Best Pokemon Starter (Originals)

[11:11]

You know you still pop in Red/Blue every once in a while. Charmander ftw.

[Say Nothing]

Squirtle was by far the best...No competition

[White Noise]

Hmmmmm this is a hard one, but I'm partial to Squirtle. He made it easy to beat the first gym, and Blastoise was the man.

[Machu505]

Charmander.

[Goat01]

Ha, Bulbasaur? no.
Squirtle, hands down.

[samsara]

i liked squirtle

he was the best

[adam289]

Charmander.

[Burn That Shit]

I always picked Charmander, he's the badass.

[Indoor Living]

Charmander for sure.

[Indoor Living]

I take it back. All three. Pokemon yellow, bitches.

[SkateFirm21]

warturtle was my favorite of all time, so i went with squirtle.

[11:11]

I' surprised by the lack of love Bulbasaur is getting. He doesn't suck that much.

[IceAge/HeatWave]

pokemon gold MACS all over the other games. but out of the original three, yellow all the way.

and the best starter was charmander

[IceAge/HeatWave]

who the hell voted for bulbasaur?

[jster2000]

Charmander
100%

Fire is always the best

[rebekahhh]

charmander.
oh man, i remember when i first got my gameboy
i stayed up all night playing this.

[Alex DiVincenzo]

Charmander > Squirtle > Bulbasaur

[MADSTA]

http://www.projectbag.com/pokemon/pics/squirtle02.jpg

[ACA]

In terms of making the game easy in the beginning, Bulbasaur is the best choice. He is effective against the first two gym leaders. He's the newbie pick, for sure. I don't think you can get any grass Pokemon for a while, but you can get poison/bug (which has a lot of similarities) quite commonly.

If you like diversity and want your team to have a bit of everything, Charmander provides that since you can't get a fire Pokemon for a long time. He's also a beast against the common Pokemon you face in the beginning.

Squirtle is the best choice endgame, because Blastoise is far and away the best of the three ending Pokemon (with Venusaur and Charizard being pretty equal, if I do recall). Though any serious end team can't really include any of the starters, if you did have one it'd have to be Blastoise. Charizard is worthless when Moltres is available, and if you really wanted a grass Pokemon a common Exeggutor is much better than Venusaur (and doesn't have that huge poison problem).

I played this game to death when I was like 11.

-ACA

[ACA]

charmander.
oh man, i remember when i first got my gameboy
i stayed up all night playing this.

You were probably like six or seven?

That's a real testament to how awesome Blue/Red really was.. ages as young (and younger) and ages much, much older enjoyed the game to death. The game design, the monsters, the premise is all incredible. Absolutely one of the top 25 games ever created.

If I could get it on my iPhone, I'd play it every day on the way to work. I have a good hour a day where I sit idly on a train/subway listening to my iPod, I'd like to catch 'em all.

-ACA

[Somechild]

Charmander was the cutest! When his little flame almost when out and ash saved him. Aww good times.





The poll is probably the best one I've seen in awhile.

[BalancingacT]

Shit. Bulbasaur's taking a beating.

[Heart-A-Tact]

Squirtle. My blue version doesn't save anymore. Depressing.

[coltenTALK]

Bulbasaur, but only so you can have the second best fire pokemon in the game.

[sasalukac]

i wish i can change my vote to bulbasaur. the guy needs some love from the apnet community

[Burn That Shit]

bulbasaur is getting his dick chopped off.

[Indoor Living]

In terms of making the game easy in the beginning, Bulbasaur is the best choice. He is effective against the first two gym leaders. He's the newbie pick, for sure. I don't think you can get any grass Pokemon for a while, but you can get poison/bug (which has a lot of similarities) quite commonly.

If you like diversity and want your team to have a bit of everything, Charmander provides that since you can't get a fire Pokemon for a long time. He's also a beast against the common Pokemon you face in the beginning.

