what starters did u pick?

Started by The Real AAA October 13th, 2016 2:21 AM
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DAMNIT I WAS JUST GONNA MAKE A STARTER THREAD WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP SHOWING UP BEFORE I DO

1: Charmander is the first I picked for this gen and the only one I had ever brought to the league. However I do have a Venusaur in one of my runs and would like to take him all the way. Squirtle is my least fav of the 3, but I don't hate it.

2: Totodile. Feraligatr is amazing nuff said. Originally I used to like all 3, but soon I began to see a lot of praise for the Cyndaquil line on this site, making me lose a lot of respect for it. However, I came around to using it this year and it proved to be decent so don't hate it anymore.

3: Mudkip was my first here. I am also using Sceptile in a nuzrun and it's not that bad. Never used Torchic but it's okay. Don't have issues with any of the starters in this gen.

4: I like all 3 of them eaqually, but if I had to choose than Piplup but all 3 were good.

5: I don't particularly like anyone.

6: Froakie. Greninja 2OP
I… might put something interesting here eventually.

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When it comes to the starters that I pick, I have one answer. My answer is always the water type starter. This is due to a tradition that I have.
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- XY: Fenekin
- ORAS: Treecko
- FR/LG: Charmander
- HG/SS: Cyndaquil
-I choose Chimchar before PT and PT I choose Piplup
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With the exception of Gen 6, I've played all the games more than once so uh.. I'll just pick the most recent one I can remember I suppose.
Blue - Bulbasaur
Sure it sucks at battling in Gen 1 but I wanted to use the Brock Through Walls glitch, for which you need a Bulbasaur. It worked and was a ton of fun. Then I dropped it in the PC and never used it again :/
Crystal - Chikorita
It learns Razor Leaf at level six in Gen 2 that is so absurdly awesome ^_^
FireRed - no clue. Probably the game I've played the most, so it's all blurred together and I have no idea what my current team is on any given run. The only constant is Farfetch'd.
Emerald - Torchic
Torchic is a cutie and I wanted to name it Nuclear in celebration of Aventine's birthday. Other than that, not much of a reason. It stomps the first gym, but so do the other two choices so idk.
Diamond - Chimchar
It's soooo good. For whatever reason, I catch Pokémon way less frequently in Sinnoh because the region sucks so it's nice to have a Pokémon that can insta-stomp the first two gyms + Team Galactic while I take my sweet time picking my next team member.
Platinum - Piplup
Wanted to do something different from ^, because I've played Diamond a good dozen times and basically pick Infernape for half of them. Empoleon seems kind of meh in battle tbh. Maybe I just got a bad nature?
Black - Snivy
Not really much to say I don't think. It did an okay job.
Black 2 - Oshawott
It's a cutie and that's the one game where I'd advocate picking a water starter since you don't get the Super Rod until post-game for some reason.
X - Chespin
I honestly don't remember the logic behind this, but its final evolution seems to be a decent physical sweeper so I guess I picked well. Run like hell when the birds show up though.
AlphaSapphire - Mudkip
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Oh boy. Here we go:

Pokémon Blue Version: Squirtle
Pokémon Red Version: Bulbasaur
Pokémon Yellow Version: Pikachu
Pokémon Silver Version: Chikorita
Pokémon Gold Version: Cyndacuill
Pokémon Leaf Green Version: Squirtle
Pokémon Fire Red Version: Charmander
Pokémon Pearl Version: Piplup
Pokémon Soul Silver Version: Totodile
Pokémon White Version: Snivy
Pokémon X Version: Froakie
Pokémon Y Version: Fennekin

These are all first play-through that I can remember to the best of my ability.

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Just going to say the first time I played which starter I picked for the sake of simplicity... since I like a lot of them and I've played each games like dozens of times
Kanto: Charmander. This is the only Kanto starter I've ever picked.
Johto: Cyndaquil. Quilava was one of my favorites as a child!
Hoenn: Treecko. Another one of my childhood favorites!
Sinnoh: I think I picked Piplup, but I honestly can't remember that well...
Unova: Snivy... only because the other evolutions made me cringe.
Kalos: Froakie, same reason as Snivy.

Fire: 2; Grass: 2; Water: 2

Oh gosh, they're tied.

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Here's what my typical choices were. Keep in mind Johto is based on me playing HG/SS since I didn't have the originals, and Sinnoh had me doing multiple playthroughs (the one I listed is based on what I used in most of them). Never played a main Kanto game though.

