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[–] 42 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Always go with the opossum.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I have chosen the skunk and declare you my rival. Let's test out their strength in a battle. Pepe use poison gas...

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Raccoons have higher attack, speed, intelligence, and health stats. Opossums do have better defense, but lack stamina and rely on their slight luck advantage.

    Raccoons are the superior starter, they are the Charmander of the options.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    So, the Raccoon will initially seem very good until the first gym where he gets 1-shot by Onyx? Oh. That doesn't seem so good at all. I guess we should have chosen the Squirtle analogue.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago*

    Bulbasaur absolutely mauls the first 4 gyms, and there are plenty of water pokemon available at all stages of the game which are capable of trashing your rivals Charmander/Charmeleon/Charizard. The ice and fire types that are most effective against grass types are buried later in the game.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    And the it still suffers greatly by the second gym, and the final evolution isn't even a real dragon, so it gets absolutely wrecked by rocks, but I still never learned my lesson because it's cool as hell.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Fair enough. I might be sightly biased as well because when playing the originals, I had Blue while my best friend at the time had Red, we each chose the respective starters, and I've just stuck with that and taken the water starter in every game since, despite them often being a sub-optimal choice. That said, Mudkip is one of if not the strongest starter choice in any pokemon game, so it has served me well enough.

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago

    I'll go with the racoon. The pickup ability is a good source of extra items early on.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This seems like a lead-in to a joke...

    An opossom, a skunk, and a raccoon walk into a bar...

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago

    Raccoon, definitely.

    But the skunk is tempting.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Racoon is the chaotic energy choice

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Just keep moving around. I'll get a missingno eventually.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    https://store.steampowered.com/app/2450400/Trash_of_the_Titans/

    Add a badger and you have the character's from Trash of the Titans, which is awesome if you haven't checked out the demo.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    I love that they're all just hanging out together.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I wonder what the type advantage triangle would be here

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Skonx, I choose you!

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Definitely opossum.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    I pick the dark type.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    I feel like the possum's ability is the worst one as it's the only one that doesn't deal damage. It's also not much of a buff.

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