Squirtle is the best choice endgame, because Blastoise is far and away the best of the three ending Pokemon (with Venusaur and Charizard being pretty equal, if I do recall). Though any serious end team can't really include any of the starters, if you did have one it'd have to be Blastoise. Charizard is worthless when Moltres is available, and if you really wanted a grass Pokemon a common Exeggutor is much better than Venusaur (and doesn't have that huge poison problem).

I played this game to death when I was like 11.

-ACA

I always thought Charizard was a little, not much, but a little better overall than Venusaur was. But you're totally right on Blastoise being the best. Hands down.

[11:11]

Charmander was the cutest! When his little flame almost when out and ash saved him. Aww good times.





The poll is probably the best one I've seen in awhile.
I generally do make good polls.
bulbasaur is getting his bulb chopped off.
fixed for accuracy.

[abbysmith]

I always picked Charmander. I don't really know why, I just always did.

[callingallcars]

squirtle no doubt. he pisses on all other pokemon

[hivesrul]

i always pulled for the underdog. so bulbasaur is my vote

[princesschad]

Fire. Fire. Fire. Fire.

[joey.esposto]

definitely a hard choice but i hard to go with squirtle
i mean brock is a rock type and he's the first gym, so it's so much easier to get past him
and then water against water is pretty darn even
so mistys gym is next so i think it's much better then fire which sucks against water and rock and leaf whciis good against rock and nothing great but pretty even against water
and then after the first two gyms you have all your other pokemon build up as well to become a pokemon master against the 6 other gyms

[Protested Hero]

Squirtle beat the first gym easier, but Charmander pulled through for the rest.

[Poochemist]

Charmander char char.

[SuNDaYSTaR]

Charmander owns them all.

[Troggy]

I have to agree with the majority here, Charmander is the best starter in RBY. This is, of course, because Charizard is the best fully evolved of the three, especially in GSC.

Although Charizard had yet to get the special boost, the RBY version still gets Earthquake, Swords Dance, and Body Slam, making him a fairly good mixed sweeper. Fire isn't very valuable in RBY, but then again, neither are grass and water (water being the most useful of the three).

Venusaur also gets good moves, but its Grass/Poison typing hurts it enough to put it below Charizard overall. Leech seed and Sleep Powder are great annoyer moves, and Venusaur can pick up Swords Dance + Body Slam as well, or it can go the grass route and use Growth + Razor Leaf. Meganium in GSC upped the ante on Venusaur, but Venusaur still can have some success in RBY.

Blastoise is on the losing end because he has a weak special attack for a water type and has a poor movepool. He gets Earthquake, which is a small way towards countering electrics since they will use their high speed and special stats to wreak havoc on Blastoise. His good special defense comes into play in later versions, but he can't do much in RBY that Starmie can't do better (except use Earthquake, I guess).

[harmonicMelic]

Squirtle. He rips.

[dark_lullaby]

I just really like fire

[KyleMcr]

Charmander!!!!!!!! The other ones can't compare.

[WhoSaidThat?]

If it ultimately goes on to learn Fly (an HM), it's probably the best choice.

[Burn That Shit]

I have to agree with the majority here, Charmander is the best starter in RBY. This is, of course, because Charizard is the best fully evolved of the three, especially in GSC.

Although Charizard had yet to get the special boost, the RBY version still gets Earthquake, Swords Dance, and Body Slam, making him a fairly good mixed sweeper. Fire isn't very valuable in RBY, but then again, neither are grass and water (water being the most useful of the three).

Venusaur also gets good moves, but its Grass/Poison typing hurts it enough to put it below Charizard overall. Leech seed and Sleep Powder are great annoyer moves, and Venusaur can pick up Swords Dance + Body Slam as well, or it can go the grass route and use Growth + Razor Leaf. Meganium in GSC upped the ante on Venusaur, but Venusaur still can have some success in RBY.

Blastoise is on the losing end because he has a weak special attack for a water type and has a poor movepool. He gets Earthquake, which is a small way towards countering electrics since they will use their high speed and special stats to wreak havoc on Blastoise. His good special defense comes into play in later versions, but he can't do much in RBY that Starmie can't do better (except use Earthquake, I guess).

Pokemon master has spoken. Poll over.

