM

Treecko in Sapphire, because Sceptile is the sexiest grass-type pokemon ever and don't let any cherrim-obsessed admin tell you any differently. XD

Reddo October 2nd, 2010 11:32 AM

I've chosen Mudkip in Pokémon Ruby... It's one of my favorite pokémon, and its types are good against Team Magma.

The Garchomper October 2nd, 2010 4:09 PM

Sapphire: Trecko
Ruby: mudkip
FireRed: squirtle
LeafGreen: charmander
Emerald: torchic

©ereal Killer October 2nd, 2010 4:12 PM

Charmander in my FireRed, Mudkip for Ruby and Treecko for Sapphire.

girliehhhhhh October 2nd, 2010 4:58 PM

Charmander and Treecko, in my opinion, they are the unique ones.

Kevin October 3rd, 2010 10:45 AM

I chose Mudkip in Hoenn... =]
And in Kanto I chose Bulbasaur. xD

JessiexJackknife October 5th, 2010 3:41 PM

Charmander and Mudkip. Duh (: Lol.


Lateon October 5th, 2010 6:07 PM

Torchic and Hoenn, because I liked how it looked. By the time I got LG, I knew Charizard pwnd, so naturally I picked Squirtle.

Erin October 5th, 2010 6:19 PM

Emerald: Mudkip
FireRed: Bulbasaur

However, neither Swampert nor Venusaur ever seem to make it into my "final" teams.

tobi-ksla October 6th, 2010 6:28 PM

For me, I chose Mudkip in both Sapphire and Emerald. I have a preference for Water Starters, which started since Blue and Red.

Speaking of Red, Squirtle was my FireRed Starter. You can thank the fact that I had Squirtle back in Red and Blue.

bwburke94 October 7th, 2010 9:07 AM

Torchic and probably Bulbasaur.

Idiot! October 9th, 2010 6:04 AM

Insert random filler here.

Stratos99 October 10th, 2010 3:09 PM

I went with Treecko and Charizard. For some reason when I started gen3 I knew next to nothing about Treecko and everything about Torchic and Mudkip when it came to evolution so I was curious as to what Treecko's looked like. Not to mention he looked pretty great himself. Charmander was just the obvious pick for me, as I look at Charizard as the champion of gen1.

ScentedLove October 10th, 2010 3:21 PM

In sapphire I picked Torchic because its my favorite out of the three starters
In Firered it was actually pretty funny because I wanted to pick squirtle but I picked charmander instead and I was so sad but when I send it out to battle it was a shiny which was luck I guess? I still have that charizard in my pokemon box on pokemon Soulsilver somewhere.

Weavile05 October 10th, 2010 3:48 PM

I've used all three Hoenn starters, and so far I like Mudkip the best, seriously, I don't know what all the hate on him is for. Treecko is pretty good too. He starts out Great, then starts to lose value, then gets good again with Leaf Blade. Torchic is alot like Treecko, Starts out awesome, then starts to lose value, due to weak moves like peck, and ember. However, Mudkip is good for taking out ALOT of gyms. Rock, Electric (or atleast, Marshtomp is anyway), Fire, and in Ruby and Sapphire he has an advantage against most of Steven's Pokemon. So yeah, Mudkip is really good.

espenn October 11th, 2010 10:28 AM

Blaziken and Venusaur. Uh yeh!

Garouga! Bare Your Fangs! October 15th, 2010 2:42 PM

RBE: Mudkip. Nothing is more comforting than reaching the late game with a starter that can learn Earthquake, Surf, and Ice Beam. Many, many more uses than the others.

FRLG: Bulbasaur. People say it's only good for the first couple of gyms and it sucks against the last few, but I disagree. By the time you get to them, you have the resources available to deal with them via other means.

AshPikastar October 16th, 2010 6:12 PM

I picked Mudkip and Bulbasaur for my starters.

Amore October 17th, 2010 2:41 AM

Torchic and Charmander xD

Torchic because I saw it in a clip of the anime, Charmander because I wanted FireRed, but could only find LeafGreen (this was 2008, though), and thought Charizard looked cooler.

tkallab October 17th, 2010 4:02 AM

I've had 'em all. The ones I remember best are Squirtle (level 100 Blastoise now) and Mudkip. So yeah, Water sticks around the longest.

bOxieLiciOus October 19th, 2010 12:52 AM

i chose bulbasaur and treecko. gotta love grass types~ totally; awesome.. :>

HaloSonic October 19th, 2010 12:21 PM

the first time i aver played Sapphire (In japanese) i picked Treecko, but i didn't play that far. the one time i made it far then, was with Torchic, and in English, I only choose Torchic, and get the other starters later.
Firered/Leafgreen was a bit more complex, since the /johto legendary is based on the starter, I picked Charmander at first, then i went with bulbasaur and got the other 2 later.

★Pikachu★™ October 19th, 2010 1:43 PM

For Ruby and Emerald I picked Treeko, cause he looks awesome, and grass types are cool.

For Fire-red I picked Charmander, because I really liked him.

