Which of the starter bird lines is your favourite and why?
Well I think it's pretty obvious what I'm gonna say. The Pidgey line has and always will be my favourite starter bird line, although I feel like Pidgey might be the one to drag most of the team. Looking at them both design and battle-wise, they honestly aren't really the most appealing. I mean, like I mentioned in my previous post, the line imitates real life birds pretty well compared to some of the others, but that's just kinda dull. It doesn't really give off that much of a Pokemon feel, and it's more like they were just trying to imitate real life animals. But that might've also been the original idea, so it'd make sense if that was the case. But yeah, that doesn't really change the fact that it doesn't have the best design of all :p And battle-wise, even though Pidgeot may not be the worst final-stage starter bird, it definitely isn't the best either, and it can get kinda worn out the further you get into the games. It still manages to stay in the battle though :p
The main reason I like the line honestly, is just because of the nostalgic memories, and how it's pretty much just always been there. I can't remember the last playthrough of any Kanto game in which I haven't caught a Pidgey on route 1 and kept it all the way through, but again, it might be more tied together with how Pidgey's my favourite Pokemon than the entire line in itself.
So throwing personal bias aside, I'm probably gonna have to say the Starly line. I actually really like their design, and battle-wise, Staraptor is probably one of the best birds you can get. I still remember how awesome it was from my few and short playthroughs of Diamond, and I know I'm not the only one who thinks that way :p So yeah, speaking more on "which is the better starter bird line", I'm probably gonna have to say the Starly line :)
