My Quick Thoughts for Each Pokémon

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On this thread, I will give some quick thoughts about each Pokémon (we'll see how far I go haha). These won't necessarily all be reviews of the Pokémon, some of these will just be random interesting thoughts I have on them. You can comment too if you want

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Bulbasaur New
Bulbasaur-

The first Pokémon ever in the National Dex (but not the first created). First starter ever too in the Dex. Oddly, the first starter is actually a dual type! It's Grass/Poison, you'd think the first Grass starter would be pure Grass (to sort of introduce the concept of starter Pokémon). Imo it probably should have been pure Grass, then it gains the Poison type when evolving. Charmander and Squirtle are both pure types. Kind of odd Bulbasaur isn't. So many Grass types were also Poison types or dual types in Gen 1 though. Only Tangela was pure Grass. Grass/Poison was a very common theme in Gen 1, I guess the types naturally go well together, with the idea poisonous plants. But did there have to be so many of them? Still, Bulbasaur is very iconic and is the mascot of this very forum!
 
Ivysaur New
Ivysaur-

I'm pretty sure Ivysaur is the only quadruped Smash Bros. fighter. All of the other fighters are bipedal or can stand on two legs at least. I like how Ivysaur's bud continues to form and grow from Bulbasaur's bud. Then it opens up as a flower in Venasaur. It's a simple idea that works well with evolving. I think Ivysaur should have been the one to gain the Poison type, while Bulbasaur should have been a pure Grass type imo. It even has "ivy" in the name, like poison ivy!
 
Venusaur New
Venusaur-

I see Venusaur as the ultimate Grass/Poison Pokémon of Gen 1, it's the most powerful. Then the players that didn't choose Bulbasaur have the weaker Grass/Poison options of Vileplume or Victreebel. Venusaur is pretty well balanced stat wise. It has high Special Attack and Special Defense, and all of its other stats are decent. But oddly in the earlier generations, it doesn't learn any Poison attacks (except status moves) by levelup. It had to rely on TMs for that. So the Venusaur line in the earlier generations really didn't learn many Poison moves despite its Poison typing. I really like that this final stage has its flower fully bloom, nicely wrapping up the concept of this evolution line.
 
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Charmander New
Charmander-

Charmander is probably the most commonly chosen Kanto starter. I always found the idea of Charmander dying if its tail fire goes out to be a little disturbing. And hard to believe. What if it rains? Or it gets splashed with water or water attacks? I'm glad that Charmander is a pure type starter unlike Bulbasaur. Random thought, I find it interesting that it gains Metal Claw in its FRLG levelup moveset mainly to help deal with Brock. It loses the move Rage in the process though, but I don't think many people were using Rage anyway. Charmander is a very iconic and popular starter.
 
Charmeleon New
Charmeleon-

I feel like Charmeleon is kind of overlooked compared to Charmander and its super popular evolution Charizard. Even though the player spends so much time with Charmeleon before it evolves in a playthrough. But I'm sure a lot of players are just anticipating it evolving into Charizard. I'm not too crazy about it being red. I find it a little odd that Charmeleon becomes red, then Charizard goes back to being orange. I wonder if Charmeleon being orange would make the evolution line more cohesive. It looks good being red though and it does help it stand out a bit more from Charmander and Charizard. I also like that Charmeleon gains one horn, then Charizard gains another one resulting in its 2 horns.
 
Charizard New
Charizard-

Charizard is the 2nd most popular Pokémon, right behind Pikachu. It was given so many forms in the later games! It even got two mega evolutions while the other Kanto starters only got one! How is that fair? And in Smash 4, it became its own fighter separate from the Pokémon Trainer. But I can understand why its so popular though, Charizard is an awesome dragon! Charizard is pretty well balanced in its stats, with a focus on high Speed and Special Attack so its fire attacks hit hard. Probably my favorite Kanto starter.
 
Squirtle New
Squirtle-

I feel like Squirtle's design has a lot of personality to it. I feel it has more personality than the other 1st stage Kanto starters. I'm not sure how to describe it exactly. Fun fact, there's a race horse named "Squirtle Squirt." Named after Squirtle, I guess it's based off the sound it makes in the anime. It's cool that, like Ivysaur and Charizard, Squirtle got to be a Smash Bros fighter. Also, I feel like its shiny form's green shell may be a reference to Koopa shells.
 
Wartortle New
Wartortle-

Wartortle's colors are kind of inconsistent between the different games. Sometimes it's a bluish color, and sometimes it's more of a purpleish color. They even recolored its blue Ruby/Sapphire sprite to make it purple in Emerald. I wonder why there's this inconsistency. I think I prefer the more bluish color, so it can match its evolution line better. I like the furry ears and tail it gains, they're wing-like. I don't like how it just loses them completely once it evolves into Blastoise. I think Blastoise's canons are cooler though, so Wartortle should have started developing the canons imo. Like maybe it could have gained one small canon or something. That way the evolution line would be better connected.
 
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