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Originally Posted by BlueDartX
I originally planned to ditch mine for a Poliwag
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This is exactly what I did. I love Cyndaquil to death, but ever since Pokémon Special, it's so hard to imagine Silver without a Totodile.. Poor Cyndaquil was the one who had to be tossed (lol) because I planned on going through the game with a Poliwag as my starter. I caught three randoms (Rattata, Pidgey, HootHoot, most likely), and traded over my pre-bred eggs from Platinum. I hatched them, took them North from Cherrygrove, then when they were all three level 5 or so, boxed Cyndaquil and called it good. Oddish, Gligar, and Poliwag served as the three core members of my team for awhile.
I now have my Politoed, which worked out awesomely as a starter Pokémon. I couldn't think of anything more perfect in a Pokémon game than running through Johto with a Poliwag/whirl/toed at my side.
(Come to think of it, I did the same thing in Platinum, only with all six Pokémon bred to give me a full-on Psychic team.. that wasn't as hard because, well.. the Sinnoh starters are incredibly painful for me to look at.. I'd have preferred an add-on on the DS that sprayed onion juice in your eye when the starters were sent out over having to actually see them..)