geez its been so long since I played the original.. but I think I chose Squirtle.. I remember my friend choosing Charmander, and I didnt like bulbasaur so I musta chose Squirtle lol..

Theres a badass SC2 gamer named Squirtle, enough said.

red4ce

United States7313 Posts

April 07 2011 19:26 GMT

#42

Definitely Charmander because it gave you access to fire type moves quicker. Bulbasaur's moveset is easily substituted with bellsprout which can be found very early in the game, and there are tons of alternative water type pokemon to choose from. The only early fire alternative to charmander is vulpix/growlithe and both of those need to stay unevolved until they've learned their movesets.

Rayeth

United States883 Posts

April 07 2011 19:31 GMT

#43

Squirtle is the wisest choice. There are arguments for Bulbasaur, but only a masochist would choose Charmander. SQUIRTLE FOR LIFE.

red4ce

United States7313 Posts

April 07 2011 19:35 GMT

#44

On April 08 2011 04:12 Chef wrote:

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Can you please explain to me what exactly competitive pokemon is? I was under the impression that because Pokemon is a turn based game with only one right way to play (use the strongest move and make sure you pokemon is the right element), actual gameplay input is extremely limited. I mean what can you do that someone who's read a comprehensive guide to competitive pokemon in 10 minutes can't do in a pokemon battle?

In hardcore competitive play, even the same pokemon from 2 different players will have different stats and a different moveset based on what that pokemon's purpose in the lineup is. Even though only about a fifth of all pokemon are viable in competitive play, that still allows for quite a bit of variation.

Tatari

United States1179 Posts

April 07 2011 19:36 GMT

#45

You just listed why I love Squirtle, other than the fact that it's a cute turtle~

But perhaps the biggest reason why people love Squirtle so much is because it can evolve into the badass-looking Blastoise as well as learn both Ice Beam and Hydro Pump; this allows it to fuck both Venusaur and Charizard like it's on a Disneyland excursion

dudeman001

United States2412 Posts

April 07 2011 19:39 GMT

#46

Charmander fuck yeah. No Pokemon looks angrier and more badass than a fully evolved Charizard spewing fire in the old Pokemon games. Squirte is downright useless post-Brock except to ride it around in the water, and Bulbasaur keeps trying to learn a bunch of powders.

The Char family can learn rage, slash, flamethrower, firespin. These were Pokemon evolved to kill. Death by righteous fire.

puppykiller

United States3137 Posts

April 07 2011 19:39 GMT

#47

the first game is the only one where the water main doesnt get its moves ruined for learning hm's

jjun212

Canada2208 Posts

April 07 2011 19:42 GMT

#48

Charmander was the way to go but..

I fucking hated it when you ran into Misty lol. Took a couple of tries to kill.

Ayush_SCtoss

India3051 Posts

April 07 2011 19:43 GMT

#49

Charmander.
It has a bumpy ride in the beginning but it becomes absolutely pwnzor in the end. *_*

EchOne

United States2906 Posts

April 07 2011 19:44 GMT

#50

Charmander because Charizard looks vaguely like a dragon out of medieval fantasy.
Then Squirtle because he's a pro-gamer and Blastoise looks vaguely like a siege tank.
Was there another?

aeoliant

Canada361 Posts

April 07 2011 19:50 GMT

#51

only teh nubs got squirtle, the hipsters got bulbasaur and the people who wanted a challenge got charmander. or just the people who wanted to set shit on fire

Hesmyrr

Canada5776 Posts

April 07 2011 19:52 GMT

#52

Where in the world did OP get idea that Charmander was hated? =/ but then I had Charmander-maniac friend so...

gir

United States43 Posts

April 07 2011 20:03 GMT

#53

charmander was the easiest to start with for me lolll

LuMiX

China5757 Posts

April 07 2011 20:05 GMT

#54

i loved charmander, so i went with him..so cute! lol

Chesner

Iceland817 Posts

April 07 2011 20:08 GMT

#55

Always pick fire pokemon and Charmander/Chameleon/Charizard have been my most favorite pokemon since I first got the game! I went through blue by mostly only using Charmander, Misty was a bitch though, but overleveled Charmeleon got the job done.

MaxField

United States2386 Posts

April 07 2011 20:09 GMT

#56

I can support both charmander and Squirtle, but i really want to know why people like bulbasaur? I always picked squirtle because i had the blue version so i thought it would make him stronger, or charmander because, well he was a freaking dragon, plus i had his pokemon card so eff ya! but can people who chose bulbasaur explain why they like him, besides having an easy ride for the first 4 gyms?

garbanzo

United States4046 Posts

April 07 2011 20:10 GMT

#57

How is Charmander winning? Squirtle is the best!

Tipany

United States368 Posts

April 07 2011 20:18 GMT

#58

I've always loved Squirtle because of Blastoise but Charmander/Charizard is the true bad-ass of them all.

Djagulingu

Germany3605 Posts

April 07 2011 20:21 GMT

#59

From competitive point of view: They all suck. But I've always had a venusaur in my UU teams.
From fanboy point of view: Fire Starters <33333333 I like them all and I always pick them.