My journey into the pokemon universe started slightly before Pokémon Red & Blue were released in Europe. I accidentally stumbled upon a japanese rom for Pokémon Blue and decided to try it out. I remember enjoying the graphics, music and gameplay, but since it was in japanese, I had a hard time figuring out the controls. I'm not sure whether I picked Charizard or Blastoise as my first, and I mostly remember fighting a bunch of pidgeys and rattatas using only tackle, but I'm quite sure I never got to the first gym...
The game had left an impression on me though, and once I heard it had been released in Europe, I quickly bought a copy, which turned out to be Pokémon Red.
The game had left an impression on me though, and once I heard it had been released in Europe, I quickly bought a copy, which turned out to be Pokémon Red.
Charizard was probably my first favorite, and I really liked the look of both him and Blastoise on the cartridges. Charmander turned out to be my regular starter, and Charizard was my first pokémon to hit level 100 in Pokémon Red, so he's probably my "most used" pokémon in Pokémon Red, but I can't really say he's ever been a true favorite of mine. If I had to pick a favorite, it would stand between the following two:
Sandshrew. He was one of the first pokémon I received via trading with a link cable. I've always really liked Sandshrew. He's cute and cool at the same time, and he could use my favorite move: Dig! He's also unavailable in Pokémon Red, so I thought he was rare and very strong, but he remained my favorite even when I found out that he was very common and very weak. I also didn't quite like Sandslash as much, so I never evolved my first Sandshrew, which seemed like a great idea at the time, but once I started looking closely at the stats, Sandshrew was usually crammed into Bill's PC with the rest or given to the old man at the day care. I still kind of consider him my favorite, but he is quite weak, which is the main reason to why he isn't my most used pokémon.
Sandshrew. He was one of the first pokémon I received via trading with a link cable. I've always really liked Sandshrew. He's cute and cool at the same time, and he could use my favorite move: Dig! He's also unavailable in Pokémon Red, so I thought he was rare and very strong, but he remained my favorite even when I found out that he was very common and very weak. I also didn't quite like Sandslash as much, so I never evolved my first Sandshrew, which seemed like a great idea at the time, but once I started looking closely at the stats, Sandshrew was usually crammed into Bill's PC with the rest or given to the old man at the day care. I still kind of consider him my favorite, but he is quite weak, which is the main reason to why he isn't my most used pokémon.
Gengar is my second favorite, and possibly my favorite pokémon of all time. He also happens to be my most used pokémon, and I've used him all the way from Pokémon Red to Pokémon Black & White 2, but I'm not quite sure what I liked about him at first. I suppose he had an interesting look, was really fast, could use Psychic, and could only be obtained by trading a Haunter, which I thought was very cool back when trading was a more difficult process. He turned out to be my favorite pick in Pokémon Stadium for beating the lvl 50 restricted Poké Cup (which took me about four to eight years to complete), and as it turns out, he's also currently a top tier pick for professional tournaments, and I'll probably also include him in my team for Pokémon X & Y.
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