Johto: Cyndaquil
Hoenn: Mudkip
Sinnoh: Chimchar
Unova: Oshawott
Kalos: Froakie

As you can see, I tend to mainly pick Water while somehow never picking Grass. For Alola, I'm pretty much confirmed to stick with Water. #teampopplio
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Kanto: Charmander
Johto: Cyndaquil
Hoenn: Torchic
Sinnoh: Chimchar
Unova: Tepig
Kalos: Fennekin
Alola: Litten

I do use other Starters from time to time, but in most of my playthroughs, I tend to pick the Fire Starter. I also always pick Fire on my very first playthrough of a game.

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Gen 1: Charmander - love this little guy
Gen 2: Cyndaquil - I have always been a fan of Cyndaquil and always seem to pick it when revisiting Johto.
Gen 3: Mudkip - I guess I have to say Mudkip cause it was my first ever Generation 3 starter, although I tend to choose Treecko nowadays.
Gen 4: I love Chimchar and all of his evolutions and 90% I'll pick him, Piplup is pretty cool too though.
Gen 5: I actually really like Snivy and its whole evolution line and always end up choosing it, they have really cool designs and learn some pretty good moves.
Gen 6: Froakie, it's the only 6th generation starter I really like tbh, I would probably have gone with Fennekin, but Delphox let me down.

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While I haven't played all Pokemon games, here are the starters I'd pick, mainly for design reasons:
  • Kanto - Charizard (but I like Squirtle too)
  • Johto - Chikorita
  • Hoenn - Torchic
  • Sinnoh - Piplup
  • Unova - Snivy (Oshawott looks the cutest of the starters but its evolutions aren't that nice imo)
  • Kalos - Froakie (I love Greninja)
  • Alola - Rowlet

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Gen 1-Pikachu as I had Yellow
Gen 2- Totodile on Silver and Chikorita on Crystal
Gen 3- Treecko on Sapphire and Mudkip on Emerald
Gen 4- Chimchar on Pearl and piplup on Platinum
Gen 5-Snivy on white Tepig on Black and Oshawott on Black 2
Gen 6- Froakie on X

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  • Kanto - Squirtle
  • Johto - Totodile
  • Hoenn - Torchic
  • Sinnoh - Piplup
  • Unova - Tepig
  • Kalos - Fennekin
  • Alola - Litten
I think it's safe to say I have a partial preference to Fire-type starters.

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Kanto - Squirtle
Johto - Cyndaquil
Hoenn - Treecko
Sinnoh - Turtwig
Unova - Tepig
Kalos - Chespin

Not sure which starter I'll pick in Gen 7 just yet.

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Gen 1- Didn't play.
Gen 2- Didn't play.
Gen 3- Torchic.
Gen 4- Chimchar and Turtwig.
Gen 5- I think I've chosen all three at some point or another.
Gen 6- Chespin. Why doesn't this guy get more love?
Gen 7 (Upcoming)- Litten. It's so cool! Even if it's final form turns out to be garbage, I'll still choose it!

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Going by what I picked on my first playthroughs of these games, since I got around to using the others eventually.

Red: Charmander
Silver: Cyndaquil
Sapphire: Torchic
Diamond: Chimchar
White: Oshawott
X: Fennekin
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Most of the time I pick the starter I love by design the most
for me:

Gen 1 - Kanto - Charmander
Gen 2 - Johto - Cindaquil
Gen 3 - Hoenn - Mudkip
Gen 4 - Sinnoh - Chimchar
Gen 5 - Unova - Snivy
Gen 6 - Kalos - Fennekin
future Gen 7 - Alola - Litten

Fennekin is still my most favorite of all starters, mainly since Foxes are my most favorite of all species on earth, I don't need another reason for loving it so much. Most times when I'm not playing a specific theme team, it will always be on my teams
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Kanto - Usually Squirtle

Johto - Totodile

Hoenn - Mudkip. My first level 100 Pokemon was my Swampert on original Ruby. In Alpha Sapphire I nicknamed him Crasher Wake.

Sinnoh - Never played a Sinnoh game from the beginning because I got mine used and didn't restart them. If I did, I'd choose Chimchar because Sinnoh has essentially no other Fire types during the main plot except Ponyta.

Unova - Snivy in White, Tepig in Black 2 (nicknamed Pork Chop)

Kalos - Froakie

Alola - Rowlet. I'm going to nickname him Growlet.
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When I first got Pokemon Blue, there was only one logical choice for my starter:

Bulbasaur

I ended up regretting that decision, because Bulbasaur kind of sucks. So when I got Pokemon Gold, I knew I wouldn't repeat that mistake. Not only did I not pick the Grass type, but I made sure my rival didn't either. That way, the Grass type could sit on Elm's table and rot. Thus my love of the Fire type began.

I've tried other starters, and Greninja was the only one I loved that wasn't a Fire type. Nothing against Water types, but everything against Grass types.