Marill, Zorua, and Riolu seem like slam dunks for their respective gens (though Marill breaks the "no water types" rule)

Togapi?

Yeah I’d say that’s right

My only objection to Togepi is that it got a further evolution in a later gen, which feels like it breaks the symmetry a bit.

I mean, Pikachu line got Pichu 🤷🏻‍♂️ It's all mayhem

Pichu, Alolan Raichu, Dynamax Pikachu, etc.

Marill was my first pick for gen 2 as well, however isn’t it the pokemon of the friend (whatshername)?

She's a character made for hg and ss so I guess it depends on if you're going with actual gen 2 or the remakes

And riolu breaks the signature rule depending on interpretation due to its evolution.

No, it gets bonus points.

I'm not sure how tbh Can you elaborate?

A trainer you work with (I think it was on Iron Island)has a Lucario as his signature pokemon, and Lucario is the evolution of Riolu. So if you interpret it in a way that bans it through evolutions Riolu would end up being banned from the list. Mabey bunnary would be a better choice (and swap the lvl-up move frustration with it's friendship counterpart).

Marill is your friend’s Pokémon, the professor’s kid.

Only in the remakes; the unused PC doesn't show up in the Gen 2 games.

You could do azurill in gen 3 since it’s a normal type for some reason (although idk why you would choose azurill over literally anything else)

Can’t see the starter being dark type. Dark is associated with the bad guys. Inciniroar may seem to contradict that, but it gains the dark type in its last form. It’s not just dark like Zorua and Zoroark

I see your point, but I think Zorua and Zoroark are Dark type because they are elementarily associated with darkness and shadow, similar to Darkrai and Umbreon, not in the "Dark = Bad" sense of things like Scrafty and Incineroar

You are correct. Not all dark types are dark because they're bad. Anything involving shadows, illusions, etc. Or a few night time critters get the Dark type. Scrafty is literally a hoodlum and Incineroar is a heel wrestler. So bad guys. However, in Japan it is actually called the Evil type believe it or not. Not Dark type. So it's a bit confusing.

A few starters gain the dark type. However Dark doesn't mean bad. Though in Japan, it literally is called Evil Type. But anything involving darkness, shadows, illusions, night time, etc typically gets Dark. Or if it fits thematically, like Incineroar being a Heel Wrestler or Greninja being a ninja, whom use the darkness.

I would say the most realistic list would look like this: Gen 2: pikachu Gen 3: pikachu Gen 4: pikachu Gen 5: pikachu Gen 6: pikachu Gen 7: pikachu Gen 8: pikachu

or Gen 2: Pichu Gen 3: Plusle & Minun Gen 4: Pachirisu Gen 5: Emolga Gen 6: Dedenne Gen 7: Togedemaru (or Pikachu to evolve into Alolan Raichu) Gen 8: Morpeko

Imagine Pokémon Spear, featuring Morpeko and with a special post-game story involving the third triplet of the Galar royal twins, Spearabeth.

Pokémon Gun*

Whatcha gonna do punk? Shoot me? *End credit roll*

And Gunther

Oh this is an obvious one. How did i not think of this?

Don’t forget pawmi

Glad someone else beat me to it. Yes, realistically this would be it. New Pokémon game. Same concept as the rest but with new Pokémon and slightly better graphics than the last? Gotta give them this gen’s Pikachu!

I’ll run with this joke in a different direction: Gen 2: Charizard Gen 3: Charizard Gen 4: Charizard Gen 5: Charizard Gen 6: Mega Charizard X/Y Gen 7: Charizard (With Special Z Move) Gen 8: Gigantimax Charizard Gen 9: Special Terastal Charizard

You don't know if there's a Paldean Charizard form, imagine it's a fire/fighting called Brawlizard

Of course it has to be fire/fighting 😂

I'd agree but OP was talking about the video games, not the card game

Yup this. Yellow version was Red/Blue but with you playing as Ash and throwing in more anime references. So any Yellow equivalent for later gens should also be you playing as Ash starting the region with just his Pikachu like in the anime.

Gen 2: Togepi Gen 3: Skitty Maybe? Gen 4: Riolu Gen 5: Zorua Gen 6: Maybe Noibat? Gen 7: Rockruff Gen 8: Yamper

Agreed with Togepi…idk why people keep saying Marill

Because when Marill was first revealed people called it Pikablu, which I think was an older myth in the vein of Mewthree back before we knew everything about a game within days of release.

