Pokémon Do You Keep Your Starter?

[hydrophonic]

I don't keep B/W, B2/W2 or X/Y starters. Don't like them. Like, at all.

 

[Chris]

Yes, always have done! It's never really occurred to me to not use the starter in my main party. And I've been playing the games since 1999.

 

[JeffreyAC]

Keep them forever! They are "special" to me

 

[Tao]

No. I shove them in the PC the moment I catch my first Pokemon.


I'm not fond of most of the starters anyway, plus I don't like having types doubled up in my team. Deciding to keep, say, the water starter pretty much means I've made every other water Pokemon a no-no on the adventure before I've even left the first town.

 

[Zii]

I typically use them throughout the game. I actually can't remember a time when I didn't do so, now that I think about it.

 

[seanrc]

I build my team around my starter and keep it!

 

[uwuzumakii]

Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. I did for X/Y, but I didn't for OR/AS.

 

[N e s s]

Meh, i never liked competitive battling that much so yeah i always keep it.

I always get super attached to one pokemon and i just always keep it in my party. like, i've had this level 100 charizard since FireRed came out, and its like the only pokemon i keep in my party now xD, that and an Oshawott named "Mako", just because i think its cute

 

[Holla]

I always have they seem like the Pokemon that starts it all for you and I find I get attached haha. It's been like that ever since I first picked little Torchic back in Emerald.

 

[GalacticGhost]

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[Cory]

I did for every game except gen 5 i though all the starters were gross and there were better pokemon for their types

 

[radioloves]

Noo, some but not really. The only one from my starter pokemons that I kept on Alpha sapphire was Blaziken. And then just my favourite pokemons I liked throughout the different version from previous games that have them in this current game I'm playing xD

 

[Sjokolade]

I did for every game before gen 5. Mainly because they became the strongest pokemon on my team, and I was too lazy to replace them.

 

[mogyay]

i usually do with maybe the exception of a couple of games (where i dislike all the starters), if i decide to do a second playthrough of any of the games then i'll usually ditch my starter

 

[oath2order]

yes of course I did

 

[Nimega_Gunner]

I always do! I'd feel a bit bad if, after so many adventures, I just left them to rot in a PC box... xD

 

[thecheese103]

I usually really like the starters but sometimes I'll put one in the PC if I really like the Gen's pokemon especially in comparison to them, say, like in Gen 5.

 

[Damniel]

Yeah i always do, i don't really play for competitive purposes. I play for a personal experience, so i always use my very first Pokemon.

 

[RainbowCherry]

My starters are always on my team. Never been a really bad one in my experience. Of course, I always manage picking the worst one in doing what I want it to do.

 

[Skylanx]

I kept fennekin till the end but when I restarted, I picked froakie and just dumped him in the pc box when I got the pokemon I want.