Question of the Day, March 17, 2010

[Assassin Xaero]

Usually go fire... even though in some games, like Blue/Red, fire was a pain in the ass to start with...

 

[Xorghul]

I always go for the fire type as they are normally the coolest.

I never would have guessed...

OT: Both are important. It might have some fucking epic moves but if it look like a pink puppy, I don't want it.

 

[a stranger]

I pick fire for all of them except diamond only because that way I could get a my avatar.

 

[Proteus214]

For me, type was always the most important along with what abilities they had.

 

[Bagaloo]

Generally by type. Usually I'm a fire man, so I usually go for the fire starter. However, on the odd play through, I decide that I can fill my quota for awesome fire types by catching them, so I'll go with the water or grass (based on final evolution).

Though, I wont out and out deny that cuteness isn't a factor some of the time. Charmander is by far the cutest little fucker out there, so even if I'm not that fond of Charizard I will still consistently pick him

 

[ZeroDotZero]

Where's the 'I close my eyes and pick randomly' option? It's more fun that way.

 

[Jared]

Usually the abilties and powers they have.

Also, how it will serve me over the entire game...so usually fire! Rawr

 

[TheNamlessGuy]

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[The Great JT]

Ability and end-game viability.

 

[A random person]

Ability; in Yellow I used Rhydon and in Diamond I used Gyarados after my Magikarp evolved.

 

[dex-dex]

the only one i have played hard core would be yellow and they had to dumb and gave me pikachu

i tried gold for a bit and went with fire because nothing is better than seeing fire
i don't have a problem

 

[drisky]

cuteness for the first play through, If I start a second i gauge which elements are hard to find, which usually ends up as fire.

 

[reg42]

I look at a wiki or something to see what the fully evolved form looks like, and I choose from that. I'm more inclined towards the water pokemon though.

 

[StriderShinryu]

I do think a little about their abilities.. but I'll admit, looks do matter more. Heh

 

[j0frenzy]

I almost always go water type on my first run through. Just because I loved Squirtle that much. The one exception was Diamond/Pearl where I picked Chimchar. Always have to side with flaming poo attack, but it was a hard decision.

 

[Florion]

Mudkip, because Sceptile looks cooler than Marshtomp.

 

[BehattedWanderer]

Strength, totally. Unless they have some kind of Excel Saga-esque attack where there cuteness prevents others from attacking them.

 

[ScarletScapegrace]

Most of the time I choose my starter based on the fact it's a fire type and I'm happy with how they look when they've fully evolved. The exception to this would be the 4th generation: a fire monkey that knows kung-fu seemed off (and derivative) to me. Went with Turtwig instead.

 

[Travis Austin]

Tododile and its evolutions were my first pokemon, but Cyndaquil, and especially Typhlosion are just so much better.

Anyway, I usually go for the fire type and always like them better.Except for Generation 4.