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6th Gen Has anyone noticed - First wild encounter

Kyther

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    • Hey PC!

    I was wondering if anyone has noticed that the very first wild encounter you have seems to be a Pidgey every time? I have both versions, and seen the start of three let's plays and all of them, the first wild encounter is a Pidgey. Although the gender and level varies.
     
    Kyther

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    • Ture they are common. Forgot to say too, that it always happens in the second row of the first patch of grass too. As everyone that I have watched, and myself, just walks straight.
     

    LoudSilence

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    It's just probability, it's not 100% guaranteed. There's a very high encounter rate of Pidgey in the early routes.
     

    DiscordDave

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    In both my X and Y, my first encounters were Scatterbugs. So definitely just coincidence.
     
    Kyther

    Kyther

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    • Alright then. Just my luck. I will see if it continues for when I restart X, when I can finally trade over the Charizardite X mega stone to Y.
     
    OffRoadSP

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    • I have to admit, I've noticed this myself. Second row of the first patch of grass, a wild Pidgey appears. It's happened in all 4 of the games I've started, and I was chalking it up to coincidence, but maybe there really is something to what you're saying...
     
    Aeroblast

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    • I don't remember my first wild Pokemon in any of my games... though the first wild pokemon you see certainly isn't going to change the whole game or anything.
     

    DanteSolablood

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    Seattle said:
    I don't remember my first wild Pokemon in any of my games... though the first wild pokemon you see certainly isn't going to change the whole game or anything.
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    It does change things actually, the first pokémon that's really common in EVERY main game (as far as I know) is either Pidgey or one of the Pidgey replacements that started appearing in later games. The reason this makes a difference is that Pidgey & it's crew are PURE speed EVs... which is why I tend to spend a while leveling up early game.

    I'm not sure if it's deliberate, but if you were going to give the best UNIVERSAL EVs to any pokémon a trainer may have in their party, it would be speed. It seems that pappa/mamma Gamefreak are looking after us early game. :D
     

    Caiustheblack

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    • DanteSolablood said:
    It does change things actually, the first pokémon that's really common in EVERY main game (as far as I know) is either Pidgey or one of the Pidgey replacements that started appearing in later games. The reason this makes a difference is that Pidgey & it's crew are PURE speed EVs... which is why I tend to spend a while leveling up early game.

    I'm not sure if it's deliberate, but if you were going to give the best UNIVERSAL EVs to any pokémon a trainer may have in their party, it would be speed. It seems that pappa/mamma Gamefreak are looking after us early game. :D
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    Also, early game atk evs are more Common than sp.atk evs . This makes me choose a physical starter everytime XD
     
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    AuraKnight95

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    DanteSolablood said:
    It does change things actually, the first pokémon that's really common in EVERY main game (as far as I know) is either Pidgey or one of the Pidgey replacements that started appearing in later games. The reason this makes a difference is that Pidgey & it's crew are PURE speed EVs... which is why I tend to spend a while leveling up early game.

    I'm not sure if it's deliberate, but if you were going to give the best UNIVERSAL EVs to any pokémon a trainer may have in their party, it would be speed. It seems that pappa/mamma Gamefreak are looking after us early game. :D
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    After I discovered EV training, I began to spend a lot of time battling Pidgey in each new playthrough of LeafGreen to get some speed EVs. :D
     

    battyNerd

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    I am almost 100% certain that it is guaranteed to be Pidgey the first time. I have seen at least three let's plays of X and Y, as well as played through them both for myself, restarting Y at least 4 times now (for starters and other exclusives, as well as duplicate items), with each game having a Pidgey as the first encounter.
     

    Numbers

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    • I've started my games quite a few times and each and every time without fail it's been Pidgey in the 2nd line of grass. So I dunno, maybe there is something to it!
     

    Killjoy

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    • I noticed this as well. Each play through ive done, ive encountered a pidgey first, after which the encounter rate for Pidgeys seems to be lower than other pokemon on that route, making it hard to find the right one lol

    But yes, I do believe its more than coincidence.
     
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