Board 8 > Your First Thought 63: "The best starter Pokemon."

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Previous results:
1) Strongest non-Noble Niner: Zelda (Tifa, Squall, Bowser)
2) Weakest Noble Niner: Sonic (Crono, Sephiroth, Mega Man)
3) Fodder Line: Vyse (Isaac, Pac-Man, Revolver Ocelot)
4) Strongest Western Franchise: Witcher (Mass Effect, Elder Scrolls, Fallout)
5) Strongest Indie: Shovel Knight, Undertale (Hollow Knight, Cuphead, Stardew Valley)
6) Biggest GotD2 Snub: Pokemon Go (Skyward Sword, Smash 4, Mario 3D World)
7) TJF/"The Jug Factor": Tifa (Morrigan Aensland, Tina Armstrong, Jill Valentine)
8) Strongest Pokemon not in a Contest: Blastoise (Bulbasaur, Charmander, Greninja)
9) Most unpredictable character: Kefka (Alucard, Donkey Kong, Magus)
10) Game series with most inconsistent strength: Final Fantasy (Pokemon, Mario, GTA)
11) Most disappointing performance of GotD2: Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Tropical Freeze, Undertale, Dragon Age)
12) Game series you wish was stronger: Donkey Kong/Country, Resident Evil, Phoenix Wright, Trails
13) Character that always disappoints: Tidus (Magus, Cecil Harvey, Donkey Kong)
14) A joke that stopped being funny: L-Block (GFNW, Weighted Companion Cube, CATS)
15) Character I am sick of seeing in contests: Link (Guybrush Threepwood, Lloyd Irving, Draven)
16) How did this get into Game of the Decade 2?: Dying Light (Fate/Grand Order, Persona 4 Golden, Obra Dinn)
17) Strongest game that's never been in a contest: Super Smash Bros. (Final Fantasy VII Remake, Skyward Sword, Final Fantasy V)
18) Theoretical winner of 'Worst. Game. Ever.': Big Rigs (E.T., Superman 64, Sonic 06)
19) Long-gone character that deserves another shot: Strider Hiryu (Liquid Snake, Terry Bogard, M. Bison)
20) Character that has fallen the furthest: Vincent (Magus, Tommy Vercetti, Crono, Gordon Freeman, Satan)
21) Low midcarder: Ness (Fox, Tidus, Zidane)
22) Strong franchise with characters not worth shit: Elder Scrolls (Grand Theft Auto, Tales, Persona)
23) Theoretical winner of 'Best. Boxart. Ever.': Ocarina of Time (FFVII, Phalanx, Mega Man)
24) Strongest Nintendo game with no N9er in it: Pokemon RBY (Star Fox 64, Xenoblade, something with Kirby)
25) Weakest playable character in Smash Ultimate: Alph (Mii Fighters, Dark Pit, Pichu, Little Mac)
26) Most photogenic character ever in a contest: Tifa (Dante, Crono, Solid Snake/Solid Shit)
27) Character I can beat in a fist fight: Guybrush (Olimar, Ness, a Pokemon)
28) Strongest game never on a Nintendo platform: Persona 5 (Kingdom Hearts/II, Symphony of the Night, God of War 2018, FFVII)
29) Franchise where the 1st game is the strongest: Pokemon (Chrono, Metal Gear Solid, Mass Effect)
30) The winner of 'Best. Video Game. Dad. Ever.': Kratos (God of War) (Jecht, Bowser, Phoenix Wright)
31) The Best SBAllen-Era Contest: Character Battle 2007 (Game of the Decade 1, Character Battle IX, Character Battle X)
32) The strongest incarnation of Link: Ocarina of Time (2007, Breath of the Wild, "Just Link what do you even mean")
33) Character Battle entrant you'd kiss on the lips: Tifa (Zelda, Morrigan, Lara Croft, Samus, KOS-MOS, Link)
34) The most fun Character Battle match ever: Link/Draven/Shepard (Mario/Vivi/Ganondorf, Frog/Chief, Red vs. Blue/Cloud vs. Sephiroth, Ryu/Dante '10, Mario vs. Crono 2)
35) The weakest Zelda game: Zelda II (One of the CD-i games, Spirit Tracks, Four Swords Adventures)
36) Character always screwed by bracket placement: Knuckles (Tidus, Cecil, Alucard)
37) Character much stronger than they should be: Crono (Link, Zelda, Alucard)
38) Weakest Final Fantasy character not in a contest yet: https://imgur.com/a/wf2HoyY
39) Noble Nine Breaker: Vincent (Pikachu, L-Block, Missingno.)
40) Strongest game that's not a part of a series: Shadow of the Colossus (Chrono Trigger, Undertale, Mario RPG)
41) Hyped character that bombed their first match: Kerrigan (Kefka, Monika, Sans, Magus)
42) Most AMERICAN Character Battle entrant ever: Duke Nukem (Steve Armstrong, Guile, Terry Bogard)
43) Most AMERICAN game series of all time: Call of Duty (Duke Nukem, Metal Gear, Halo, Metal Wolf Chaos)
44) Most canonically powerful Noble Nine member: Sephiroth (Sonic, Link, Cloud)
45) Real person you want in a Character Battle: Barack Obama (Charles Barkley, Mike Tyson, a pro wrestler [a bunch got 2 votes])
46) Weakest possible entrant in 'Best. System. Ever.': N-Gage (3D0, Ouya, game.com, Virtual Boy)
47) Most beautiful game ever in a contest: Okami (Shadow of the Colossus, Journey, Celeste, Ico)
48) Generic enemy w/ most potential contest strength: Goomba (Koopa Troopa, Piranha Plant, Slime, Cactuar)
49) Video game world you'd most like to live in: Pokemon (FFX, Animal Crossing, FFVII, Celeste, Skyrim, Animal Crossing, FFX, Persona, Zelda)
50) Most overhyped game of all time: No Man's Sky (Duke Nukem Forever, Brawl, Spore, Ocarina of Time, Daikatana)
51) Most disappointing video game sequel ever: Brawl (FFX-2, Mass Effect 3, Devil May Cry 2, Golden Sun DD)
52) Game with the best playable cast: FFX (FFVII, FFVI, Smash Ultimate, Persona 4, Mass Effect 2, Chrono Trigger)
53) Series most desperately in need of a new game: F-Zero (Banjo, Suikoden, Skies, Chrono, Paper Mario, Portal, Star Fox)
54) Game series with the best soundtracks: Final Fantasy (Nier, Chrono, Xenoblade, Umineko, Sonic, Kirby, Ys)
55) Greatest Fictional Rivalry of All Time: Red vs Blue (Mario vs Sonic, Cloud vs Sephiroth, Mario vs Bowser, Holmes vs Moriarty)
56) The Game that Changed Everything: Super/Mario Bros. (Mario 64, FFVII, OoT)
57) Most fun character battle entrant to chill with: Dante (Sub-Zero, Captain Falcon, Estelle. No real consensus.)
58) Winner of 'Best. Video Game. Weapon. Ever.': Master Sword (Buster Sword, Lionheart, Masamune)
59) Worst character design in gaming: Tingle(Tidus, Pyra, Lulu, Vaan, Bubsy, Big the Cat, Sora, Abby)
60) Best dog in video games: They are all the good boys (These all got 2 or more mentions: Missile, RE4 Dog, Rush, Duck Hunt Dog, Dogmeat, Amaterasu, Koromaru, Arcanine, Repede, King, Boney, Interceptor, Sam)
61) Most difficult video game of all time: Battletoads (Dark Souls, I Wanna Be the Guy, Bloodborne, Takeshi's Challenge, Celeste, Ninja Gaiden)
62) Game with the best opening cinematic: FFVIII (Melee, FFVII, FFX, Sonic Heroes, MGS2, a Kingdom Hearts)

