- Bulbasaur (but it is so close because all three are good choices)
- Totodile (but IMO Chikorita gets too much hate)
- Torchic
- Fart monkey (Turtwig is nice too. Piplup is cute but turns into a monarchist)
- The hog, although Emboar should have been fire/dark.
- Chespin because I like pangolins but all the starters are kind of meh here.
- All three of these are perfect babies but I had to pick Rowlet because birb. Gen 7 is perfect, fuck you. Gamefreak make Decidueye competitive you cowards.
- All three are meh, Sword and Shield is blah.
- The zombie crocodile because he comes with a free bird in his final evo. All three are perfect babies though.
Yes I am a giant adult baby please roast me.
squirtle
chikorita
mudkip
turtwig
tepig
uhh idk i never liked any of these (i took froakie but in hindsight greninja is overpushed)
rowlet
grookey
quaxly / fuecoco dead heat
also, i don't care what any of you ever say, sword and shield were absolute trash and anyone complaining abour scarlet/violet performance is wrong while the wild area still exists
Scarlet and Violet took the worst part of Sword and Shield and made it the whole game