with Blaziken being an exception, I always choose the water type, it can learn Ice, trumping the grass-type advantage, and giving me a (rare) edge on dragon types
i rolled tepig "teh pig" because it was dual type, and because i knew everyone else was going to get oshawott/snivy.
also, since red/blue (and their remakes) the grass starter has only been grass and not grass/poison like bulbasaur's family--- the dual type of tepig's later stages helped motivate my choice. reminded me of blaziken. and i loved that flare blitz
I got pkmn white for zekrom and started with oshawott everyone chooses snivy cuz it looks kewl, i chose oshawott to dewott to look like a ninja + i like emboars from tepig
I got Black, and pretty much the entire game focused on enemies my Tepig could beat. Plus, being the only dual-type helped. Really, the only trouble I had with him was Gym #1, which is customized against your starter.
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also, since red/blue (and their remakes) the grass starter has only been grass and not grass/poison like bulbasaur's family--- the dual type of tepig's later stages helped motivate my choice. reminded me of blaziken. and i loved that flare blitz
How could you not choose that?
Also, from the list of internet jokes...
REVOLVER OSHAWOTT
but pssh starters
my scolipede is waaay more dabes