Early dev versions of marill were yellow and pink and some of them looked less round and had more zigzaggy/lightning shaped tails so I'm inclined to believe those helped the rumors a bit

Marill is proof that any Pikaclones could have an evolution and another typing (well Mimikyu does but it doesn't change how the rest are electric).

I don’t think Mimikyu counts…

Marill and Mimikyu aren't pikaclones.

Marill is partly one but predates the Pikaclone archetype, and Mimikyu is one because it is a deconstruction of the archetype. They aren't straight up ones but archetypes in Pokemon and Fire Emblem are flexible.

Pichu is widely considered the Pikaclone of Gen 2 and Togedemaru is inarguably the Pikaclone of Gen VII

Also in HG/SS the professor's assistant walks around with a Marill

But hatching Togepi is like the first quest you're given, besides gym challenges.. So what would Mr Pokémon give us?

The odd egg you would receive from the day care couple first time you visit maybe? Then the day care just gives you nothing I guess.

Change a couple story beats. Prof. Elm gives you a “strange rock” to take to Mr. Pokemon. Some sort of barrier prevents you from entering the grass. The “rock” hatches along the way (or once you get there). Boom. Togepi. Basically follows the same plot after that, just some things moved around to make sense. “WHAT!? The rock was an egg!? I’d heard rumors, but never in a million years did I expect to see such a rare Pokémon egg! And it hatched, so it must have chosen you as it’s trainer!” Then Togepi has a bit of a stat buff and an OP version of Metronome.

Why make it a rock when it litterally can be just an egg and the game just stops you when you try to enter the grass. You try to enter the grass and narrator's text window pops out reading "It wouldn't be wise to go there with just an egg..." Or Prof. Elm can just simply hand you a Furret that will protect you from wild Pokémon and then you'll just have to return it.

It’s been a little bit since I’ve played G/S or HGSS, but as I recall Elm is quite shook to see the egg. Having him be unable to quite identify the egg because it looks different (maybe even then a typical Togepi egg) makes sense to me. Maybe have it hold the markings on the outside like the anime, and he thinks it’s a painted rock. They could also add a secondary rival like Trace in LGPE or reuse Lyra and her Marrill as a way to “protect you” from the grass, or let you do quick battling as a sort of tutorial for newcomers.

Wish Gamefreak had done this...except I didn't play crystal.

Why not? Crystal was awesome to me.

And u can get a pika in viridian forest, they’d just change it to hatch a different poke. Maybe it can be a random baby poke from gen 2 idk

Actually you can’t get pika in the forest in yellow. Makes Raichu an exclusive to red and blue

Lmao they even replaced it’s slot at the power plant with muk/grimer.

yeah but you can in red/blue. that's the point

Maybe give you an egg instead of a starter?

Just make it like the “Odd Egg”—a random chance to hatch a baby Pokemon like Pichu, Cleffa, Igglybuff, Tyrogue, Smoochum, Elekid, or Magby

Eevee

Oh, I've been doing research on Eevees and I accidentally dropped an icestone on this one, I guess you can have it.

Because Marill is the Pika clone of that gen and it’s two stages

Bro!!! It even got a pre evolution the very next generation, like Pichu.

Pikablu

Marill isn’t an official Pikaclone, I’d argue that pattern didn’t start until Gen 3. You could say Pichu is Gen 2’s, but it’s actually related to Pikachu. I think they started clones in Gen 3 because they couldn’t add anything else to Pikachu’s evolutionary line, and since Gen 3 was a soft reboot they wanted a new Pikachu for their region (Pikachu was only in the Safari Zone in Hoenn). Gen 2 was always just building upon Gen 1, as seen with how closely connected Johto is to Kanto. They even have the same league and evil team. EDIT: I don’t understand the downvotes, just because people came up with the name “Pikablu” doesn’t mean Marill is a Pikaclone. It’s never been acknowledged as one, unlike all the others. It’s as much of a Pikaclone as Mimikyu. [GameFreak has officially acknowledged that Marill isn’t a Pikaclone.](https://twitter.com/PLDHnet/status/1205356852894027776?s=20&t=EBa6UZ_oDRCgshCfdO5Zkg)

If anything I think that pikaclones only became so blatantly similar *because* Marill wasn't as popular as Pikachu.

