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Seen October 1st, 2015
Posted March 7th, 2010
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14.4 Years
The first time you ever played Pokemon did you catch and raise common ones like Rattata or Bidoof?

When I first played Pokemon I used the first Pokemon I could catch.
My team was of a Pikachu, Rattata, Nidoran(F), Zubat, Seel, and Magmar.
They are turned into quite a powerful bunch. I mean, if my Zubat lasted the first three battles against the Elite Four I must of been doing something right. heehee~

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Seen February 5th, 2011
Posted June 16th, 2010
1,669 posts
15.7 Years
Yeah. I'm sure most of us did. We just caught the first Pokemon we saw, and that was our team. I can't remember what mine was though :/

I was also victim to raising my starter to level 100, and having everything else under level 30.
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Age 26
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Posted February 28th, 2010
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13.9 Years
I did.

I first caught a Starly in Pearl, didn't care about Bidoof much.

Then, my Staraptor ended up being the strongest of all of my Pokemon. :)

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Age 28
Male
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Seen February 13th, 2023
Posted January 6th, 2012
549 posts
14.5 Years
I do it always. Just catch Pidgey from the start and it's with me from start to end. I always have my starter with me, then bird that you can catch from the start (usually Pidgey and Starly), then those four others pokémon that are with me just to evolve. I like evolving pokémons and normally don't catch evolved pokémon. I throw them to boxes when they have evolved and when I am at 6th or 7th gym I start to have those with me so they get some levels to win Elite Four and the Champion.

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Age 27
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Seen August 15th, 2010
Posted December 13th, 2009
331 posts
14.1 Years
When I was just a wee lil' young'n playing Yellow, I caught everything in sight - no exceptions. My first team basically consisted of a Pikachu, two Pidgeys, a Caterpie, Nidoran(M), and a Weedle.

And the first gym was hard to get through until I found out about the miracle known as Mankey. D:




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Age 30
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Georgia
Seen May 22nd, 2022
Posted November 29th, 2021
33,354 posts
15.2 Years
I was really little when I got Yellow, but I do remember having Pikachu, Caterpie, Metapod, and Pidgey, however, I never got past Brock and then I lost the game. We won't count that. When I got back into the handhelds, it was in Sapphire version, and I used Blaziken, Gardevoir, Pelipper, Crobat, Bellosom, Ludicolo, and other stuff. It wasn't a straight team, it was just...whatever I felt like carrying around with me. Not...too common. The basic Pokemon are common, but they're so common that people chose not to use them and didn't get to the final stages, so that makes them uncommon. My head's spinning after that...
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Age 34
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Dorset, England
Seen March 17th, 2018
Posted January 23rd, 2013
1,032 posts
15.3 Years
I don't tend to use the most common ones so much as my favourites.

Or, at that point, the ones I liked the most at first encounter xD;
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Olivine City
Seen September 11th, 2015
Posted August 17th, 2010
363 posts
14.3 Years
I just used what looked cool, so sometimes, but not always. At the beginning I did, but as more started to show up, I added the cool ones to my team.
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Age 32
Male
Birmingham, UK
Seen August 21st, 2009
Posted August 16th, 2009
319 posts
17.1 Years
I would catch Pidgeys without fail. Always, it was like some sort of sickness.


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Age 27
Female
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Seen July 31st, 2009
Posted July 30th, 2009
28 posts
13.9 Years
When I got Pokemon Red, for some reason I collected Pidgey's. I was so little so I didn't really know what I was doing, I had boxes and boxes of Pidgey's. My whole team was Pigeot's, except for my starter. But then when I got Leafgreen, I decided to continue my collection of Pidgey's.. But I only had one on my team this time lol

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Age 30
Mesa, Arizona
Seen February 5th, 2010
Posted December 4th, 2009
1,010 posts
16.6 Years
When I started off with Yellow in 99, one of my favorite original teams was:

Pikachu - Raticate - Primeape - Butterfree - Pidgeotto - Jigglypuff

Yeah, my team was pretty much full before battling Brock.
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Age 28
Male
San Jose, CA
Seen August 31st, 2014
Posted August 31st, 2014
2,073 posts
14.4 Years
I just used whatever was the strongest or looked the coolest. I rarely used common pokemon, and instaid used other pokemon.

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Age 26
Male
Indiana, USA
Seen June 17th, 2015
Posted December 8th, 2009
30 posts
13.8 Years
I honestly can't remember my G/S days, but in Pearl, I caught a Shinx and have used my Luxray regularly in battle up until a while ago. That's about it; I have Bidoofs and Starlys sitting in my boxes, unevolved forever :')

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Age 31
Male
Seen September 30th, 2021
Posted March 18th, 2021
6,720 posts
14.8 Years
I had favorites like Charizard, Nidoking/Queen and others. First gen common pokemon were exremely boring so I never used them other than Pidgeot.

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Seen August 31st, 2013
Posted August 31st, 2013
150 posts
13.9 Years
On Yellow, I could never defeat Brock with my Pikachu so i raised a Pidgey to Pidgeotto just to beat Brock, then i got a nidoran(F) and I cant remember what else.
On Platinum right now, i have a Monferno,Golduck and Staraptor, both of which i got right at the beginning.
On my way to the Pastoria 5th, so i think theyre quite strong really.Shinx doesnt really learn any good electric moves, and Bidoof i used once for real in Diamond, but now just as a HM slave
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Age 31
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Posted March 18th, 2021
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14.8 Years
On Yellow, I could never defeat Brock with my Pikachu so i raised a Pidgey to Pidgeotto just to beat Brock, then i got a nidoran(F) and I cant remember what else.
On Platinum right now, i have a Monferno,Golduck and Staraptor, both of which i got right at the beginning.
On my way to the Pastoria 5th, so i think theyre quite strong really.Shinx doesnt really learn any good electric moves, and Bidoof i used once for real in Diamond, but now just as a HM slave
You beat Brock with a Pidgey? Wow!

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Age 28
New Zealand
Seen January 24th, 2020
Posted May 19th, 2016
1,939 posts
14.7 Years
On Yellow, I could never defeat Brock with my Pikachu so i raised a Pidgey to Pidgeotto just to beat Brock, then i got a nidoran(F) and I cant remember what else.
On Platinum right now, i have a Monferno,Golduck and Staraptor, both of which i got right at the beginning.
On my way to the Pastoria 5th, so i think theyre quite strong really.Shinx doesnt really learn any good electric moves, and Bidoof i used once for real in Diamond, but now just as a HM slave
Once Shinx evolves into a Luxray it will have 120 base attack and you can make real good use of that with thunder fang and spark, it might not be the best pokemon but it is definitely a good counter against a Gyarados

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