[11:11]

I have to agree with the majority here, Charmander is the best starter in RBY. This is, of course, because Charizard is the best fully evolved of the three, especially in GSC.

Although Charizard had yet to get the special boost, the RBY version still gets Earthquake, Swords Dance, and Body Slam, making him a fairly good mixed sweeper. Fire isn't very valuable in RBY, but then again, neither are grass and water (water being the most useful of the three).

Venusaur also gets good moves, but its Grass/Poison typing hurts it enough to put it below Charizard overall. Leech seed and Sleep Powder are great annoyer moves, and Venusaur can pick up Swords Dance + Body Slam as well, or it can go the grass route and use Growth + Razor Leaf. Meganium in GSC upped the ante on Venusaur, but Venusaur still can have some success in RBY.

Blastoise is on the losing end because he has a weak special attack for a water type and has a poor movepool. He gets Earthquake, which is a small way towards countering electrics since they will use their high speed and special stats to wreak havoc on Blastoise. His good special defense comes into play in later versions, but he can't do much in RBY that Starmie can't do better (except use Earthquake, I guess).
A little piece of the TTTYG thread, haha.

[the_topher]

charmander. Charizard was the shit! Venasaur was almost lame, and squirtle's middle stage (warturtle??) was pretty stupid.

[gusta0117]

i always ended up getting a pidgey right away and using pidgeotto throughout the game

[Kay~kay]

i liked charmander. Fire was awesome against a lot and he is sooooooooo cute!

[AbbeyCarbs]

How could you not pick Squirtle???

[Tristan Needler]

Bulbasaur was the best, because you could easily destroy the first few gyms until you got a chance to catch some nice pokemon. If you got charmander, you had to fight Brock and Misty with Ratatas, pidgys and weedles.

He was the easiest to start with, and by the time Venesaur got razor leaf, it was all over. I couldn't be defeated.

[A Love American]

Charmander

[Deadbolt01]

Charmander of course. Charizard rules.

[tjb4233]

im a big bulbasaur fan...but blastoise is the best

[rodericknj]

yo, bulbasaur totally got you past those first two gym battles with a breeze.
plus, he's green. <3

[Tristan Needler]

Real Pokemon lovers picked Bulbasaur. People only picked Charmander because he was a dinosaur that breathed fire.

[johnq1119]

Agreed. Bulbasaur is the only valid choice. My proudest moment, however, was when I beat Brock's gym in pokemon yellow with only a Pikachu, Quick Attack, and lots of luck.

[sammyboy516]

if i remmber correctly, squirtle made the game easiest, bulbasaur medium, and charmander hardest. i like bulbasaur.

[gr33ndayfr3ak]

Squirtle, ftw.
'cause Blastoise is the shit.

[uglystar03]

Squirtle. My blue version doesn't save anymore. Depressing.

My blue version doesn't save either. I didn't realize it though, and spend 3-5 hours playing a new game, saved, and came back to nothing.

and Squirtle FTW!

[Heart-A-Tact]

My blue version doesn't save either. I didn't realize it though, and spend 3-5 hours playing a new game, saved, and came back to nothing.

and Squirtle FTW!

I did the exact same thing, man. So lame.

[ship of fools]

Charmander was the best, but teh big Bulb handled teh first two gyms like a champ. def the best for a speed run.

[SSLYBY]

bulbasaur fucking owned. I just razor leaf'd through the whole game.

[cscwell107]

Def Squirtle. I never got bulbasaur. Grass just isn't very appealing

[followthattune]

bulbasaur. he was the best, and once you had venasaur with razor leaf, it was all over. i feel like charmander is such an easy choice. its the same thing with dinosaurs. everyone loves t-rex, but triceratops is really where its at

[kbez1527]

squirtle is probs best. charmander makes it impossible to beat the first gym. and the second is water soo. he sucks.

[Tristan Needler]

Bulbasaur was the best, because you could easily destroy the first few gyms until you got a chance to catch some nice pokemon. If you got charmander, you had to fight Brock and Misty with Ratatas, pidgys and weedles.

