Scizor! It’s annoying have a trade mon as your favorite. A lot of the games don’t give you a metal coat until late game too. What can you do
Scizor is a really interesting pokemon, and a much needed evolution to Scyther (I think they have similar stats but the better typing with Bug/Steel makes it more viable)
Steelix is also another awesome trade mon, it's pretty much just a better version of Onix in every way. In later gens it also has a really cool mega!
Dragonite -- I love his derpy little wings.
Dragonite is indeed very cute
Snorlax is my spirit animal
My favorite starter is Totodile. My favorite Eeveelution is Vaporeon (Espeon is a close second).
But overall, my favorite is Snorlax.
Gyarados normal, Suicune legendary, Bulbysaur starter
You went straight from Blue to Crystal, didn't you?
Suicune is the best dog legendary
Always been an Arbok fan. Sure, Gen 1 he dies to Psychic really easy, but especially as we get into Gen 3/4 and you get stuff like Fire/Ice/Thunder Fang TMs as well as decent Dark moves to teach it, it becomes a nasty piece of work with some support. Plus, it gets Intimidate and I love Intimidate as an ability.
Gen 1, everything dies to Psychic.
Poliwhirl
Psyduck and Gengar
Anyone who didn't say Totodile is deserving of a chomp on the ass from a Totodile.
Gardevoir It was my first shiney and carried me through Pearl. Plus I like the idea of powerful psychics and loyalty to your friends.
Butterfree, because I once beat a friend's Mewtwo with it on Soul Silver.
Pikachu, because it's so cute.
Bug types being super effective on Psychic types is always so funny to me.
I have big brain and move big things with mind, but a bug bite, it scares me.
Yeah, but the important detail in this case, was Butterfree's base stats vs. Mewtwo's and the fact that I hit it with a successful sleep powder and it was fast asleep for so long, that I managed to kill it with dream eater. 👻
In Red/Blue I liked Abra>Kadabra>Alakazam and Gengar.
As for cuteness, I can't say no to Jigglypuff.
Arcanine. I like dogs and the design is really cool looking. Too bad its only an ok pokemon stats wise haha.
Swampert! For a non-starter, probably Tropius or Stonjourner.
Listen, friend, I was an adult before Pokémon was even a thing. Your Pokeymans are irrelevant to me, child. Irrelevant.
So why do I recognise most of gen 1 and a handful of others besides?!
TL;DR: Psyduck
Meowth. A cat that shits money out his face? Hell yes.
Metagross. He's hits like a genius freight train.
also one of my faves, but wish I could sit on him:
Vaporeon
I absolutely vibe with mareep.
Piplup for its cuteness. I also like its evolutions.
I also really love Bulbasaur and its evolution line. That was my starter back on Blue on the Gameboy. Venusaur with Leech Seed then whipped everything into submission pretty much. Tanked like a mofo!
Cofagrigus is my son
Nidoqueen but only because the in-game trade in the original games is named TERRY.
When I battled a friend a few years ago after using her we laughed for awhile about the name. It became a meme between friends, and for that reason she's my favorite.
Snorlax, dude wakes up just to kick your ass then goes back to sleep.
Basculin is my favourite by far
hard to pick just one. Flareon just barely eekes it out to the top but it has the unfair advantage of being my first starter, from Gale of Darkness on GCN. my fantasy team would be
Flareon Swampert Decidyueye Gallade Drampa or Altaria Alolan Dugtrio or Clodesire
Trubbish.
He's just a derpy lil bag of trash.
I do not like his evolution, though.
My favorites are Torchic and Blaziken. Pokemon Saphire was one of the first video games I ever purchased, and he stuck with me through a lot.
I hate how TPC has repeatedly done the evo line dirty by overriding them with multiple fire/fighting type starters with higher stats
Mega Lucario would be my pick, followed by Xerneas.
I hate those questions because I don't know the english name >:(
And I want to know which pokemon we are talking about!
Anyway :p
HGSS was my first pokemon game and Typhlosion was my first starter of which I also cleared the pkmn league.
Other favorites (all how they look)
Design-wise? Banette. The creepy doll is just such a gorgeous image.
In my heart? The goofy gang boss Honchcrow.
I do agree Gastrodon is cool.
I like this supermodel insect from another dimension too.
Dragonite
Annihilape, I always loved Mankey and Primape, and Fighting/Ghost type was something I had wanted for a long time. It was so pissed it died and then so pissed that it came back. That’s fucking rad. The signature move is also fucking busted.
Probably a bit basic but Charizard and Umbreon. I like ditto and wooper too! Though my favourite starter is either totodile or cyndaquil depending on the day lol.
Perhaps I'm biased, but I'm fond of the Sawsbucks.
Probably Jigglypuff. It can learn all the attacks and evolves right away and was always fun to down air into down B combo on smash bros 64.
Haunter is my original favorite but of all the Pokemon I've seen it's gotta be a toss up between Lampent, Sinistea, and gimmighoul.
If you can't tell, ghost type is my thing.
Ghost types are quite neat. I have found that the majority of my favourites turn out to be rock, ground, and steel types. I like big rocky and metal things!
My personal favourite ghost-type line has to be Litwick -> Chandelure.
Charmander, Mimikyu, and Haunter.
Druddigon my beloved
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