Fuck me I meant to put don't care about pokemon in the last option :(

When I don't like any of them (like right now) I default to the fire type.

I always start with the water type.

Edit: Now that I know we get two starters, I'm going with Froakie and Charmander.

Froakie is clearly the best. Fennekin is my favorite design but a fire type fox has been done before and vulpix is cooler. I bet chespin has bad evolution. Grass types usually get less cool looking in final form.

I always go with fire the first time through. I'm just used to it I guess.

Chespin looks pretty sweet though.

I can't decide so whatever my brother picks I'll just pick the type better than it.

I haven't been into a water starter before, as I find most water pokemon boring, but Froakie is a frog and I like frogs. I also like saying Froakie.

Froakie~

Ugh Pokemon used to be so cool once upon a time. What are these?

koffing

We grew up is what happened. I bet you would be saying the same thing if this gen's and gen 1 starters were flipped.

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lol yeah I know, I'm mostly kidding.

Mostly.

The art isn't the same though. The simple, mostly-based on animal drawings are far different than the ones today. The animal vs. creature difference is the biggest stylistic change, but most pokemon really are just more friendly/cute looking than they used to be. If you don't believe me line up all the generations of cards and look at them yourself :D the difference is plain as day.

Fire starter 4 lyfe

I tend to go with the Fire type with my starter, but I'm digging the look of Chespin, so I dunno, I may go Grass this time.

Froakie is a baller.

I care about Pokémon, but not these shitty Pokémon.

I believe grass is next in my rotation so grass it is.

I will pick a frog over anything ever.

Since they usually evolve after only a couple of hours, I'm waiting until I see their evolutions to decide. Of those 3 I think Froakie is the coolest, but Snivy was the coolest last time and he ended up with the worst of the three final forms.

I always start with the grass type. Though I prefer to find a way to, as soon as possible, get all three into one game and use them all for my team.

Fire every time, and Fennekin looks alright. Though I usually make some Pokemon I catch into my "main" since I'm such a special snowflake.

Probably either Fennekin or Froakie. Depends partly upon what other fire/water types will be available to fill out my team.

Charmander

As I've grown I've started to default more to the water type starter, as fire pokemon are weirdly situational a lot of the time and not as useful as you would be led to believe, and grass pokemon tend to be the most common type. Water pokemon tend to be the sort of pokemon you have to go out of your way to capture, so I just default to the water type.

I'll wait to see the evolutions, but I'm leaning toward the fire fox. Chespin is still in the running, though.

Froakie or Fennekin, depends on the evolutions I guess

Frog looks dope

The one that's giving the Nazi salute.

Ever since Ruby I've always dumped the starter in the PC and played without it.

Ever since Ruby I've always dumped the starter in the PC and played without it.

@geraltitude: Hell yea that Blastoise is ghetto as fuck!

I picked Chespin but meant Fennekin. Always pick the fire starter first.

I picked Chespin but meant Fennekin. Always pick the fire starter first.

Hell yea!

Frogs are cool guys! Although I'm planning on trading with a friend of mine to get all three starters at the start anyway. My rival is in for a big surprise...

Froakie because I'm into herpetology. Even if I wasn't it still looks the coolest.

How can you not choose Froakie? Look at him. Also, I always find the early game way easier with a water starter.

My problem with the past few generations starter pokemon is that most of them look fine in their first form but evolve into something that looks way dumber. They should just keep things more simple.

Water is the safest route. Back in the day I always picked Bulbasaur though.

@dethfish: I think Emboar looks pretty awesome...

I usually always go water but with rumours of Fennekin becoming Fire/Psychic after evolution and Froakie Water/Fighting, it will probably be Fennekin for me. Chespin becoming Grass/Dark will be pretty cool though, it's just I never choose grass.

Water Frog yo

I always go with the fire because I like fire and there's a supreme lack of fire pokemon being available in the wild most of the time. I'm just glad that the fire starter looks pretty good this time. Hopefully it evolves well.

I dislike them all. I will just grab my Charmander and say fuck the rest. I beat all the original trainers with just my charmander as a kid. The first two gyms is a big kick in the nuts for fire type, but once you get past it you are golden.

Pignite!

Chesnaught or Greninja

Fennekin, bitches.

Even though grass pokemon are shit I would go with the grass one, it looks marginally less bad. I'm not going to play the new game though.

Fennekin the Witch, yo.

Froakie. The other two look kind of dumb. And that's usually how I base these decisions.