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Which starter are you going to pick?

Which starter are you going to pick?

  • Rowlet

    Votes: 24 22.0%
  • Cyndaquil

    Votes: 59 54.1%
  • Oshawott

    Votes: 26 23.9%

  • Total voters
    109
And I thought I was the indecisive one.

If you still haven't made your choice by the time you start up the game, I recommend flipping a coin. Even if you decide you aren't sure about the idea of sticking with the one corresponding to the result, that's a choice in itself.
 
After seeing the leaks I'm leaning towards Rowlet now.

Of the three starters it's the only one without type overlap with other Pokemon I want to use.

I put my reasoning in spoilers, although I don't think I really spoiled anything.
 
(Warning, contains spoilers! Game is out now, but beware for those of you who don't want to know anything that was not unveiled pre-game until they play the game themselves).

I went back and forth between Cyndaquil and Oshawott for some time now, but I am now confident in picking Oshawott! I've picked all three starters in playthroughs of previous games, but Oshawott was the longest time ago (all the way back in Black! I picked Cyndaquil in the Virtual Console version of Gold). Plus it will allow me to use Hisuian Arcanine. I am not terribly fond of the fact that Hisuian Samurott looks mostly like a color swap, but I still think it's cool and its signature move looked absolutely awesome.
 
I’ve had a hard time picking to the point I decided to have three different playthroughs for each starter (really glad the Switch allows for that). However while I was originally thinking of picking Cyndaquil first, I’ve decided to choose Oshawott for the first playthrough (nothing against Cyndaquil or Hisuian Typhlosion, I just like Hisuian Samurott more) I still plan to use Cyndaquil in a second playthrough though
 
I ended up going with Rowlet! Luckily my partner went with Cyndaquil so my choice became VERY easy. Haha
 
Like I said last year...I feel personally attacked by the starter choices due to picking all of them on my first playthroughs of their respective regions.

But I settled on Cyndaquil. It's been a while since I used one. Also now that i know you get the other two later, I don't feel so bad.
 
After seeing the starter evos...Cyndaquil most likely. Hisuian Typhlosion looks really cool. I don't know why this is considered a spoiler but better safe than sorry.
 
i went wity Cyndaquil. was tough to choose between it and Rowlet, as they're both so cute. ended up going for the fire starter because it's just a bit cuter. also, Cyndaquil's final evolution is the only one that actually looks decent (though the original typhlosion is better)
 
I also went with Cyndaquil, though it was a tough choice between it and Oshawott as I already liked both lines so much, but Hisuian Typhlosion looked cuter by just a slight bit.
 
Damn, I am still waiting for my game to get here, but I just got the hilarity of checking the postal tracker to find that it passed through Rowlett, Texas earlier today. Now I am torn between starting with Cyndaquil like I wanted or honoring the irony with Rowlet. XD

Edit: I've got it, I will pick cyndaquil and then make sure to hunt for an alpha rowlet because it's Texas, a regular sized rowlet just wouldn't be right.
 
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I caved in and chose Cyndaquil instead of Oshawott like I originally planned and I am regretting it so much!
I caught an Alpha Chimchar soon after and sorry, Chimchar is just so much better, so I boxed Cyndaquil.
Now I am super salty I didn't choose Oshawott.
 
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