What was your first Pokémon? (2024)

Torchic, I remember putting in ruby and picking the the cutest one(I was nine at the time) and only raised that little guy.

Cyndaquil. Her name was Cynthia. She. Was. A. Beast.

A pikachu named Shocker whom I spent countless hours grinding when I realized I could train my caterpie and use it to pwn Brock.

Totodile in Silver.

Squirtle in LeafGreen. Ah, the memories...

Cyndaquil in gold, picked Cyndaquil out of nostalgia when I got Soul Silver because of this.

Mine was pikachu, you fat little yellow rat, you.

Mine was Squirtle in FireRed, I remember it was Jolly, which is ironic as it is next to useless on Blastoise.

Not me but an old friend of mine. Their first Pokémon game was a pre-owned version of Pokémon Platinum. He quickly found that there was already a Level 5 Draco Meteor Jirachi in his save file. He's since always considered that to be his first Pokémon.

Umbreon and Espeon in Colosseum, the very first two Pokemon I ever used on a team. Never forget you two. (Also my beloved Torchic, who was my first starter in a main series title, in Emerald. Never forget you either. RIP. You'll always be in my memories......)

Charmander was my first Pokemon, though I did consider getting squirtle at first. It's what started my need to almost always get a fire starter if they were available.

Squirtle. All because of Blastoise's french name (which is Tortank), which I thought (and still think) was so cool that I needed to have it. But then I shifted towards Bulbasaur as my starter of choice in Gen 1, though I did pick Squirtle often in all my resets of Fire Red.

Piplup in Platinum.

It would be Torchic in Pokémon Emerald. The choice was by random selection, and considering that Emerald was my first ever Pokémon game, it was pretty over-leveled and carried me throughout most of the game. Unfortunately, it is "dead" now considering that my game perma-crashed immediately after beating the Elite Four, and that still gives me crippling depression lol

Treecko in pokemon ruby

Squirtle in Blue iirc. <3 I think I chose it to match with the cover, since my first game was Blue. Wish I could remember for sure though.