Did you catch this Region Bird Pokemon?

Started by KingCyndaquil January 4th, 2012 11:54 AM
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Posted January 19th, 2012
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I usually tried not to fly, so I could get Day Care steps and stuff. But when I got to all the surfing routes, I had to use fly. :3

So in the beginning, I wouldn't normally catch the bird pokemon of the generation. I usually scrambled in the middle of the journey to find some random flying pokemon.

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I always catch the bird just to fly, but I end up training it and it becomes a strong member of my team.

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I've always have done that and some of the Pokemon that I capture such as Pidgey and Starly, those were the only ones that I actually kept on my team. But as for the others, when I found another stronger flying type, I ditched the region based Normal/Flying type or however you want to call them. I remember doing that to my Tranquil once I got a Deino and raised it to Hydregion.


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I'm pretty much *forced* to catch a bird in each region, because of the necessary use of the HM move Fly. Later on if I haven't caught a bird and (for example) I'm stuck in Cianwood City, I'll have to surf and battle a bunch of Tentacools...which DO NOT WANT.

So, Pidgey, Taillow, Wingull, Starly, and Pidove are birds that I catch, currently. Some of them I keep in my party in case, other are used only by Fly.

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About the only regional bird I didn't use was Hoothoot in Johto since I preferred Pidgey line to it and of course it was available to use as well so I used it. I'd just ditch it anyways for Skarmory, Crobat, or maybe something else. Usually I'd keep Pidgeot, some times I'd switch it once I got Aerodactyl. I used Taillow through out Hoenn until I got Bagon then used Salamence over Taillow. In Sinnoh most of the time I used Starly line, but I'd go with Togekiss at times. Pidove line I ditched it right when I got Rufflet. I didn't want to keep that from the beginning. About the only regional birds I really cared to use was Pidgeot, Swellow, and Staraptor.

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I've always caught and kept them, as far as I remember, though not always for battling.
I usually run two birds now, with the 'regional pidgey' knowing fly and boxed when the time comes for battles using a full six-team; in White I have an Unfezant for flying and an Archeops (amongst other things) for actually fighting.
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I would catch them for their PokéDex entry and then box them. The Normal/Flying type combination just seems too plain for my liking, to add it to my team roster. Instead, for a flying Pokémon, I would choose one with a typing that seemed more interesting to me, such as Crobat and Sigilyph.
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In FireRed/LeafGreen, I caught Pidgey, but eventually ditched it in favor of Spearow.

In HeartGold/SoulSilver, I caught Hoothoot and Pidgey, but left them in the PC for Spearor or Doduo.

In R/S/E, I caught Taillow, but I kept it until I got Salamence.

In D/P/Pt, I caught Starly, but I kept it the entire game.

In B/W, I caught Pidove, but I boxed it on the way to Mistralton.

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In LG, Pidgey and evos got me through Erika's gym, but was dropped from my team after that.

In SS, Pidgeot was a mainstay of my team all the way to the end.

In the other games, I only caught the resident bird Pokemon for Pokedex purposes and never used them.

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Most of the time I catch the region's bird Pokémon end up taking it with me to the Pokémon League.

Pidgeot, Swellow, Unfezant... they all proved to be very strong members of my team. I loved how fast Swellow was. And Unfezant turned out to be quite good. : D The only thing that I found annoying was that the bird Pokémon came so late in Black. |D
I ended up catching/training a Hoothoot in Jotho once, since I tend to play during the evening... but Pidgey is better. õ_õ

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I always catch a Starly when I play in Sinnoh.

In Unova I did use a Pidove throughout the game (one with Super Luck) until I got an Archen.
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