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Title: Favorite Starter Pokémon
Post by: BP on June 28, 2007, 04:16:17 PM
It's not a complicated question. Of all the starters in the primary series of Pokémon games, which do you like most? Which would you pick if all of them were on the table at the start of the game? Assume that you can't evolve the Pikachu, like it was in Yellow Version.
I will have to go with Cyndaquil. Fire types are usually my choice (except in the case of Diamond and Pearl, for I really don't like monkeys that much... I didn't play much of Diamond anyway) and Typlosion is good. It was close, and maybe I chose wrong... perhaps some of the new moves Charizard could learn make it the better one (I need Fire Red!!!)...
And, let's keep the Mudkip stuff at a minimum...   
Title: Re: Favorite Starter Pokémon
Post by: SolidShroom on June 28, 2007, 04:19:15 PM
For me, it was tough to decide between Charmander and Squirtle, because I like them both. However I managed to pick Charmander from those two. I must remark, however, that picking Charmander would always make fighting Brok tough, since fire is weak against Rock.
Edit: I wonder who the first person who will vote mudkip and go "I LIEK MUDKIPS" or something of that matter.
Title: Re: Favorite Starter Pokémon
Post by: Mr. Melee on June 28, 2007, 04:20:14 PM
aaw i liek mudkips.

No, I chose Squirtle. He's a turtle, has high defense and yet good offense, and I love Water Pokémon. Skull Bash + Hydro Pump + Surf + Hyper Beam = win.
Title: Re: Favorite Starter Pokémon
Post by: WarpRattler on June 28, 2007, 04:40:30 PM
Bulbasaur. I always choose the grass-type starter, and just look at his Pokédex number!

If MD starters were included, I might've chosen Meowth, not because of MD (I was Treecko in RRT), but because I'm on my way to having a level 100 Meowth with Pay Day (thousands of pyen per attack, doubled if whichever Pokémon I give an Amulet Coin or Luck Incense to is in the battle) and Pickup (lots of free items just for having a Pokémon with the ability in my party, and since it'll be level 100, it'll find the best items)...
Title: Re: Favorite Starter Pokémon
Post by: BP on June 28, 2007, 04:52:44 PM
I got Pikachu when I played PMD (in tests taken later, it really comes down to what questions you're asked--I got lots of different results without having to change answers). I guess it made the legendary birds easier... if so I can't imagine how tough they'd be with anything else...
Title: Re: Favorite Starter Pokémon
Post by: N64 Chick on June 28, 2007, 06:57:33 PM
I choose Piplup if only because the Steel type that its final evolution gains make it resistant to tons of stuff. The move pool, however, needs work. Bubble until level 24...blargh... But hey, penguins are cool.

Mudkip is also good for nearly the same reason. Weakness to only grass makes it kinda versatile. Also, it learns the uber-powerful Earthquake. Always a nice move to have.

Squirtle is fine too, though it takes him a little while to get going. Again. Bubbles. But at least you can replace that with Water Gun before it even evolves. Contrary to what NP says, Piplup doesn't even learn Water Gun.

It's been ages since I've played Silver so I don't remember how good Totodile was...
Title: Re: Favorite Starter Pokémon
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on June 28, 2007, 07:14:55 PM
It was a tough choice, but in the end, I picked Torchic over Squirtle. Because it evolves into a giant kicking chicken. That's just awesome.
Title: Re: Favorite Starter Pokémon
Post by: MaxVance on June 29, 2007, 12:25:48 AM
I got Pikachu when I played PMD (in tests taken later, it really comes down to what questions you're asked--I got lots of different results without having to change answers).
I always got Mudkip. I agree with N64 Chick that the combination of Water and Ground moves were quite useful.
Title: Re: Favorite Starter Pokémon
Post by: Vidgmchtr on June 29, 2007, 12:29:55 AM
I chose Squirtle.
Title: Re: Favorite Starter Pokémon
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 29, 2007, 01:01:15 AM
I chose BULBASAUR. He was my first Pokémon ever and still number 001 in my heart.

Strangely, when I played PMD I got BULBASAUR.
Title: Re: Favorite Starter Pokémon
Post by: Kojinka on June 29, 2007, 02:40:12 PM
Hard time deciding between Charmander and Mudkip, but I'm choosing Charmander because it was my PMD character, and Charizard is one of my favorite pokemon.  The downside with Charmander is that the first two gym battles can be hard.

In fact, for the R/B(Yellow doesn't count, since your starter is always Pikachu) and G/S/C generations, I preferred the fire starters, but for R/S/E and D/P generations, well, I don't care for chickens or monkeys, so I went with the water starters.  "I liek Mudkips" -ahem- and I like penguins.  Although, I started with Treecko once because the egg type or whatever was dragon
Title: Re: Favorite Starter Pokémon
Post by: Sqrt2 on June 30, 2007, 07:09:09 AM
Bulbasaur, because he was the one I chose first.
Title: Re: Favorite Starter Pokémon
Post by: GiftedGirl on June 30, 2007, 08:34:25 PM
I have to say Squirtle since Wartortle's my fave Pokemon of all time. Actually, the real reason is that Squirtle's the cutest of the originals and I always liked Ash's Squirtle in the anime(he's a rebel! >D).
Title: Re: Favorite Starter Pokémon
Post by: Ultima Shadow on July 02, 2007, 05:44:19 PM
I chose Treecko because it evolves into Sceptile, an immensely useful Pokemon that can stall, sweep and support effectively. It also has a great movepool.
Title: Re: Favorite Starter Pokémon
Post by: Kimimaru on July 03, 2007, 04:00:21 PM
I chose Cyndaquil because I have a level 100 Typhlosion in my Gold Version. I also think that he's the strongest :)
Title: Re: Favorite Starter Pokémon
Post by: Suffix on July 03, 2007, 06:34:17 PM
It was hard for me to decide because none of the starter Pokémon are my biggest favorites, but in the end, I determined that I had the fondest memories of Charmander.
Title: Re: Favorite Starter Pokémon
Post by: Darth Naner on July 05, 2007, 03:38:17 PM
What do you all have against Mudkip? The Water/Ground type took me over, since it only has one weakness, making it the starter with the smallest number of weaknesses. Swampert was, is and will be(maybe not after the 5th gen) my favorite Pokémon. I LIEK MUDKIP!
Title: Re: Favorite Starter Pokémon
Post by: GiftedGirl on July 11, 2007, 02:00:51 PM
Ha ha HA! Squirtle's in the lead! Wew hew! *does a dance*
Title: Re: Favorite Starter Pokémon
Post by: Markio on July 27, 2007, 09:37:58 AM
I chose Bulbasaur, because he's one of the coolest grass pokemon to date.  I also really liked Totodile, because crocodiles are my favorite animal.   I only have Red, Blue, Yellow and Silver, but I imagine Turtwig is a pretty cool starter.
Title: Re: Favorite Starter Pokémon
Post by: Uvaz on July 27, 2007, 05:56:50 PM
I chose totodile, because I always picked it in Silver. I probably finished the game over 10 times (I am probably exaggerating) and I always picked Totodile. (For some reason, I used to restart Yellow as soon as I defeated the Elite 4 and Silver when I defeated Red, but I never restarted Sapphire and I still have tons of pokemon to raise in Pearl) I don't care if it is not the most powerful,  I just like it.  I also picked Croconaw in Colosseum. Besides, if you think giant alligators are not cool there is something wrong with you.