how do you choose your favorite Pokémon? Page 3

Started by Moltres Rider July 2nd, 2013 3:30 AM
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I don't really "choose" my favourite pokémon - it just happens. In most cases, its a combo of nice design and not being completely useless at in-game battling. Design gets me first though, hence why no matter how useful it may be I'll never like Patrat, or Bidoof (don't get how people find it "cute"). And some pokémon that don't initially stand out such as Magmortar, can win me over in part due to their battling prowess.

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I don't choose my favorite pokemon,
My favorite pokemon chooses me.
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I have a hard time ever choosing a favorite, although I generally favor Pokemon that have done well for me in game (thus Hypno is actually one of my favorites, Ice Punch in Generation II with his special destroys). Although I admit that I try to avoid liking Pokemon that are really popular elsewhere.

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I don't choose my favorite Pokemon. Crobat for example may be disliked due to how annoying Zubat is in caves (hence "A wild Zubat appeared!"), but it's my favorite Pokemon due to how cool it looks(bat + 4 wings + eyes + not having a stupid mouth? AWESOME). It's also not too shabby in-game and is very good competitively, especially in UU.
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My favourite Pokémon, for instance, is Celebi. In battle, it can hold ground with Leech Seed and Nasty Plot, maybe, but it has a whopping seven weaknesses, having the most number of weaknesses in the game. But, I quite like it's design and the "foresty" and natural feel it presides, just like Xerneas, and that design soothes me. I quite think that it's typing is better as Grass/Fairy, though. But more of that later. This shows that I go for design and the little-cute-little-cool type of Pokémon.

But, I like Swampert as well, or Mudkip to be exact, and that closely follows Celebi, much because I like all Hoenn Pokémon and Water and Ground types. This means that typing means a lot to me too, whether it be crippling or not.

But like quite a few before me have said, I get chosen by my favourite Pokémon. This also means that I don't gradually grow to like a certain Pokémon, it's at first sight my final judgement is made.
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Mostly design/looks determine my favorite Pokemon. If it's one of my favorite types, ie Dark, then that can be a factor too, but it's mostly how the Pokemon looks. For example, my favorite Pokemon is Treecko I just really like it's design and how much cooler it looked compared to the other Grass starters and most of the starters in general imo. Or for Braviary, one of my favorite Flying types, I loved how badass it looked and feel in love with it based on just that.
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Mine were based on design before I started playing, but lately, they become one of my favorites if I end up getting one and using it on my team.

For example, I couldn't have cared less about Totodile before I played my first game, but I grew so attached to mine that it's now my absolute favorite. That's how most of my favorite pokemon became my favorites, except for my Houndoom -- I worked a lot to catch him because I liked his design.

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I judge them off design, but not after the animal they're based off of. I l tend to like human-ish pokemon (i.e: Zangoose, Lucario, Blaziken, etc.) more that completely unhuman. I'd rather have chubby than skin and bones (not fat, like slaking or ....ughhh.... Purugly, more like gen 1 pikachu), uniqueness (for the most part) and overall coolness.


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Design! If they're cute in my eyes then they'll go on my "favorites" list regardless of stats, type, and the like. I always go for looks above all else.

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I usually go by design. There are certain pokemon i enjoy using over others... That's a given. My Top 5 would have to be

5. Raichu
4. Umbreon (shiny or normal)
3. Dragonair (don't care for dragonite too much.)
2. Charizard (shiny/normal)
1. Eevee (shiny/normal)

All of these look like a fierce competitor, well... besides eevee, and all can hold their own in battles for the most part.
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30% design
10% battle potential
60% personal compatibility

By battle potential, I don't necessarily mean whether or not it's the best or higher tier, but whether you can actually do something with it.

By personal compatibility, I mean whether or not I can relate with the pokemon. I'll admit some of my favorite pokemon don't have the best designs, yet there's something about them that click with me. Take Shroomish. We already had a mushroom pokemon, nothing very exceptional about it. Yet there's something about its colors, lack of arms, stubby feet, and that face that makes me like it so very much! ^_^

A majority of my favorite pokemon are the unevolved, smaller stages. Lots of them happen to be green.
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I take into account the following criteria in no particular order:

1) Design
2) Offensive or defensive?
3) Battle potential
4) Sentimental value
5) Movepool
6) Has previously worked well for me in-game

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This is an interesting question!

I think everyone would agree that there is no one way of choosing your favorite pokemon. If you check out some of the youtube videos about so-and-so's favorite pokemon list, most of the time the reasons go all over the place- memory, design, power, convenience to battle with, even type.

My favorite pokemon are gardevoir and flygon, and I can't give any one reason for my choices. I love desert and mysticism, and Flygon has those two motifs rocking pretty well- being the ever-elusive spirit of desert and all (not to mention the fact that it's a freaking dragon). My reasons for liking Gardevoir are altogether different. One of my favorite pokemon generations is gen 3. I always picked ralts early in the game, and due to high special attack and more or less good movepool, it was very convenient in in-game battles. Plus I'm personally very fond of the psychic type.
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