Dooonerz October 19th, 2010 1:45 PM

For Emerald I picked Treecko <3
And for FR I picked Squirtle xD (that thing is a beast)

mildenze October 19th, 2010 1:51 PM

I chose Chikorita and Totodile as mu starters.. coz they both have cool evolutions.. :)

WinterSong October 24th, 2010 7:43 PM

Treecko and Charmander. Just because Treecko's cool and Charmander is adorable.

Brendino October 24th, 2010 11:32 PM

When I first played Sapphire I picked Treecko, just because I had never started with a grass-type before. On Fire Red, I chose Charmander, just like I did in Red.

Syvelocin October 25th, 2010 7:45 AM

I always pick Bulbasaur in my FireRed game. I wub him!
The first time with Sapphire, I chose Torchic I believe (that was seven years ago...) I never chose Treeko, I hate the thing. I've alternated between Torchic and Mudkip, and my current Emerald game I restarted I chose Mudkip. I like him better.

Yoshikachu October 27th, 2010 1:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M. Dent (Post 6169870)
Treecko and Bulbasaur

Gotta love those Grass types :D

Agreed, Grass types are always the least used out of the starters but Sceptile's my all time favourite pokemon :D

Asrodrig October 27th, 2010 2:01 AM

I picked Skipper (Mudkip) and Fuego (Charmander).

Agent Clank October 28th, 2010 10:55 AM

Torchic and Charmander.

I love fire types :D

femtrooper October 28th, 2010 11:34 AM

I always choose the grass-types, so Bulbasaur was obvious for me, but in the RSE series, I chose Mudkip. Just liked him better! But yeah, in every other game, it's been grass-types!

Mortalis October 28th, 2010 2:11 PM

Ruby: Torchic. Fire-types are <3
Emerald: Treecko. Love that grass starter.

LeafGreen:
Charmander. :]

Amore October 28th, 2010 2:30 PM

Emerald: Torchic
LeafGreen: Charmander

I use them all now...well, actually I haven't used a Squirtle yet....I might do that.

ManhattanTheStarr October 28th, 2010 4:23 PM

Sapphire: Mudkip (I reaaaally don't know why... It's probably my least favorite of the Gen 3 starters =/)

LeafGreen: Squirtle (Oh, I adore Squirtle. My favorite of aaall the starters :3)

Zaroas October 28th, 2010 4:53 PM

When I first played Ruby, I chose Swampert as my starter because all of the other ones seemed weak to me at the time (I was a young age, so...). He actually turned out to be really good, and I grinded him up to Lv.100 by the time I got to Steven.

In LeafGreen, a couple months after beating Ruby, I chose Bulbasaur because it was like my favorite Pokemon at the time. I grinded him up to Lv.100 once more, but even then I couldn't beat the Elite Four... >_<

Wehn I got my hands on Sapphire, I was a bit smarter. I chose Torchic this time for a fresh experience, and did well.

Then I got FireRed. I hated how I could not beat the E4 in LeafGreen, so my instict told me to go for Squirtle because of how well Swampert had done. Good choice for me. I beat the game with him and an Articuno.

And of course, I finally got Emerald. Looking for a new and fresh experience, I chose Treeko. Bad choice. I was stuck on Flannery for a while and I'm still trying to beat Steven. Oh well.

Overall, water starters sit well with me.

Mokonist October 28th, 2010 8:12 PM

Treecko in my first play of Sapphire. But i hated when he evolved to Sceptile, he is so... horrible ):

Necrø October 29th, 2010 3:30 AM

I always choose Treeko for some reason ?

icycatelf October 29th, 2010 5:24 AM

In Ruby and Emerald, I chose Treecko. In Sapphire, I think I had chosen Mudkip. On FireRed, I chose Charmander. On LeafGreen, I chose Squirtle.

tolanator October 30th, 2010 6:07 AM

I got the torchic in Saphire and charmander in LG

Rucario October 30th, 2010 7:19 AM

In Ruby I chose Torchic, in Emerald I chose Mudkip, in Sapphire I chose Treecko. In FireRed I chose Charmander, in Leaf Green I chose Squirtle.

Ernest November 3rd, 2010 7:13 AM

Definitely Charmender, it's the best choice because flame is cooler than leaf or water. LOL. Although it's hard to battle with Brock, I think once you strength up Charmender, you can win the match. Besides that, once it involves into Charlizard, it could be the best in your pocket.

FilbertTheFox November 3rd, 2010 10:45 AM

Starting over on my FireRed and i'm choosing Charmander ;D

CHAR! xD

Shelldershucker November 3rd, 2010 7:24 PM

Pokemon Ruby or Emerald= Usually Torchic

Pokemon Fire Red = Either Squirtle or Charmander
Now, I know Bulbasaur has the type advantage against Brock and Misty...but
1. I am not very fond of grass types and
2. I think it's pretty freaking pathetic that vine whip...a staple grass type move...only has 10 PP, while Ember and Water Gun have 25 PP

Elder Trainer November 3rd, 2010 8:26 PM

The first time I played Ruby, I chose Torchic....overall he's my favorite of the three. I can't remember who I chose for my first playthrough of LG, but in my most recent one I chose Squirtle. And in FR, I chose Charmander.