He was the easiest to start with, and by the time Venesaur got razor leaf, it was all over. I couldn't be defeated.Real Pokemon lovers picked Bulbasaur. People only picked Charmander because he was a dinosaur that breathed fire.


bulbasaur. he was the best, and once you had venasaur with razor leaf, it was all over. i feel like charmander is such an easy choice. its the same thing with dinosaurs. everyone loves t-rex, but triceratops is really where its at



Haha great minds think alike.

[FaceLixeMurder]

Squirtle!!!

[tait]

http://faqsmedia.ign.com/faqs/image/ani007.gif

[SunnyInPhilly]

I voted for Bulbasaur. It was a toss up between him or Squirtle.

[Ryzenfall]

Missing No.

[jetblack1231]

i think i'm the only one who voted bulba


EDIT: ...nevermind

[flyeast]

Charmander would eventually fly and breathe fire.

[AbeLurkin]

i know nothing about this nonsense, but based on the fact that i only knew charmander from elementary school, i went w/ that.

[carnotaurhunter]

Squirtle gets you through all the way up to the second gym easily, then you have time to catch better pokémon.

[MattRM]

I liked Charmander the most, but he was a bitch when you had to beat Brock and Misty.

[11:11]

i know nothing about this nonsense, but based on the fact that i only knew charmander from elementary school, i went w/ that.
Tomorrow:
1- Go to a GameStop/EB Games
2- Buy a Game Boy Color (preferably purple)
3- Buy either Pokemon Blue/Red (Red is better)
4- Watch as your social life goes down the drain.

[KStrat]

i always got charmander, and made sure that i had him adequately leveled (5-10 above brock and misty) before i even attempted to fight them. i have a rough patch on the left side of my rib cage with blastoise... (before i knew what it was worth i had a 1st edition holographic blastoise and traded it for a pikachu...)

[KStrat]

Tomorrow:
1- Go to a GameStop/EB Games
2- Buy a Game Boy Color (preferably purple)
3- Buy either Pokemon Blue/Red (Red is better)
4- Watch as your social life goes down the drain.
^this.

i bought a DS specifically for diamond

[11:11]

^this.

i bought a DS specifically for diamond
Diamond is ridiculous (in the good sense). I sold it, and then bought it again because I missed it so much.

[kanyewong]

Charmander
100%

Fire is always the best
^ That's BS :(
Feralighatr>Typhlosion

[Mirrorsandfevers]

Squirtle.

This is hilarious to me. My friends and I always ragged on one of our friends who always said Bulbasaur was the better pick.

[WhoSaidThat?]

Squirtle.

This is hilarious to me. My friends and I always ragged on one of our friends who always said Bulbasaur was the better pick.
So far I have no friends that went with a grass type.

[KStrat]

Diamond is ridiculous (in the good sense). I sold it, and then bought it again because I missed it so much.
i don't play it very often. i may start it over tomorrow inbetween classes.

[AbeLurkin]

Tomorrow:
1- Go to a GameStop/EB Games
2- Buy a Game Boy Color (preferably purple)
3- Buy either Pokemon Blue/Red (Red is better)
4- Watch as your social life goes down the drain.

im bumping this just to say:
were you born when Super NES came out?

[AbeLurkin]

Tomorrow:
1- Go to a GameStop/EB Games
2- Buy a Game Boy Color (preferably purple)
3- Buy either Pokemon Blue/Red (Red is better)
4- Watch as your social life goes down the drain.

i'd totally buy a DS for mariokart, but other than that, no thanks.

and im bumping this just to say:
were you born when Super NES came out? no offense, im just wondering.

[11:11]

im bumping this just to say:
were you born when Super NES came out?
Yeah, but my parents sold it because I played it too much.

In my defense, it's physically impossible to stop playing Super Mario World.

[AbeLurkin]

i can't disagree there.

[updownleftright]

pikachu!
i'm finally finishing pokemon yellow. i have about 21 hours put in and i'm on the last bosses. i've gotten to the dragon boss 3x already but i can't do it. it's sooooo tough.