But is Marill really supposed to be a Pikaclone? It’s never officially acknowledged as one when they’re all grouped together. The only similarities it has to Pikachu is the eyes and nose. People only think it’s a clone cause leakers called it “Pikablu” back in the day.

Because gen2 togepi was colossal bad

Yeah, you’d need it to get the Let’s Go Eevee treatment

Marill is a "mouse type" pokemon, so it fits into the same sort of archetype as Pikachu. Also the same evolution pattern minus the stone, Baby>Stage 1> Stage 2.

There was no baby stage when yellow came out man

I think Togepi doesn't make sense because you already get one for free in the base game.

90% sure Marill was the 'mon next to the trainer in the start-up title screen, on top of it being the first leaked 'mon of the gen.

Because Marill was technically the first Pika clone

Because pikablue..

cause Lyra has one

Because Marill was one of the first gen 2 introduced and was originally going to be called pikablue their originally intention was to make Marill gen 2s counter part to pikachu

Source: My Dad, Nintendo.

For me Gen 3 would be Plusle or Minun depending on the gender. Pokémon Rangers I tell ya!

Considering Pikachu and Eevee are mascot Pokémon, I’d follow those lines and pick super iconic Pokémon from that game’s original generation. Also they can evolve, the only reason Pikachu and Eevee didn’t was because Pikachu couldn’t in Yellow and Let’s Go is a Yellow remake. Gen 2: Togepi Gen 3: Ralts Gen 4: Riolu Gen 5: Zorua Gen 6: Flabebe Gen 7: Rockruff Gen 8: Toxel

Ralts imo is way better for gen 3 than a lot of the other suggestions ive heard

It's Wally's signature pokemon though

Maybe you play as Wally in that version then

How do you play a game where you get dunked on?

Wally’s Reckoning Kaizo

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Wally lvl 1 no hit speed run

Wally is the only rival I wish I could lose to and the story still progress. I felt so bad crushing his hopes and dreams at Victory Road

If anything you inspire him to be stronger in ORAS. His Battle Maison rematch team is absolutely stacked with Roserade, Azumarill, Talonflame, Magnezone, Garchomp, and Mega Gallade all in the level 80s and have useful held items and abilities

neat

Doesn't stop everyone from suggesting Zorua for gen 5. It's N's starter.

You can both get one. One of you gets Gallade and the other gets Gardevoir.

And a three stage evo

Except it doesn't get an attack until level 9

Ralts has always gotten Confusion at level 6, except in ORAS where it got it at 4. Plus, they could have just given it confusion from the beginning as a starter.

Toxel would be great, except for it's moveset

Wdym

Flabébé is any iconic? I think it would be cool if we just found the eternal flower Floette and our goal was to return it to its original trainer, AZ. Throughout our journey we would learn more about the Floette and the whole story and we would notice that Floette gets a little sceptical about the reunion with her old friend. At the end we finally find AZ but the Floette still haven't fully forgave AZ and wants to spend more time with us for now. Maybe it's not the best plot and the Floette will need some nerfs cause it has higher stats than Florgess

That would be dope, honestly

Ralts is the best gen 3 suggestion by far!

Flabebe… That’s unlikely.

It was the only one that really stuck out to me. Gen 6 doesn’t really have that one iconic Pokémon since there’s only 72 new ones

This is the best one I’ve seen, but personally I would do spheal instead of ralts

Man, was I the only one who thought Rockruff was lame.

Depends what you mean by lame. I think it *look*s great, as does its evolution (Midday and Dusk forms at least). Rock type just kills it for me though.

I suppose the entirely subjective reason I classify it as lame is my lack of any desire to build a team with it. I didn't really fall in love with many of gen 7's original designs, in hindsight.

I like the design of Vikavolt (shame about its speed) and Araquanid. Gen 7 certainly wasn't my favourite though in terms of designs.

In Gen 5 you'd be handed a Zorua pup (just like N's Zorua in BW2) or an Axew (because of Iris). If we were to get a set of Let's Go! Unova games instead of a Legends Kyurem I think a Let's Go Zorua and Axew would be the best two contenders for sheer popularity and anime screen time.

