What starter did you pick first in each gen?

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    Pretty simple question. \o/

    For me..

    Kanto: Squirtle
    Johto: Chikorita, I think
    Hoenn: Mudkip
    Sinnoh: Piplup
    Unova: Oshawott
    Kalos: Chespin
    Alola: Popplio
    Galar: Scorbunny
    Paldea: Sprigatito

    So that means..

    5 were water
    3 were grass
    1 was fire

    Seems like I like the water starters quite a bit lol.
     
    These were mine:

    Gen 1- Charmander
    Gen 2- Chikorita
    Gen 3- Mudkip
    Gen 4- Piplup
    Gen 5- Oshawott
    Gen 6- Chespin (shocking, I know)
    Gen 7- Rowlet
    Gen 8- Nickit Scorbunny (I guess)
    Gen 9- Sprigatito <3

    I ended up with     (a rather surprising) 2 Fire, 3 Water, and 4 Grass... Odd considering I don't have any personal love of Grass as a typing, and Fire used to be my favorite.
     
    Kanto (Leaf Green): Bulbasaur
    Johto (Heart Gold): Cyndaquil
    Hoenn (Emerald): Mudkip
    Sinnoh (Diamond): Piplup
    Unova (Black): Snivy
    Kalos (X): Chespin
    Alola (Sun): Rowlet

    Paldea (Violet): Sprigatito

    As the series progressed I became a grass fanatic and that started with Snivy. If I had played Sword or Shield I would have chosen Grookey without a second thought.
     
    Kanto: Bulbasaur
    Johto: Cyndaquil
    Hoenn: Treecko (1st game)
    Sinnoh: Turtwig
    Unova: Oshawott
    Kalos: Fennekin
    Alola: (Not yet played, but planned to be Rowlet)
    Galar: Scorbunny*
    Hisui: (Not yet played, planned to be Cyndaquil)
    Paldea: (Not yet played, planned to be Fuecoco)

    *I did not use my starter at all in my first Galar playthrough; I picked Scorbunny to give Leon and Hop easier teams for my team to defeat. The Pokemon I actually used as a de facto starter was a hacked-in Anorith that I needed for a challenge.
     
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    Kanto: Bulbasaur
    Johto: Chikorita
    Hoenn: Treecko
    Sinnoh: Turtwig
    Hisui: Oshawott
    Unova: Oshawott
    Kalos: Fennekin
    Alola: Litten
    Galar: Scorbunny
    Paldea: Sprigatito

    I gravitate towards the Grass type, usually.
     
    Kanto: haven't played
    Johto: plan on choosing anything that appears shiny first now that I own soul silver lol
    Hoenn: Haven't played
    Sinnoh: Plan on choosing piplup now that I have platinum
    Unova: Plan on choosing oshawatt now that I have White 2
    Kalos: Fennekin
    Alola: Litten
    Galar: Scorbunny
    Hisui: Oshawatt
    Paldea: Sprigatito
     
    Gen 1: Charmander (probably, can't really remember this one well enough)
    Gen 2: Chikorita
    Gen 3: Torchic
    Gen 4: Turtwig
    Gen 5: Snivy
    Gen 6: Froakie
    Gen 7: Rowlet
    Gen 8: Sobble
    Gen 9: Sprigatito

    so apparently the Fire and Grass starters tend to be the ones that get my initial interest
     
    Gen 1: Squirtle
    Gen 2: Cyndaquil
    Gen 3: Torchic
    Gen 4: Piplup
    Gen 5: Oshawott
    Gen 6: Froakie
    Gen 7: Didn't play
    Gen 8: Scorbunny
    Gen 9: Didn't play

    Close to an even split between Fire and Water, but I never even consider the Grass ones haha
     
    FR: Bulbasaur, I like the design, and it rolls the first three gyms.
    SS: Chikorita. It's cute.
    R/E/AS: Mudkip. Cute, and just one of the best starters overall.
    D/Pt: Piplup. Not all that jazzed about the Sinnoh starters, but I think it looks the best.
    Black: Snivy, though Oshawott is close. The dark green looks good. Though, really, my de facto starter is Purrloin.
    X: Fennekin. When I don;t have strong feelings about any, I usually just go with the cutest. Only Region I picked the fire starter on my main playthrough.
    Don't have anything after that, was tuned out during Gen VII, & cheap used Switch Lites were a pain to find last I looked.
    But from what I've seen:
    S/M: Poplio. Was a happy to see a cat starter and a ghost starter, but Incineroar is a bit much, and Decidueye's type change is confusing.
    Sw/Sh: Soble. Scorbunny looks cute, but Inteleon just looks cooler than Cinderace.
    Sc/Vi: Sprigatito. Meowscarada's design is not only better than Incineroar's, it's better than the other Paldean starter final forms by a mile in my book.
     
