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Who's your favorite, and why? (lemmy.ml)

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Everybody has a favorite Pokémon/Evolutionary line. Who's yours, and why?

Mine has to be Totodile! I love the whole evolutionary line, but Totodile is hands-down my favorite Pokémon. My first ever Pokémon games was a copy of Pokémon Gold with a broken internal battery; it couldn't store save data. On long road trips, my sister and I would pack the GameBoy Colour and Pokémon Gold. We would pass the GameBoy back and forth between stops, getting as far as we could before we had to turn off the GameBoy. Whenever we inevitably had to restart and pick our starter again, Totodile was always my choice. I've got lots of great memories from that game, even if we could never save our progress.

Who's your favorite Pokémon, and what's the story behind it? First starter, clutch battler, best design?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Machamp line is the first one that comes to mind for me. My dad bought a two player starter set from the early years of the trading card game. The only 3 stage evolution in that set was the Machamp line. I always like to play that line in the tcg for game boy too. Machoke is my fav but I love them all.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

That's a strong memory, for sure. I love it.

[–] VoidCrow 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Atm for some reason it's Joltik, just instant serotonin on sight

Chandelure is also sick

And in terms of nostalgia it'd be Snivy because getting a Snivy plushy as a kid was a part of my introduction to Pokemon in general

[–] sangle_of_flame 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Squirtle, always Squirtle

[–] joinmyframily0118999 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My first pokemon was Squirtle. Still have my OG Blue cart with the Mega Backup thing so he's not gone.

[–] sangle_of_flame 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The line just has such good designs

all of the Kanto starter lines do

[–] joinmyframily0118999 2 points 2 years ago

Not really a fan of GMax Blastoise though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Bulbasaur, mainly for nostalgic reasons, but also the fact that I love grass types! All of them!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Bulbasaur is my go-to gen 1 starter, too. Grass is my #2 favorite type.

[–] Tag365 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I like Skuntank as my favorite Pokémon. I saw fan artwork of it once online, then it became my favorite... After that I've tried to use one in most playthroughs.

[–] joinmyframily0118999 1 points 2 years ago

My first pokemon was Squirtle. My "I don't care about winning" fun team would be Blastoise, Porygon (maybe Pory2), Mew, Mimikyu, Ditto (imposter), Rotom (any other than wash or fan).

Idk if I can pick one though. Mimikyu was OP in Gen 7 and he got me through a lot. Squirtle was also great in Kanto, he got me through Brock easy before I caught many others.

[–] JubBurnsRed53 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Donphan for nostalgia, but ground type is my favorite and the design is simple, looks tough and cool. It's debut in the Pokemon movie was also dope. Great tusk made my heart ink a little.

However, in recent years I have been liking Tangrowth, Alolan Ninetales, Mienshao, Tyrantrum, Hawlucha, Noivern, Mimikyu, Centiskorch, Skeliderdge, Glimmora, and of course Great Tusk, as I mentioned. All are just really fun to play around with and I've jived with the designs. They've also been on good teams that have given me success.

Tl;dr: Donphan