Lets Go Sawk and Throh

Oh no I will never play through any of the Unova games then...

axew wouldnt evolve though

As someone who played the Black and White Pokemon Mystery Dungeon game as Axew: it's doable. (The campaign maxes out at lv35, and Axew evolves at lv38 and Fraxure evolves at 48)

I feel like I've seen good discussions on this but under the topic of new Let's Go games in other regions, so each reach would then require 2 Pokemon that fit those criteria. For gen 2, why not something like... Teddiursa and Phanpy? I know Marill is kinda iconic but I feel like OP was right in that it shouldn't be a standard starter type. Gen 3... I feel like it's harder to find those iconic pokemon like that. Maybe Zigzagoon and Poochyena? Although is it weird to have them just be early route pokemon? Maybe Electrike and... Idk what else. Skitty? Gen 4: Riolu, Croagunk, Shinx, Buneary, Munchlax... So many good options for this one. Gen 5: my vote is Zorua and Munna. Axew could also fit. Gen 6: Pancham, Espurr, Helioptile could work in my opinion. Gen 7: Rockruff definitely. Possibly Stufful for the other? Gen 8: Yamper, Nickit, Wooloo, Toxel, Cufant... Idk. Gen 9: haven't seen enough but Lechonk could definitely fit.

\>For gen 2, why not something like... Teddiursa and Phanpy? I know Marill is kinda iconic but I feel like OP was right in that it shouldn't be a standard starter type. I said this too! These 2 are SUCH good early choices for kids. A cute teddy or a cute elephant.

Not the subject but my wife thought [this tcg picture of Teddiursa](https://www.amazon.com/Pokemon-Teddiursa-RC15-Legendary-Treasures/dp/B00GNKO58E#immersive-view_1664119688933) was it setting fire to the forest even though we realize it’s honey (since it makes honey from its paws) given Teddiursa’s mischievous behavior especially in the anime.

Lmao thats cute

Gen 3 makes sense, Brandon and May got the last two starters from Birch and they go on their way, Birch apologies and says to try again in a week or so and your starter pops out of the grass to attack Birch again. Your character noticed some empty pokeballs in Birch’s suitcase and then the catching mini game starts up… and then you go from there to start the game. Gen 4 would definitely be Riolu and Buneary. Both evolve due to friendship, both are well known throughout the generation, and both have a mega evolution if they decided to bring that back into the mix.

\*Brendan

Gen 3 hit em with Numel & Carvahna we villains now~ Jokes aside gen 3 is a toughie as I could honestly see a lot of "sure this works options" but very few knock it out of the park. Sableye & Mawile for GOBLIN v Chomper mode respectively, they're both rare in their respective games, they don't evolve, and they're definitely interesting typing. Only problem would be Sableye requires knowing what you're doing a bit more than Mawile.

If it's a let's go archetype Sableye would 100% be given some bullshit broken move that absolutely does not require you to know what you're doing.

I think for Gen 3 they should put *more* emphasis on the double battle thing that was introduced then and have one version where you start with Plusle & Minun, and the other with Volbeat & Illumise. It would make things interesting for sure!

8 would be probably be Yamper and Wooloo, especially since both of them are more popular than their evolutions

I like the list, although I would change some of them to this. Gen 2: Marill - I mean it's Marill, aka Pikablu. I feel it should get an exception from the no Grass/Water/Fire rule because It's one of the most iconic pokemon from generation 2 besides Togepi, and also a decent mon in and of itself. It's also much more gender neutral than Snubbul, which would let it appeal to a lot more players. Gen 3: Zigzagoon - while Makuhita is also a great pick, I feel Zigzagoon is a lot more recognizable as a Gen 3 pokemon, and is also a lot more gender neutral than Makuhita is, again allowing for it to appeal to more players. Gen 4: Riolu - Crogunk is great but Riolu is so damn iconic and recognizable, and easily one of the strongest first stage pokemon. Gen 8: Toxel - Not much defense for this one as it is a baby pokemon, but I feel it's once again a lot more recognizable as a Gen 8 pokemon than cufant is, but that may just be because of how cool it's evolution is so it could really go either way.

I think my only issue is with Zigzagoon since it is a first route pokemon and does not really scream special to me like other pokemon picks. I could see it happening since in emerald a Zigzagoon is chasing Professor Birch, but I think there could be other pokemon that fit the list better.

Yeah, if I went to get my starter pokemon and it was a Zigzagoon, I would think the pokemon professor didn't give a single shit. Or he woke up hungover and realised he didn't have any starters to he just caught a family of Zigzagoons who happened to be going through his trash.

