4th Gen Do You Keep Your Starter Pokemon??

[Banjo_Bob]

i normally dont last time i did was mudkip....cuz of the dual water-ground advantage only ones i did were the OGs bulba,char, squirt,
i never kept the johtos,sinnohs, and so far unovas, (*ive only had snivy so far)

 

[ShinyBurakki]

FireRed: Squirtle.... yes.
Yellow: Pikachu.... yes.
Emerald: Mudkip.... Of course! I love Mudkip!
Pearl: Piplup... I dont think so... I'll have to check... Maybe...
SoulSilver: Totodile... Of course! I love Totodile!

And when I get White, I will pick Mijumaru. (I refuse to call it by it's English name. I hate it...) I plan on keeping the Daikenki. I'm using the time I have until April to plan my team(s).

 

[JollyRoger25]

Red = Charmander = Yep
Yellow = Pikachu = Yep
Gold = Cyndiquil = Yep
Crystal = Totodile = Yep
Leaf Green = Bulbasaur = Yep
Emerald = Treeko = Yep
Platinum = Piplup = Yep
HeartGold = Cyndiquil = Yep
Every single time.

 

[chaos56]

I usually keep my starter. I'd feel bad if I didn't. I definitely keep my starter if I have Infernape or Charizard though, no questions asked.

 

[Ciaran]

I do sometimes, if i completed the game a couple hundred times, i eventually get bored and do it. Replace it with a Pidgey or something xD

 

[WhiteWizard]

omg my starter was garbage so absolutely not

 

[vudw]

I tend to keep my starter on my team, at least until the league is defeated and I clear the main story. In occasions like Soul Silver though, where I can't defeat Red, I often train other Pokemon (though not necessarily for any specific battles).

I no longer have Quilava on my team, but he helped me beat the Champion. I don't feel any obligation to use him all the time anymore, as I love dark types, but I can't ever just leave him behind. (though, trading him to someone I feel will take care of him is another option)

 

[darkgod21]

i like to keep the starter and i get attached so i never removed him from my party for good

 

[LaureTheLoner]

There was only one time, and one time ever I recall ditching my starter (though I might have to ditch it for the next challenge I do) and that was when I was having fun making a team of favorites in Crystal Version using gameshark and I quickly swapped out Totodile for Charmander. Take that rival >:

I guess I keep it because its really the only Pokemon with a typing in the beginning of the game that isn't normal, flying, or bug and by the time there is more options it is usually leveled pretty well.

 

[Twilight-kun]

I do, just so I'll have a balanced team...


in my HG/SS, if I start with Totadile, I end up being a water trainer
Feraligatr
Gyaradoes
Lugia
Lapras

 

[FalconsDrummer]

I always keep it in my team at all times until at least after the main part of the story (elite four, badges, etc.). It would just feel wrong not to.

 

[Bwazzam]

Pffft, no.

I used Chikorita, and replaced it with...something, soon after it evolved into whatever it evolves into. I most likely would have restarted, but there was probably a reason I didn't. I haven't touched Heartgold in 435294302942 years.

Anyway, on my game, I use Gengar, Dragonite, and Arcanine. :3

 

[TrainerJasmine93]

I (for sentimental reasons) could never get rid of my Totodile!^_^ I always get a laugh out of watching it spaz out. *Lolz* But that's just me.:)

 

[kaiser32]

I mainly used totodile for about half of the in game, up until the red Gyrados. I dumped it and used Gyrados as my watertype. It worked so well lol.

 

[Shinjiaoki94]

Nope,only keep them for HM slave :P
Though keeping Typhlosion for move Eruption :D

 

[beca]

Sometimes. I rarely stick to a permanent team - I try to base my team around countering my opponent xD if I don't know who is in their team, I take a guess from a big selection of Pokemon =]

 

[danno 507]

course I do! its like blasphemy if ya dont keep em xD