When exploring a new region...

[VisionofMilotic]

Do you prefer catching and training mostly new species of pokemon, and building a fresh team for yourself?

Or do you prefer to capture/ transfer some old favorite Pokemon to incorporate onto your new team?

 

[tokyodrift]

On the first playthrough, I usually try to use only new Pokemon. On any subsequent ones, I use whatever.

 

[Sawsbuck]

I usually like to catch Pokemon that I've already used before as well as catch some new Pokemon, especially with Sun I caught some of the Pokemon that I had before that were in the game and some of the new ones to replace some that I couldn't get (like Sawsbuck)

 

[Alakazam17]

I use new Pok?mon for the initial playthrough, and then transfer old Pok?mon over for the postgame.

 

[Aisu]

I use new Pokemon. For me, that's why I'm playing a new game at all.

 

[Lunar]

Yeah I always try and use the new Pokemon in a brand new game, I've used most of the Pokemon from previous generations so I'll only go back to them when I'm replaying it.

 

[Mab]

I try to preference the new ones (or old ones with new stuff like Megas, Alolan Formes) but it's not really a big deal - if I end up with a few good unchanged old generation Pok?mon I don't really mind keeping them around.

 

[JJ Styles]

I usually catch and train the new ones first mainly to see how they stack up compared to the previous regions' mons.

 

[AliceBlaze]

I always use new species or those that I've never used before. I never transfer a team from a previous game as I always keep them in the game I got them in.

 

[Maserati777]

I like to use new Pok?mon each game I play but they aren't region based. So I use Pok?mon I haven't used before but from any gen. As long as they can be caught in that gen.

 

[VisionofMilotic]

My instinct is to capture and try out new Pokemon, I may begin planning my regional team in the pre-order stage if I've glimpsed enough interesting new Pokemon.

However, if my team is lacking something and I have yet to find a suitable regional Pokemon then I will happily catch a reliable Pokemon from another region. D/P/Pt is a perfect example, there are no fire pokemon native to sinnoh found in the wild. So I caught a houndour when I saw the chance.

I definitely would have caved and bought magikarp early game in Pokemon black had it been available. Let's see basculin or gyarados.? Yeah definitely Gyarados.

 

[strangerhypno]

Most of the time, sometimes if I'm feeling nostalgic or it's one of my favorites, I'll use one older Pokemon.

 

[BlazingCobaltX]

I try to go into the game blindly, unaware of what Pokémon I can find and where exactly to get them from. Because of that, while I do always want to specific kinds of Pokémon on my team, I end up with what I happen to find. I usually only want new Pokémon on my team during the first few runs, but without knowing where to find what that's a bit hard. I will not do this for USUM; as I've already done my blind playthrough I will now allow myself to plan a specific team and search for specific Pokémon.

In later playthroughs I only uphold certain rules if I want to. I only use Pokémon from the specific region if I want to, otherwise I go with whatever team I think is balanced and has Pokémon I like.

 

[LegendChu]

Well, I do have some favourites which I always like to use on my team, but for the first playthrough, I try to catch new mons available for the region. I do plan out my teams before I start a playthrough though, so more often than not, I'm already decided on what Pokemon will consist of my final team(s).

Pika Pika :chu:

 

[Spyro]

In Diamond, there were enough new Pokémon I adored to have a team of only Sinnoh native Pokémon. I can't remember Black and White, but X I made a varied team of new Pokémon and older Pokémon I loved.
I transferred my team's eggs over from X to Alpha Sapphire, but since they all had nearly perfect IVs, it quickly became boring. I decided now to make teams of the Pokémon native to the region. I did it for both Sun & Moon and had loads of fun <3

 

[LegendChu]

In Diamond, there were enough new Pokémon I adored to have a team of only Sinnoh native Pokémon. I can't remember Black and White, but X I made a varied team of new Pokémon and older Pokémon I loved.
I transferred my team's eggs over from X to Alpha Sapphire, but since they all had nearly perfect IVs, it quickly became boring. I decided now to make teams of the Pokémon native to the region. I did it for both Sun & Moon and had loads of fun <3

I do like experimenting with new Pokemon of a region, but my teams will always be a balance of new and older Pokemon. I need to have a feel of the game and the new Pokemon for the first few playthroughs, before I include more native Pokemon in my team(s). I don't remember ever having a team full of new Pokemon though.

Pika Pika :chu:

 

[Hikamaru]

I mostly tended to have new Pokemon mixed with older Pokemon, but Moon saw me use a team of completely new Pokemon in the main story for the first time. Maybe US/UM will see me have a mix of Alola Pokemon and older Pokemon.