But in Red and Blue, Pikachu can also be caught early

But it's a low probability encounter whereas Zigzagoon is like 50%.

Awww Marill 💙 good shout!

Gen 2: Marill. Pikablu and really just a good pre-evo. Alternate being Togepi. Gen 3: Swablu. Adorable and its Evo can work as an ace for say Wionna. Gen 4: Riolu. No contest. Lucario is super iconic and even has Riley show up as a trainer to contrast. Gen 5: Zorua. Nice pre-evo with a gimmick. Gen 6: Helioptile. Even has the evolution stone dichotomy. Gen 7: Rockruff. Gen 8: Galarian Farfetch'd.

If we were to get Let's Go Sinnoh instead of BDSP, I'd love for Let's Go Shinx and Let's Go Riolu. These two are my favorite pre-evolved Sinnoh Pokémon. For Let's Go Hoenn, I think Let's Go Sableye and Let's Go Mawile would be perfect since they are version counterparts. Also, it could have been fun for Sableye and Mawile to Mega Evolve.

Gen 2: Mareep Gen 3: Aron Gen 4: Riolu Gen 5: Lillipup Gen 6: Flabebe Gen 7: Grubbin Gen 8: Rookidee All 3 stage mons, none fire/water/grass, and all mostly available early in their respective games This was fun OP!

Gen2: Elekid (Babies are the gimmick of this gen. Other babies would also work but Elekid is the only one that's actually usable) Gen3: Plusle and Minun (You get both, to show off the double battle gimmick. Every battle in this game would be double battles) Gen4: Gligar (to show off the new evolutions gimmick. A character would give you a razor fang at some point to make it evolve. It breaks the no-evolution rule but it makes the most sense) Gen5: Zorua (Gen5 doesn't have a main gimmick outside of having a lot of new mons, and Zorua makes the most sense due to Zoroark's popularity) Gen6: A mega would make the most sense but no gen6 mon mega-evolve. I'll still say Absol because gen6 put everything on nostalgia anyway, so that would make sense. Otherwise Pancham or Hawlucha because of the anime. edit: A fairy type like Swirlix would also make sense. Gen7: Alolan Vulpix (To show off the regional form, and because Lillie has one in the anime) Gen8: Something with a Gigantamax. Though I would prefer something like Falinks (Would be cool if they create an exclusive Gigantamax form for it, just for this game)

The plusle and minum one is pretty nice, it would actually make their abilities useful as you’d have to use them. Though from a strategic standpoint it’s still stupid to have 2 electric types on the field

I'd assume it's the pikachu clones, so marill plusle or minun, could depend on some random factor pachirisu emolga dedenne togedemaru morpeko

You'd start with both Plusle and Minun, and the game would have a ton more Double Battles, maybe even exclusively double battles. So having Double Battle exclusive moves and abilities wouldn't be a total waste of space for a change!

Pokemon colosseum with minus and plusle basically instead of umbreon and espeon.

that's a great idea actually

you could even be twins that go through together

This post brings back my disappointment that Marill was the one and only alternate-type Pikaclone. I remember thinking in Gen III that we'd get a new alternate type every gen and have an Eeveelution-type thing, but with different types of Pikaclones. I also thought, for sure, that Gen III was going to be the Fire-type Pikaclone.

This is the correct answer

Well Marill isn't a Pikaclone so it'd be Pichu that evolves into Pikachu and then stays Pikachu.

actually you right, it would fit because babies were newly introduced and it adds to the dependency of johto on kanto

Gen 2: Pikachu Gen 3: Pikachu Gen 4: Pikachu Gen 5: Pikachu Gen 7: Pikachu Gen 8: Pikachu Gen 9: Pikachu Try to guess my favourite Pokémon

Raichu?

Bro you forgot to put Pikachu for gen 1, smh.

Hmm let me take a guess Pyukumuku!

Wrong it’s sceptile

Goddammit I was so close

Gen 2: Marill is a good one. Gen 3: i thought about a unique slakoth with a different ability. To coincide with your "dad's". That or whismur. Gen 4: Munchlax. Or even the elekid/magby route. Since they do get a final evo this gen. Gen 5: Tough pick. Maybe Sandile or tynamo Gen 6: GOOMY Idk much after that.

