What was your first starter pokemon?

[Angel-of-Light-Kelly]

My first starter was when I got to play Sapphire in 2005. I picked Mudkip, as I found him cute, and also thought that the first gym would be rock type because gen 1's was (I had watched my sister play through Kanto, so I thought it was a tradition. I had played 3, 1, then 4, before playing gen 2, so nothing was correcting me XD)

 

[CoolKid575]

Mine was Totodile in SoulSilver, my dad chose it for me though so I don't have a story about why I picked it.

 

[icycatelf]

Got Silver for my 11th birthday and chose Chikorita!

 

[Big Baz]

My first main-series game was Yellow, so my starter was Pikachu, but the first one I actually chose was Piplup in Pearl.
If you count the Mystery Dungeon games, then I was a Mudkip in Red Rescue Team (which was my actual first Pokémon game).

On reflection, I think I played my first Pokémon games in a fairly weird order.

 

[Squirtkipfan01]

Squirtle in firered
solely because i thought it looked cooler than bulbasaur and i knew how everyone picked charmander through reputation. From then on i silently committed to pick water starters in every game

 

[Outlander]

I was gifted a copy of Pokémon Red from my mom when I was 8 years old, and I originally chose Charmander because it was my favorite Pokémon from the anime at the time.

 

[MVs.C Fan]

If i remember correctly, it was Squirtle. I choose him because it seems cute for me, and i did that on Fire Red in GBA. It was good starter back then (at least for the adventure)

 

[CoolKid575]

My first starter was Totodile in SoulSilver; I didn't choose though. My dad chose for me.

 

[Courtney6]

Magnazone

 

[PageEmp]

Ice fang- I mean Feraligatr. Also my current favourite starter ever.

 

[MorgSummers]

Charmander, and since then I've never been cured of my addiction to fire-type starters.

I mean, come on, their designs are always soooooo much better than the others...

 

[Hālian]

My first game was Ruby, and my first starter was treecko.

 

[KaiserFenrir]

My first Starter was Bulbasaur from FireRed.
Since then, I've had a tendency to pick grass types.
The only game I haven't picked grass type first is Scarlet/Violet but that's because I knew what spriggatios final form looked like and I think it looked ugly.

 

[Janp]

My first ever Pokémon was Pikachu in Yellow, but that was game I borrowed from my friend. My first Pokémon on a game I owned was Mudkip in Sapphire.

 

[Gruffin]

If we're strictly sticking to actual starter Pokemon, it was Turtwig in Pokemon Diamond. However, I've always liked to think of the Shinx (now a Luxray) I picked up in Route 202 as my real starter, since I immediately shelved the Turtwig in favor of him. He was always in the first position on my team and was with me the whole journey.

 

[NipahRika]

Totally Charmander for me in Red.

 

[GameBunnyAdvance]

Charmander in Red, and I regretted it immensely. Brock was a huge struggle, and Misty reduced me to tears. I had absolutely no idea how to play the games, no concept of type matchups or level grinding; I was a 9 year old who wanted the box mascot. My punishment was to get systematically pounded on for the first quarter of the game!

 

[mikey]

Bulbasaur all the way back in Red shortly after the game came out. I can picture it in my mind so clearly!

 

[Palamon]

Treecko, in a game I didn't own. Turtwig for my first ever game that was mine. I wish I still had that Torterra. He's gone forever...

 

[Setsuna]

Started with Diamond, and picked Piplup! It's been special to me ever since. I guess technically I played a few small sessions of XD Gale of Darkness as a kid, but I don't fully remember those, and you just get an Eevee either way. Wouldn't count that personally.