Bulbasaur, Charmander or Squirtle?

Atavan-Halen

So, now that we have the forum, let's get some pokémon discussion going

We've all been faced with this choice: Bulbasaur, Charmander or Squirtle. Who did you pick and why? I used to always pick Squirtle because I could beat Brock easily with him.

Mimikyu

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Tar.Aldarion

Always bulbasaur!

Atavan-Halen

Hehe, yeah. I have several gameboys and all pokemon versions so I did it

Craguls

Charmander all the way!

pikachucheeks

I said charmander, but I think my real pokemon preference is obvious!

Atavan-Halen

But you can't pick Pikachu at the start :P Unless you have the yellow version, but that's different

d22ontour

Charmander evolved to get Seismic toss.

/thread.

Davidius

I always pick a water type on my first playthrough. Chose Squirtle just to match my version and ended up with a blue GBC as well.

Brother chose Charmander, it was great. I always picked Charmander when I felt like starting again with a bit of a challenge at the start.

Picking Bulbasaur never felt right.

Bradles!

Squirtle all the way for me. Just because Squirtle is my favourite Pokemon. Rarely choose a water type in any of the later versions.

Tricity Bendix

Bulbasaur 4 life.

elekid

Squirtle, he was the cutest plus I had Blue so I wanted to pick the one that would evolve into Blastoise. I used to store the starters in Pokémon Stadium and restart to fill up the Pokédex.

pikachucheeks

atavan-halen wrote: »

But you can't pick Pikachu at the start :P Unless you have the yellow version, but that's different

Ash got to have Pikachu at the start!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixZFIJbiklo

Tar.Aldarion

I picked bulba because he was good enough to be in your final six pokemon...the rest weren't!

pikachucheeks

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

I picked bulba because he was good enough to be in your final six pokemon...the rest weren't!

What other ones were in it?

Snorlax, I'll bet! :P

Tar.Aldarion

Generally pyschic ones and ones that could put you to sleep. Didn't chancy have some really good thing..think I had her

elekid

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Didn't chancy have some really good thing..think I had her

Softboiled? A rare healing move at the time.

I think Charizard would also have been a pretty good final team member

stick-dan

I always chose bulbasaur, i loved the way he defended everyone in the series. he was so cool

Professey Chin

Had the Yellow so got all 3 :pac:

It would go Charmander,Squirtle then Bulbasaur for me though

minidazzler

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

I picked bulba because he was good enough to be in your final six pokemon...the rest weren't!

Me too, Bulbasaur everytime for the first play through, because he looks had as nails and when he learned vinewhip he was strong!

Always had him in my Final 6, but then, I could never let go fo my first no matter how many times I played through!

Mikeyt086

Some strange posts in this thread... Thinking about the ease of a playthrough, tactics and the like...

I was like 9. I picked Charmander because he could shoot fire.

Crumble Froo

squirtle, largely because i just loved all the water ones.

except magicarp. man, he was annoying.

Davidius

Magikarp was deadly. Lure your foes into a false sense of security with a million splash attacks until you run out of PP. Then you can flail them to death. :pac:

That or you could leave him at the daycare until he learns tackle or gets to level 19. But that's almost as bad as using a gameshark, training a Magikarp all the way to 20 is a badge of honour!

Gunmonkey

Went with Bulbasaur meself, loved the little fella. Razor Leaf was vicious with its high crit chance (or was that implemented by then??)

And imagine facing a lvl 100 Magikarp...you would be "OMG what do I do, what moves could he have??"

jd007

Charizard was fire and flying type, the others were only one type weren't they? Charmander FTW though even if I am wrong!:P

Davidius

jd007 wrote: »

Charizard was fire and flying type, the others were only one type weren't they? Charmander FTW though even if I am wrong!:P

I think the Bulbasaur family is Grass/Poison.

Blastoise has more going for him in my opinion. He has cannons for shoulders, you can't really compete with that.

Feral Mutant

jd007 wrote: »

Charizard was fire and flying type, the others were only one type weren't they? Charmander FTW though even if I am wrong!:P

Nope, Venusaur (and Ivysaur and Bulbasaur) are grass/poison. Which is why he's great, sleep powder is a poison move.

Edit: damn, too slow
Also leech seed as well as sleep powder and poisonpowder are why bulbasaur was my choice.

Iron Hide

Gunmonkey wrote: »

Went with Bulbasaur meself, loved the little fella. Razor Leaf was vicious with its high crit chance (or was that implemented by then??)

And imagine facing a lvl 100 Magikarp...you would be "OMG what do I do, what moves could he have??"

I'm sure theres a place where ya can catch level 35 magikarps, train em up one and the bring on the Gyarados!!!!!

ALways Squirtle for me, cuz he's a turtle, Like Michalangelo, Raphael, Donatello and Leonardo

pikachucheeks

I feel really intimidated by the amount you all know about Pokemon!
I'm such a phoney!
:pac:

jd007

Davidius wrote: »

I think the Bulbasaur family is Grass/Poison.

