your very first starter

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Sheep

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which was your very first starter pokémon? mine was squirtle in blue <3

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Umbreon and Espeon in Colosseum if we are talking in general. Torchic in Sapphire if we are talking about main series.
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Percy

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i can't really remember which one I took first when I played Blue (i was too young >.<) but I do remember firered. I took bulbasaur, went up until viridian forest and forgot to save. I restarted and finished the whole game with my squirtle
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Pikachu, in Pokémon Yellow.

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I *think* it might've been Totodile in Gold, but I remember using a glitch early on to get multiple starters, so I might be wrong. I think my first legit playthrough I picked Chikorita, though.
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My first pokemon was Squirtle in Blue. Obviously I made the same mistake many of us did and only trained Squirtle, so I never finished. In fact, I didn't beat the Champion until Crystal. So I didn't even know Gold had Kanto in it until many years later.

First for other Gens:
Spoiler:
Gen 2: Cyndaquil in Gold
Gen 3: Mudkip in Ruby
Gen 4: Piplup in Diamond
Gen 5: Tepig in White (Technically, my first play through I had all 3 starters as it was the first time I had 2 DS's and both games. But Tepig was my first choice)
Gen 6: Froakie in X
Gen 7: Rowlet in Sun
Gen 8: Scorbunny in Shield

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My first starter was Piplup in Diamond because I thought it was cuter than the other starters
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Chikorita in Gold.

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Mine was Piplup in Platinum since the female character in that game looked like Dawn from the anime lol
Lol the female character in that game WAS Dawn from the anime literally.
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which was your very first starter pokémon? mine was squirtle in blue <3
Same here! I picked Squirtle for some reason despite Bulbasaur being my favourite. Perhaps I felt like it because of the cover.
Oddly enough, the second playthrough I went for Charmander.

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Torchic in Emerald. That the first ever TCG pack I got had a Torchic in it seems to have been the logic.
The rest:
Spoiler:
  • Piplup in Diamond
  • Bulbasaur in LeafGreen
  • Piplup in Platinum (I really liked penguins)
  • Cyndaquil in SoulSilver (and HeartGold when I swapped them)
  • Oshawott in Black
  • Oshawott in Black 2
Weirdly the only starter I have never used is Squirtle. When I had the time to endlessly replay pokémon I was always either trying to have a team full of dragons or imitate Red from the manga (either way I nearly always had Gyarados and Aerodactyl), so the little turtle was just the odd one out. It doesn't help that Bulbasaur is the only Gen I Grass-type I like, so if I'm planning a team I can always find another Water-type 'mon and do without a Fire-type, but never get a replacement Grass-type.

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Mine was a Charmander in FireRed, boring and typical I know, but that was (and still is) one of my favourite starters of all time, and am glad I started my journey with it!
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Pikachu in Yellow.


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i think.. torchic in ruby version?? although i didn't start pokemon gaming in ruby (i started in gen 2 with pokemon stadium, so i grew up largely around spinoffs), ruby was the first mainline series game that i've properly owned, so torchic i think was my starter of choice because i didn't like how defensively frail treecko looked. :c

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Squirtle in Pokemon LeafGreen! His name was ShellShockr (too long to include the e) because I saw a Blastoise in the Mewtwo movie named that and thought it was kickass. He eventually got transferred to my Diamond game and was the only Pokemon of mine pre-SM to ever reach level 100. Unfortunately probably lost to the sands of time now, but a very memorable start.