TORCHIC FOREVER
I love all of them but Torchic is always my bro. I'm sure I'll end up raising the others on different files but Torchic is gonna be the first of them~
This; there was no question about it. Number 255, Torchic! :t255: My first ever starter Pokemon, so of course I'll be using him again! Can't go wrong with a fighting firebird that kicks
major butt. Oddly enough, I traditionally use Fire-type starter Pokemon (barring
Pokemon Black 2/White 2 due to re-using Unova starters), but I'm adamant on selecting
Sapphire/AlphaSapphire.. I probably have the worst combination for battle (Blaziken will be hindered by Kyogre's Drizzle, as opposed to the better combinations of Groudon's Drought augmenting Sceptile's Solar Beam/Blaziken's Fire-type attacks or Kyogre's Drizzle augmenting Swampert's Water-type attacks), but I don't care too much because
the raw awesomeness of Blaziken and Kyogre in tandem will overpower all of my opponents regardless! ^^
Still wondering whether I'll "start" with all of the Hoenn starter Pokemon at once by trading with other players early in the game..
Hmm...I'm not sure whether I'll use my Torchic from
Pokemon Emerald (if I ever get the chance to migrate Pokemon from there) or the Torchic from
Pokemon AlphaSapphire; this is the first time I have access to a remake's original version's starter (since I don't own
Pokemon Red and
Pokemon Gold, which are incompatible with post-Generation 2 games anyway, I didn't have this problem/redundancy with
Pokemon FireRed and (eventually)
Pokemon HeartGold)... The Torchic from
AlphaSapphire seems like it'll be easier to prepare/soft-reset for with competitive purposes in mind (and it's easier to use it in modern
Pokemon games as opposed to undergoing tedious migration from
Pokemon Emerald), but I don't want to ditch my
Emerald starter Pokemon... :( I don't feel inclined to using anything other than Torchic (not to diminish the awesomeness of Treecko and Mudkip, though!)
In any case, Blaziken's Mega Stone had better be obtainable
in-game, not this event-status crap...
(please?) I mean, Blaziken (technically Torchic itself) is a starter Pokemon, for crying out loud; I can't just let it
not reach its full potential!