Everybody has a favorite Pokémon/Evolutionary line. Who's yours, and why?
Mine has to be Totodile! I love the whole evolutionary line, but Totodile is hands-down my favorite Pokémon. My first ever Pokémon games was a copy of Pokémon Gold with a broken internal battery; it couldn't store save data. On long road trips, my sister and I would pack the GameBoy Colour and Pokémon Gold. We would pass the GameBoy back and forth between stops, getting as far as we could before we had to turn off the GameBoy. Whenever we inevitably had to restart and pick our starter again, Totodile was always my choice. I've got lots of great memories from that game, even if we could never save our progress.
Who's your favorite Pokémon, and what's the story behind it? First starter, clutch battler, best design?
My first pokemon was Squirtle. My "I don't care about winning" fun team would be Blastoise, Porygon (maybe Pory2), Mew, Mimikyu, Ditto (imposter), Rotom (any other than wash or fan).
Idk if I can pick one though. Mimikyu was OP in Gen 7 and he got me through a lot. Squirtle was also great in Kanto, he got me through Brock easy before I caught many others.
I love original Raichu because I feel no one loves him. He's forgotten boi, replaced by his cuter cousins Pikachu and all of Pikachu's clones. After that is Meowth and Mewtwo because they had personality and backstories in the anime. Butterfree. Aggron. Rattata. Eldegloss, Cramorant and Slowbro. Wooper. Victreebel. I used to dislike some of the stupider/uglier looking pokemon but they've grown on me. Like Bidoof.
I like most of the bug pokemon. The original starters and Cyndaquil, Totodile, Mudkip, Treeko. After Gen III I took a break for a long while.
Donphan for nostalgia, but ground type is my favorite and the design is simple, looks tough and cool. It's debut in the Pokemon movie was also dope. Great tusk made my heart ink a little.
However, in recent years I have been liking Tangrowth, Alolan Ninetales, Mienshao, Tyrantrum, Hawlucha, Noivern, Mimikyu, Centiskorch, Skeliderdge, Glimmora, and of course Great Tusk, as I mentioned. All are just really fun to play around with and I've jived with the designs. They've also been on good teams that have given me success.
Infernape : Mainly due to nostalgia since chimchar was my first starter and I was blown away (at that time) by how cool infernape looks , his stats are really balanced and moveset is also great .
Flygon : While I agree that garchomp is better , i still have a soft spot for flygon , I love his design . I wish it could've gotten a mega tho :')
I'm a Turtwig man, myself, but that whole trio is amazing. Probably the last time I have liked all three starter evolutionary lines from start to finish.
Flygon is a strong choice. It's definitely among my personal favorites.