Blastoise has more going for him in my opinion. He has canons for shoulders, you can't really compete with that.

Feral Mutant wrote: »

Nope, Venusaur (and Ivysaur and Bulbasaur) are grass/poison. Which is why he's great, sleep powder is a poison move.

Edit: damn, too slow
Also leech seed as well as sleep powder and poisonpowder are why bulbasaur was my choice.

I stand corrected:o

Konata

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

Some strange posts in this thread... Thinking about the ease of a playthrough, tactics and the like...

I was like 9. I picked Charmander because he could shoot fire.

Shnap.

Shameful question really (and I could google it but meh) but having a bit of a blank.... charmander....something...charizard.
WTH was the name of the intermediate evolution??

Feral Mutant

Charmeleon

kennethk

Charmander, never knew why:p

just interested, what age are most of the ppl on this thread??
i'm 17, but i would still play it if i could:o:)

Davidius

pikachucheeks wrote: »

I feel really intimidated by the amount you all know about Pokemon!
I'm such a phoney!
:pac:

Us cool kids were honing our mad Pokémon skillz and writing endless online strategy guides about squads and EV training while the rest of you losers were out there having lives. :pac:

On the topic of Charmander->Charmeleon, does anybody know any reason as to why Charmeleon was a bit of an arsehole? Did he just evolve into that or did Charmander always secretly harbor dickish tendencies? Was the badge-obedience connection ever mentioned in the anime? Let's have a flame war about this!

(On topic of ages, I'm 18.)

Konata

Davidius wrote: »

Us cool kids were honing our mad Pokémon skillz and writing endless online strategy guides about squads and EV training while the rest of you losers were out there having lives. :pac:

On the topic of Charmander->Charmeleon, does anybody know any reason as to why Charmeleon was a bit of an arsehole? Did he just evolve into that or did Charmander always secretly harbor dickish tendencies? Was the badge-obedience connection ever mentioned in the anime? Let's have a flame war about this!

(On topic of ages, I'm 18.)

I laughed way too much at this .

Such an urge coming on now to root out the aul pokemon blue.
Remember when there were only 150 (151/152) pokemon? I could rant of every name and stat at the click of a finger.


(I'm just gone 20)

pikachucheeks

Davidius wrote: »

(On topic of ages, I'm 18.)

I'm 21. Even when I'm 40, I'll still be a Pika-phile

Redzer7

Charmander all the way then to charmeleon and then to charizard what games they were .

Futurecrook

Squirtle. Choosing a water type usually made the start of the game easier. The first two gyms were much easier to get past.

jd007

kennethk wrote: »

Charmander, never knew why:p

just interested, what age are most of the ppl on this thread??
i'm 17, but i would still play it if i could:o:)

17 too, and I have played the games recently!:o:p

Atavan-Halen

kennethk wrote: »

Charmander, never knew why:p

just interested, what age are most of the ppl on this thread??
i'm 17, but i would still play it if i could:o:)

I'm 17 too but still obsessed with pokémon! Why feel you have to stop playing now ?

HUNK

Davidius wrote: »

I always pick a water type on my first playthrough. Chose Squirtle just to match my version and ended up with a blue GBC as well.

Brother chose Charmander, it was great. I always picked Charmander when I felt like starting again with a bit of a challenge at the start.

Picking Bulbasaur never felt right.

Ah yes, your blue version and blue GBC, and me with my red version and red GBC... Good Chrsitmas that one :pac:

Besides, while Charmander suffered a bit early on in the game, he truly began to PWN later on, particularily at the 4th gym (If my memory serves me correctly)

Oh and Charzard > all

elekid

26 (Don't tell me I'm the oldest!)

I played Platinum recently and loved it, dunno if I'll ever grow out of it

Atavan-Halen

elekid wrote: »

I played Platinum recently and loved it, dunno if I'll ever grow out of it

Pokémon is not just for Christmas

Diabhal Beag

Charmander had it all. A personality, temper and a nice tail too

Konata

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Charmander had it all. A personality, temper and a nice tail too

And great skin. So smooth.

Squirtle for me.
He owns Brock,Blaine,Misty and lets not forget the absence of cool water types in Generation 1. Apart from Dewgong.

FutureGuy

I actually found my copy of Pokemon Red while cleaning, complete with 140 hours of play and plenty of L100 pokemon...10 years ago...wow.

For me, it was Bulbasaur, which meant my brother regularly hammered me with his Charizard!

TanG411

I chose Bulbasaur because Grass was super effective against Rock (For the 1st Gym badge) and Water (for the 2nd Gym badge).

Atavan-Halen

Larkin91 wrote: »

I chose Bulbasaur because Grass was super effective against Rock (For the 1st Gym badge) and Water (for the 2nd Gym badge).

Bulbasaur is the smart choice, but overlooked for some reason. Possibly because he lacks the cool factor.

How does Bulbasaur lack the cool factor?
He has retractable vines? Hello guys. Charmander is my last choice tbh.

Atavan-Halen

I don't think he does, but lots of my friends did.