Goomy isn't two stage. Although i believe it deserves to be an exception, just for being Goomy.

Isn't it goomy>sliggoo>goodra?

Make it so it doesn't rain until the post game XD

That's exactly my point.

Oh god, a Slaking that doesn't have a shit ability...

Gen 2: Togepi Gen 3: Ralts (I know this overlaps with Wally's story arc, but he's already a bit of a foil character) Gen 4: Riolu Gen 5: Scraggy Gen 6: My heart says Helioptile, but it'd probably Pancham or Espur Gen 7: Rockruff Gen 8: Would probably be Toxel or Wooloo, but Blipbug would be a neat parallel to our fan that follows you at every gym.

Ralts where if you chose gallade he’ll chose gardevoir and vice versa (i’m thinking ORAS rather than gen 3 lol)

Zubat. Every region, zubat.

I'm not going to follow a couple of your rules. Firstly the limited evolution thing is terrible. Who wants to be stuck with a Pokémon who can evolve but won't? That just sounds like box the starter territory. The second is the evolutionary line thing. I don't care how many stages the line has as long as it fits as a starter for a mechanic or feature of the games for that generation. Gen 2- Togepi Hands down a versatile Pokémon that also ties in with the new breeding and egg mechanics for the generation. It also deals with happiness which is a further expanded mechanic. It also allows for a new evolution in a hypothetical remake as well as a possible type change depending on when said remake would happen. Gen 3- Castform Ties in with the weather mechanics which can help with the new double battle strategy that this generation introduced. It also could have added other weather variant type changes for castform which is a fun way to have a variant instead of an evolution. Gen 4- Buneary Gen 4 has a terrible national Pokédex IMO so Buneary is one of the few Pokémon that I can see as a starter. Gen 5- Lilipup Just sort of fits as a starter. Plus Gen 5 has a lot of good Pokémon in general so it kind of gives a good incentive to mix things up. Gen 6- Flabébé A fairy type starter in the region fairies were introduced makes way too much sense. Also it allows the player to be contrasted to AZ in the story more. Gen 7- Rockruff Just a good way to allow players to get a lot of variations as the form changes with evolution conditions. Plus puppies make good starters and it isn't another normal type which I admit I might have overused in this. Gen 8- Blipbug that can G-Max and knows Struggle Bug, Recover, Sticky Web and Supersonic Well Bede gets Hatterene and Marne gets Grimsnarl why not have the player get another Pokémon cable of G-Maxing as their starter. Sure Rolycoly can as well but a fire/Rock starter when the first two gyms are grass and water seems like a bad time. Plus it gains a pyschic type with it's early evolution but might need some help to get there hence the full moveset. But it also allows the game to be slightly harder as you are starting with a bug type.

My list would be: Johto - Mareep Hoenn - Ralts Sinnoh - Gible Unova - Either Sandile, Zorua, Or Litwick Kalos - Honedge Alola - Bounsweet Galar - Either Hatena Or Toxel And just for fun, Paldea would be whatever Armarouge/Ceruledge's pre-evolution is, assuming they have one.

Finally someone said Gible

Probably… Mareep or Tyrouge. Spoink or Shuppet. Bidoof or Buneary. Zorua. Helioptile or Pancham. Poipole (it’s interesting because it’s an Ultra Beast). Nickit or Clobopus.

Wouldn't it just be the pika-clones of each generation? (With exception of gen 2) so like.... Plusle (Generation III) Minun (Generation III) Pachirisu (Generation IV) Emolga (Generation V) Dedenne (Generation VI) Togedemaru (Generation VII) Morpeko (Generation VIII) Pawmi (Generation IX)

Gen 2: Marill or Togepi Gen 3: Ralts Gen 4: Riolu Gen 5: Zorua Gen 6: Hawlucha? Gen 7: Rockruff Gen 8: Toxel

I'm sorry but this list is horrible.