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Charmander

(the actual answer is Piplup)
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First thought was Sobble, dunno what I'd say if I thought more, but I do love my sad lizard

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Fennekin

Totodile

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say my name

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Cyndaquil.

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Bulbasaur

You never forget your first I guess

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Charmander

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Bulbasaur

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Fennekin

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Squirtle

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Totodile
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Bulbasaur

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Blaziken

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Blaziken

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Bulbasaur

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Charizard

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Squirtle

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Totodile

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Chikorita

Squirtle

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Chikorita

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Blaziken

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Charmander

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Bulbasaur

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Grookey

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Piplup

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Articuno ;)

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Assuming it's asking for the best in battle... Bulbasaur. Razor Sleep + Sleep Powder ftw.

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Bulbasaur

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Squirtle

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My first thought was Charizard, which is weird because it's not a starter form and the one Pokemon game I did play, I chose Squirtle.

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Bulbasaur baby

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Charmander

Do I agree with that? I don't know.

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Cyndaquil

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Squirtle (is not the correct answer)

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bulbasaur
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Charmander

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Treecko

7 non-Gen 1 answers

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hylianknight3 posted...

Squirtle

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Bulbasaur is the correct and only answer.

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Charizard

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Treecko

Squirtle is best Gen 1 tho

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Squirtle

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Bulbasaur

my favorite gen 1 starter though idk if it's even top 10 overall

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Pikachu as first thought.

Wouldn't be my pick though. I'd go with Rowlet.

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Incineroar, which isn't actually my answer but it's probably in the top 3

Swampert and Treecko I'd put above it

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Charizard is what came to mind, so I guess you can consider that a Charmander vote.

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