Question of the Day, March 16, 2010
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I can't get this till the end of next week. *sniff*
Anyway, going for Chikorita, mostly as I like to be different. I originally used Totodile (and did a mostly single-pokemon runthrough) in Silver, though this was before I understood that this sort of tactic is usually a very bad idea. Used Chikorita in Crystal, and I never did finish it...
Might also be the fact that they avoided using any types that were already in Kanto (only Dark has yet to get a gym in any game).
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Anyway, going for Chikorita, mostly as I like to be different. I originally used Totodile (and did a mostly single-pokemon runthrough) in Silver, though this was before I understood that this sort of tactic is usually a very bad idea. Used Chikorita in Crystal, and I never did finish it...
You see, these were the only games that averted this usual trend. The grass starter has the hardest time out of all them in Gold/Silver/Crystal as there are no gyms actually weak to it, and the first two will wipe the floor with you. This was a complete reversal of the Red/Blue as the fire starter gets 2.5 (as ice is 90% of the time paired with water) gyms weak to it (as opposed to 1), water gets none (while it used to beat 3) along with grass (which also used to beat 3 of them).Frequen-Z said:
Might also be the fact that they avoided using any types that were already in Kanto (only Dark has yet to get a gym in any game).
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Cyndaquill because he is a fire type. The only other fire types I get in that game are Houndoom, Ho-oh, or my Octillary which I always teach Flame thrower for some confusing, bemusing, and amusing variety. Getting a fire type early just makes my job easier. However I like the other starters as well. It's just harder to get fire type during the game.
I picked Cyndaquil in the original Gold/Silver because it's cute. I had no idea what Gyms there were, and I did fine. My reasoning still stands.
*hugs Cyndaquil* Aaah! Fire!
*hugs Cyndaquil* Aaah! Fire!
Cyndaquil. Never failed me in Gold. Totadile a close second though. bloody useful in the early stages when the only water you can catch is magikarp. Magikarp uses fail. It is ineffective. Switch to a pokemon which can do something?
I think so, and the second one is bug, which may also be bad for grass, but I'm not sure about that one.Frequen-Z said:
first gym: flying. second gym: bug. good luck with that.Frequen-Z said:
I chose cyndaquill because i have a lvl 100 empoleon and a lvl 70 something swampert. between those three the elite four should be a cakewalk.
edit: damn, ninjaed.
I really really really wish I could trade between the original red and blue versions and the new Heart Gold and Soul Silver versions. I don't want to lose all of my pokemon.
That said, if I get one of the new versions, I'll go for Chikorita, because there isn't a grass-type legendary, but there are fire and water (or ice, if you wanna be specific) type legendaries.
That said, if I get one of the new versions, I'll go for Chikorita, because there isn't a grass-type legendary, but there are fire and water (or ice, if you wanna be specific) type legendaries.
Chikorita was my choice. Water pokemon are a dime a dozen and by comparison there are surprisingly fewer grass types in the game. Also once you make it passed Sudowoodo you can get Growlithe, which is way stronger stats-wise than Typhlosion when evolved into an Arcanine, that and I have HeartGold so I can just use my Ho-oh or Entei.
10 years. 10 years since Gold and Silver came out and I still remember all that. Heck, I didnt even play Ruby/Sapphire and only played Pearl like 2 months ago. And yet I still remember that game from back when I was 13.
10 years. 10 years since Gold and Silver came out and I still remember all that. Heck, I didnt even play Ruby/Sapphire and only played Pearl like 2 months ago. And yet I still remember that game from back when I was 13.
As much as I loved gold and silver, I think it had some of the weakest starters in the franchise. Progressing a Squirtle to a Blastoise or a Charmander to a Charizard felt epic and powerful, but progressing a Cyndaquil to a Typhlosion just felt like you had a somewhat larger flaming badger than you started with.
CYNDAQUIL! Yay, I love that little flamey echinda/porcupine thing. D'awww, isn't he kyoot?
Uh, I think they were going for more of a mixed up "cinder" and "quill" sort of name. Just my opinion, if they managed to get there from poisons and antihistamines, then... wow. That would be awesome.DaxStrife said:
I chose Totodile simply because I know he's the best. He may have some trouble getting out of the starting gate, but they've majorly fixed him up so that he's sprinting all the way to the metaphorical finish line. He now gets Water Gun, one of 3 water moves he learns, at level SIX. Then add on Bite and Ice Fang, and you have one of the best physical starters, and you get these moves before Whitney. Which is awesome.
Cyndiquil would've been my next choice, and Chikorita is a joke. Really. He's a staller and is not suited to be a lead.
Cyndiquil would've been my next choice, and Chikorita is a joke. Really. He's a staller and is not suited to be a lead.