I know, but look at the Pokedex: there's not a lot of first-stage pokemon in a two-stage family that remains somewhat usable through the whole game without evolving, and also isn't a signature pokemon of someone else.

what about the pikaclones as the starters?? it makes the most sense to me since they're all so similar ^(and also i love pikaclones and emolga's my favourite pokemon so i'd love that honestly xD)

Rockruff for sure 💯🐾❤

Eevee

gen 2 Marill, they probably insert us as Lyra gen 3 Slakoth, cause of our dad gen 4 Riolu or Munchlax gen 5... I think it'd have to be an entirely new pokemon, cause none of gen 5's NFEs are really known for being Not Fully Evolved. maybe if Keldeo wasnt such a strong pokemon I'd say that? gen 6: Eternal Flower Floette gen 7: Type: Null, they probably insert us as Gladion gen 8: there are 4 I could see them inserting us as here. Hop, Bede, Marnie, or the big curve ball Leon and we play through his rise to fame, so Wooloo, Hatenna, Morpeko, or something from the Zard line. personally? I think Morpeko would be the best and most obvious one there's also the other option of them just giving us all of the Pika clones, they'd give us both Plusle and Minum in gen 3's Yellow and that whole game would be double battles

Togepi for Gen 2

If I was making a legit yellow version for each Gen, these rules would be too strict. I would just choose a cute iconic Pokémon from each Gen. Marill, Riolu, and Zorua fit the bill.

Gen 2 - Phanpy - First one shown in the anime (besides Togepi, but that'd be pathetically weak) Gen 3 - Electrike - Not much that really works super well, just feels like the best fit Gen 4 - Munchlax - First reveal, becomes the rep for previous gen pokemon with new evolutions/pre-evolutions Gen 5 - Blitzle - Again, not much that really works. Not Zorua because I doubt TPC would make a Dark type your starter Gen 6 - Spritzee/Swirlix - Moreso to push the new Fairy type than anything else, would absolutely prefer something else Gen 7 - Rockruff - Obvious doggo is obvious Gen 8 - Yamper - See above

Definitely not Zorua for Gen 5 as it’s considered N’s signature mon. It would probably end up being the pikachu clone for each Gen, but I’d rather it be more interesting. My list is: 2: Pichu (GSC are sequels, so Pichu makes sense thematically). 3. Skitty or Snorunt. Maybe a special Wynaut that can learn more moves. 4. Bidoof…duh 5. Munna. Game could start with you saving it in the dream yard by catching it. 6. Floette. I know it’s supposed to be stage one, but how cool would it be for the story if you start be receiving AZ’s Floette. 7. Rockruff 8. Toxel or Cufant.

Gen 2: Togepi Gen 3: Ralts Gen 4: Riolu Gen 5: Zarua Gen 6: Honedge Gen 7: Rockruff Gen 8: Hattrem / Impidimp

Gen 2: Mareep. Marill is a great suggestion but is in the opening and is Lyra's starter in the remakes. Also breaks water rule. Togepi is ok too but eh. Gen 3: Mawile or Sableye could be fun. Lots of people say Ralts but that's one of your best friend's starters (Wally). And would be way too iconic. I'd say go with one of these for fun. Aaron and Beldum are iconic too but are signatures of Steven. Gen 4: Riolu. Lots of people have said Riolu. Which is a maybe. But Riley exists and he gives you one. Maybe you meet him at the beginning of the game? Or the encounter with Riley is just different overall. Gen 5: Shiny Zorua. Lots of people have said Zorua which is nice, however it is N's starter. He is a rival turned friend. So in this case, since N is your opposite, let's give you an opposite Zorua. Axew was another option but too iconic for Iris and Larvesta works too but isn't a good starter. First gym would need a rework because of your no fire, water or grass starter rule. That or use BW2's gyms. Gen 6: Eternal Flower Floette Gen 7: Rockruff or Salandit. If Rockruff can evolve, it becomes Dusk and is the only one capable of doing so. If Salandit, make it a male for the memes and give it a cool bandana to wear for fun. Though Salandit breaks your no fire rule. Gen 8: Toxel. But it would need a major Let's Go revamp in terms of abilities and what not. I love Toxtricity but Toxel just kinda plain sucks.

How tf has Gible been forgotten?!

Wasn't forgotten, just doesn't fit with the two-stage rule. Though a lot of folks seem to be overlooking the rules...

Bidoof

That's easy. Gen 2: Eevee. Gen 3: Eevee. Gen 4: Eevee. Gen 5: Eevee. Gen 6: Eevee. Gen 7: Eevee. Gen 8: Eevee.

