Personally, mine is joint first between Sandshrew (the cutest), Espurr (most relatable), and Gastrodon.
After those, in no particular order, I like Turtwig (best starter, fight me), the Roggenrola line (little rock guys), the Litwick line (candles and lamps with nefarious intentions), and Metagross (cool robot thing).
Kyogre is the best legendary in my opinion
Dragonite
I haven’t played since Emerald, but it’s Squirtle always and forever.
Design-wise? Banette. The creepy doll is just such a gorgeous image.
In my heart? The goofy gang boss Honchcrow.
I do agree Gastrodon is cool.
I like this supermodel insect from another dimension too.
Annihilape, I always loved Mankey and Primape, and Fighting/Ghost type was something I had wanted for a long time. It was so pissed it died and then so pissed that it came back. That’s fucking rad. The signature move is also fucking busted.
Annihilape was definitely one of the better new evolutions for old mons! Steelix and Scizor are also great new evolutions that I personally like
It took soooo long, too! The line was aching for a third evolution since the first gen, but at least when it came it was an S tier. Scizor is for sure in my top five, been a favorite since it first showed up. Technician Scizor with bullet punch fucking cleans up and looks cool doing it.
Crobat, my beloved. Where hast my 6 foot, 4 winged bat gone? What forces of evil have possessed GameFreak to keep me from you? Can they not see the bonds of friendship that keep me coming back to you? Dost they not know thou art perfect? Your soft purple fur, your unique typing, your winning personality? Fear not, my love. For I know that one day, you and I will be reunited! I will once again fly on your back to the Pokémon league, whereupon I will thrash the Elite Four with your STAB Cross Poison! Till then, my lavender cutie, rest your mighty wings, sweet cherub. Our time will come again.
Dragonite – I love his derpy little wings.
Dragonite is indeed very cute
I was talking to someone a month ago about this. I told them as a kid my favorite pokemon was charizard and as I got older it switched to dragonite. They said to me “so you really have a type huh?” I didn’t understand until I thought about it and realized charizard and dragonite share a lot of similarities. The former being edgier and the latter being cuter.
So apparently I really like large, orange dragons.
Scizor! It’s annoying have a trade mon as your favorite. A lot of the games don’t give you a metal coat until late game too. What can you do
Scizor is a really interesting pokemon, and a much needed evolution to Scyther (I think they have similar stats but the better typing with Bug/Steel makes it more viable)
Steelix is also another awesome trade mon, it’s pretty much just a better version of Onix in every way. In later gens it also has a really cool mega!
Snorlax is my spirit animal
Gyarados normal, Suicune legendary, Bulbysaur starter
Suicune is the best dog legendary
Best legendary, but I’ll hear arguments
Always been an Arbok fan. Sure, Gen 1 he dies to Psychic really easy, but especially as we get into Gen 3/4 and you get stuff like Fire/Ice/Thunder Fang TMs as well as decent Dark moves to teach it, it becomes a nasty piece of work with some support. Plus, it gets Intimidate and I love Intimidate as an ability.
Poliwhirl
Psyduck and Gengar
Good picks! After Sandshrew, Psyduck is definitely one of my favourites Kanto mons. Gengar is also high up there!
Gardevoir It was my first shiney and carried me through Pearl. Plus I like the idea of powerful psychics and loyalty to your friends.
Anyone who didn’t say Totodile is deserving of a chomp on the ass from a Totodile.
Butterfree, because I once beat a friend’s Mewtwo with it on Soul Silver.
Pikachu, because it’s so cute.
Bug types being super effective on Psychic types is always so funny to me.
I have big brain and move big things with mind, but a bug bite, it scares me.
Yeah, but the important detail in this case, was Butterfree’s base stats vs. Mewtwo’s and the fact that I hit it with a successful sleep powder and it was fast asleep for so long, that I managed to kill it with dream eater. 👻
I believe the reasoning for the weaknesses of Psychic type are based on different phobias (scared of the dark, bugs, and ghosts). Also, it makes bug types just that little bit stronger which is nice!