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    Gen I : Charizard, because I saw him on TV.

    Gen II : Meganium, because it looked odd among the options.

    Gen III : Blaziken for first time, because he is my favorite starter(s) across all generation.

    Gen IV : Empoleon. I like steel type Pokemon, plus it looks nice as well.

    Gen V : Samurott, because of the looks only.

    Gen VI : Chesnaught, because he looked defensive.

    Gen VII : Decidueye, as I like Ghost type Pokemon and it is decently distributed stats.







    Not played afterwards, still if I can choose hypothetically then:

    Gen VIII : Rillaboom.
    Gen IX : Skeledirge (as I chose it Pokemon GO Paldea event)







    (Fire, Grass, Water) = (3, 4, 2)


    Very odd, because I don't like Grass Type Pokemon as such !!
     
    Kanto: Either Squirtle or Charmander. I played both Red & Blue and these were my first two starters I picked. I don't remember which I picked first however.

    Johto: Chikorita.

    Hoenn: Treecko... I think? I played Hoenn way too much lol

    Sinnoh: Piplup.

    Unova: Tepig.

    Kalos: Fennekin. Actually the only starter I've ever picked in Kalos lol

    Alola: Litten.... regrettably. Started looking up final evos after that.

    Galar: Grookey.

    Hisui: Rowlet.

    Paldea: Sprigatito


    5 Grass, 1 (or 2) Water, 3 (or 4) Fire.
    Bit of a different result compared to favorite starter per gen for me.
     
    Kanto: Bulbasaur
    Johto: Cyndaquil
    Hoenn: Treecko
    Sinnoh: Turtwig
    Unova: Oshawott
    Kalos: Froakie
    Alola: Rowlet
    Galar: Sobble
    Paldea: Quaxly

    Wow I guess fire starters are my least favorite lol
     
    Generation I:
    Kanto
    Pokémon Yellow     – Pikachu
    Pokémon FireRed – Bulbasaur

    Generation II:
    Johto – Totodile

    Generation III:
    Hoenn – Torchic

    Generation IV:
    Sinnoh – Piplup

    Generation V:
    Unova – Snivy

    Generation VI:
    Kalos
    Pokémon X     – Froakie
    Pokémon Y – Fenniken

    Generation VII:
    Alola – Rowlet

    Kanto
    Pokémon Let's Go: Pikachu     – Pikachu

    Generation VIII:
    Galar
    Pokémon Sword – Sobble
    Pokémon Shield – Scorbunny
    Sinnoh
    Pokémon Brilliant Diamond – Piplup

    Hisui
    Pokémon Legends: Arceus     – Oshawott

    Generation IX:
    Paldea – Sprigatto
     
    Kanto: Charmander (bc Charizard was on the box)
    Johto: Chikorita
    Hoenn: Treecko
    Sinnoh: Piplup
    Unova: Oshawott
    Kalos: Chespin (liked Fennekin most but disliked Delphox)
    Alola: Rowlet (liked Litten most but disliked Incineroar)
    Galar: Sobble
    Hisui: Oshawott
    Paldea: Sprigatito (at this point I just opted to never evolve it)

    Grass x5, Fire x1, Water x4
     
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    alright...let's see.

    Kanto - Bulbasaur
    Johto - Chikorita
    Hoenn - Torchic
    Sinnoh - Piplup
    Unova - Oshawott
    Kalos - Fennekin
    Alola - Popplio
    Galar - (going to choose Sobble for this current playthrough)
    Hisui - Cyndaquil
    Paldea - (haven't played this one yet, but will be choosing Sprigatito)

    Grass - 3
    Water - 4
    Fire - 3
     
    Kanto - Squritle
    Johto - Totodile
    Hoenn - Treeko
    Sinnoh - Piplup
    Unova - Tepig
    Kalos - Chespin
    Alola - Popplio
    Galar - Scorbunny
    Hisui - Cyndaquil
    Paldea - Quaxly. Although I made it to the end and didn't finish the file. I played later on a new save with Fuecoco and did finish.
     
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