Phury November 3rd, 2010 8:34 PM

For me it was Bulbasaur and Mudkip :3

Kind of related, it made me laugh.. i have never ever chosen Charmander in any of my playthroughs, so i named a Chiptune song i composed ( uses the Pokemon intro melody ) after it. ( Called 'I never Chose Charmander' )

Useless info, i know... but the song's on my Youtube channel (link in sig).

crystal286 November 3rd, 2010 8:37 PM

i chose squirtle and treecko. though my favorite type is fire types.

Skylands November 4th, 2010 5:25 PM

FireRed: Squirtle, because it makes going through the game alot easier.
Emerald: Treecko for its smugness.

Jabberwocky November 4th, 2010 5:30 PM

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ1lFzJUJjJZiU5LP2HVWL8Pd84cNjawkWAp1Awm7nEplGKt44&t=1&usg=__DSeV3Wrmv3i3Dc7THVnp9NAEnnw=
(Memes had nothing to do with this I swear)

Swampert is inarguably one of the best fully evolved starters. So yeah. Mudkip FTW.

Edd84 November 4th, 2010 7:46 PM

Blaziken and Blastoise.

Blastoise is one of my all time favorites

Blaziken....well I hate the other two more >: (

Feibizen November 5th, 2010 7:06 AM

Treecko and Charmander. Both awesome Pokémon.

72pokemonmaniac27 November 5th, 2010 8:31 AM

On R/S/E i picked Mudkip:) and on FR/LG i picked either Charmander or Squirtle I can't remember exactly haha :)

Lil'QD November 6th, 2010 2:21 PM

Torchic and Squrtle,gotta love mixed

ZH11000 November 8th, 2010 10:58 PM

When i first got ruby i chose Treecko because someone said that that one was the best -.- for leaf green i chose balbasaur.

sfalpharyu November 12th, 2010 11:06 AM

I picked Torchic and Squirtel. The second time played FR it was charmander

iDuL November 13th, 2010 12:29 AM

Ever since day one, I've always chosen the water starter Pokemon first.

Except in Diamond, I chose Chimchar :3

Sabrewulf238 November 13th, 2010 11:34 AM

The first time I ever played I choose Torchic (That was on Pokemon Sapphire)

Then on Pokemon Ruby I choose Treecko...

Then finally when I migrated most of my pokemon ruby pokemon I restarted with Mudkip.

Gundisalvus Kuno November 13th, 2010 12:33 PM

For emerald, I took Treeko. I usually start off a generation by taking the grass starter. As for FRLG, the first time I played I used Squirtle

detective1412 November 13th, 2010 9:12 PM

mudkip n bulbasaur
i love grass type pokemon
:D

Yuoaman November 13th, 2010 9:24 PM

I went with Mudkip the first time around, though in almost all subsequent playthroughs I've gone with Treecko - that guy is just badass as hell.

And Charmander - for the same reason as Treecko.

Ho-Oh November 14th, 2010 7:45 AM

Pretty sure... I picked Charmander and Torchic because I love Fire types~

bubblewrap November 14th, 2010 6:37 PM

Torchic and Charmander. Honestly I didn't really like any of the 3rd gen starters, but I just chose Torchic because I was excited that it was a chick Pokemon.

Shadow Ball November 14th, 2010 8:15 PM

Torchic and Charmander. My fire typed starters have never failed me. :]

Ace Trainer Jessie November 16th, 2010 8:57 AM

For RSE I always picked Mudkip (even after having some problems with him). I've used all three but I find Swampert's typing and immunity to Electricity epic.

Really all three Hoenn starters are tied here, I really like them all :/

When is comes to FRLG, I always pick Charmander.


QuilavaZ November 19th, 2010 11:04 AM

Charmander and Treeko. I'm gonna do the same in HeartGold.

dragoniteuser November 19th, 2010 11:31 AM

If I recall corectly, it was Charmander in FRLG (gotta love that Charizard!), and Mudkip in SRE(everivonz luuurve Mudkpiz)!

Haberdasher November 19th, 2010 12:21 PM

I chose Treecko and Bulbasaur, IIRC. I used to be a huge fan of Grass-type starters. Now, not so much.

Binary November 19th, 2010 9:03 PM

Charmander in Firered (FR was the first one I bought). I normally choose the Fire type Starter, but I chose Mudkip in Ruby. I just leiked mudkipz, I suppose.

Purple Materia November 19th, 2010 9:43 PM

Squirtle and Torchic. They both evolve into my favourites from their generations.

AmayaTakahashi November 19th, 2010 11:03 PM

On FR I chose Charmander, but on LG I chose Bulbasaur. And on RSE I chose Pokemon types respectively linked to the box. I didn't even do it on purpose, but it's like a habit for my games.

Shiny Gardevoir November 20th, 2010 8:33 AM

Charmander and Torchic if I remember correctly...


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