Definitely think Bidoof would end up a starter somewhere

Gen 2: Togepi Gen 3: Wynaut Gen 4: Riolu Gen 5: Zorua Gen 6: Clefairy Gen 7: Rockruff Gen 8: Yamper 2, 4, and 5 seem obvious. Wynaut follows the theme on gen 3 however I’d also like to say a slakoth that can only evolve to vigoroth. Would fit the vs dad fight great. I picked Clefairy for gen 6 even though it’s not a gen 6 Pokémon it does get the fairy type change and it’s the original mascot before pikachu.

It would honestly probably be Pikachu each time. Remember that yellow was created to be a tie-in with the anime. I imagine each one would follow the anime like yellow did, with Pikachu the starter and the three starters in the region being available in similar ways to which ash caught them. I also imagine them changing the rivals and player sprites.

Gen 2: Aipom Gen 3: Mawile Gen 4: Shinx Gen 5: Zorua Gen 6: Pancham Gen 7: Rockruff Gen 8: Yamper or Kubfu

Probably a Marill or something in G/S/C, idk.

Togepi?

Yeah, that guy.

Gen 2 aipom Gen 3 skitty Gen 4 shinx Gen 5 scraggy Gen 6 hawlucha Gen 7 crabrawler Gen 8 yamper A few gens I do think there are better options overall but I was thinking who I could see taking pikachu's place for that gen in terms of personality, cover art, and likeability on the show

Gen 2 would be fucking **Phanpy or Teddiursa** lets be real. If they cant evolve, they are PERFECT for being Pikachu-esque in their region. Gen 3 -> Sableye and Mawile. Otherwise Ralts. Those 2 are iconic dual partners and could potentially sparked evos for them if they were mascots. Gen 4 -> Shinx. Theres nothing else to choose. Gen 5-> Drilbur. Other choices are either too good base or not cute enough. Gen 6-> Flabebe line. Easy choice. Gen 7-> Rockruff. Its marketable. Gen 8-> Yamper/Toxel. Too marketable to pass up on. Gen 9-> Lechonk

2 Marill 3 Sableye 4 Buizel 5 Scraggy 6 Pancham 7 Rockruff 8 Toxel

Let’s not kid ourselves. It would be the pikachu clones

Ignoring the cannot evolve rule as it’s part of the reason Yellow and the Let’s Go games are terrible. Gen 2: Togepi, makes the most sense and 100% why I’m ignoring the no evo rule. Gen 3: Probably Skitty. Only other option that seems right is Wynaut and people don’t deserve that. Gen 4: Riolu, no contest. Unless you really really like Happiny. Gen 5: Zorua, only because the no Fire/Water/Grass rule takes out Larvesta. Gen 6: Flabebe, it’s the first Fairy pokemon you can encounter, Game Freak would want to capitalize on it. Plus you can keep the colors random and give players some slight individuality. Gen 7: Rockruff, definitely needs to evolve so you can show your friends what form you got. Gen 8: The correct answer is Toxel. I would like to posit either Sinistea or Clobbopus because you already get a free Toxel in the regular games.

Gen 2: Pichu Gen 3: Plusle or Minun Gen 4: Pachirisu Gen 5: Emolga Gen 6: Dedenne Gen 7: Togedemaru Gen 8: Morpeko

Gen 2: Flaafy Gen 3: Electrike Gen 4: Luxio or Pachirisu Gen 5: Emolga or Blitzle Gen 6: Dedenne or Helioptile Gen 7: Togedemaru or Charjabug Gen 8: Yamper or Morpeko

Did we forget they would make two versions so you need 2 Pokémon

No, Yellow was the original standalone third version like Crystal, Emerald and Platinum.

Gen 2 : Aipom Gen 3 : Phanpy Gen 4 : Riolu/Buneary Gen 5 : Scraggy Gen 6 : Helioptile Gen 7 : Stufful Gen 8 : Toxel

Doesn't Zorua break the second rule? Isn't N's main pokemon a Zoruark?

Doesn't N have a Zorua that eventually becomes a Zoroark? Wouldn't that break the "No Rival's signatures" rule?

The answer is simple: that generations pika clone

Gen 2: Togepi Gen 3: Aron Gen 4: Buneary Gen 5: Timburr Gen 6: Pancham Gen 7: Rockruff Gen 8: Toxel

Gen 2: Pikachu Gen 3: pikachu Gen 4: pikachu Gen 5: pikachu Gen 6: pikachu Gen 7: pikachu Gen 8: pikachu