The only debate people have about the Treecko line is wether Grovyle or Sceptile is better. It's actually rare for any Pokemon to have every single form so we'll liked.
Poor Chikorita, I don't understand the hate for it. I hear people say "it's weak against the first two Johto gyms", well Charmander is weak against the first two Kanto gyms and people respect it for it being "hard mode". It'll always have a special place in my heart, plus it's adorable.
Sure, but it's not Just that, Chikorita also struggles against Morty since it really only has Grass and Normal moves, has a tough time with Pryce, and it can't really help at all in the Elite Four...
@@emperorcubone That’s Not True , Pryce Has Water/Ice Types So Meganium Can Do Damage & Has 100 Base Defenses So It Can Take Hits . You Missed That Fact & It’s Good In The Elite Four If You Know How To Use It But I’m Gonna Assume That You Don’t . 💯
Also, a lot of people say Meganium has a simple design, but sceptile is just a Green gecko with a tree in his back, nothing special about it at all. Decidueye was a very disappointing Pokémon stats wise, with a bad ability, and we don't see people complaining about those two. Meganium is not good competitively, it has a simple but effective and solid design.
Not seeing a lot of love for Turtwig in here, which is too bad since it's probably one of my all-time favourites. The concept of a massive turtle with trees growing on its back is just so awesome to me.
Torterra is actually one of the few pokemon I would love to have in real life because I can just lay on his back and use him as a picnic or use his huge tree for shade. My other pick would be altaria because he has soft fluffy wings like a cloud.
I have so much personal nostalgia for Chikorita. When I was little my brother gave me a Chikorita plushie we named "Prince Leaf", it's been one of my top picks ever since. I love the designs of the whole line personally and don't really understand why people don't like it on a non competitive/offensive standpoint.
Hey, at least you can say that Bayleef is the best option in Colosseum since its all double battles and he gets reflect, light screen, and razor leaf. The other two starters get screwed by Gen 3 syndrome, Typhlosion gets no moves and Feraligatr's STAB water moves are all special.
Chikorita was the one I started with back when I first played Silver at ten years old. I loved Meganium. Years later when I played Heartgold, I still chose him.
I’m gonna be honest, I haven’t heard anyone talking about Delphox. Both bad and good, I feel like Delphox just falls under the radar when other starters are discussed. Actually, Emboar as well. Neither are really talked about, and they’re just brushed under the rug usually.
@@PansyPops Fennekin was quite popular when it was first announced. Maybe even tjr favorite. But then Delphox was revealed and the interest quickly died out. So, nowadays, I think it's mostly... Just there. Braixen does have quite a fan club though (it's in Pokken right?). All in all, it's pretty middle of the road I guess. There is also the fact that it was not only Greninja's gen,but also the mega variation of the Kanto Starters (mainly Charizard, but still). The other two have a tough time finding their place.
I think Delphox doesn't need a hat because it's not solidly a western stereotype of a witch - it also has some eastern sage/monk vibes to it. You know, with long fur resembling robes and so on. It's a mixture of both, actually.
In terms of acknowledgment from the company itself, Meganium is the first Ilumina Pokemon on Snap! And was heavily used in the advertisements for the game
Oshawott is my boy. It's so freaking adorable and full of personality. Dewott is one of the neatest middle stage evolutions, and while Samurott has been somewhat controversial, I think its Hisuian form is a definitive improvement over its Unovan form: sleeker design, no weird gorilla chest, cooler helmet, cooler sabers, and double typing. I'm not one of those who wanted a bipedal form for Legends Arceus, so in my book, the Hisuian Samurott line is perfect. I love it.
At first I kinda indifferent to Oshawott, but then I watched the anime and he shot up all the way to my top 3. He was just so fricking hilarious and adorable in the anime. Honestly one of Ash's best Pokemon in terms of personality.
I think Fennekin has that reverse middle stage syndrome, where the middle evolution is cooler than the last one. I think Bayleef, Dewott and for some people Groovyle are also on the list of middle-stage pokemon that can outshine their final forms. I think people may overlook these mons while picking them. There are many cases of starters with weird/unpopular middle stage forms, but they are completely saved thanks to their more remarkable basic and final forms. Grookey, Chespin, Mudkip and Squirtle are good examples.
What are you talking about Warturtle with cool wing-like ears is the best thing Also I don't get why nobody talks about 4th gen when mentioning worst starters middle stages
@@sushi287 they are arguing that their middle form is better than their final form. Which I agree with especially with wartortle, partially because wartortle is a good natural evolution of squirtle, while blastoise removes interesting parts to just add cannons to its back (just look at the how the tail changes between evolutions)
I’d say the least popular are Meganium, Emboar and Chesnaught. Meganium is forgotten I feel due to how popular the other starter Pokémon in it’s gen are, even it’s pre evolutions are a lot more liked than itself. Tepig has love but people don’t like Pignite and Emboar. This is the same situation with Chespin. Delphox Isn’t too liked but people love Feniken and Braxien a lot.
@@emperorcubone yeah i feel never hear about the Chespin line. I know it’s middle evolution it’s hated but I don’t hear about Chesnaught. I originally thought it was because of Greninja but Braxien and the Firefox line have been doing stuff.
Chikorita was my starter in my first ever Pokemon game, SoulSilver, and it will forever be among my favorite evolution lines. They're all so cute! Meganium is admittedly not amazing in battle but I love it all the same and pick Chikorita every time!
Same chikorita doesnt deserve the hate, ok yeah it might be bad in battle but imagine how strong it would be against pryce and the elite 4. Also its design is pretty unique in my opinion
Picking a starter is sort of like picking a level of difficulty for the game. For example, Bulbasaur in Gen 1 can be considered easy mode because it has an advantage over the first two gyms, whereas picking Chikorita in Gen 2 is choosing hard mode given its type disadvantages against the first two gyms. There are other battles throughout the game to consider, but once you get through the beginning, you have access to more types and the opportunity to diverse your team, so the beginning really is a challenge in itself and you rely heavily on your starter.
Is the dino cabbage the bulbasaur line? Also I LOVE Fennekin and Braxien, they are legitimately two of my favourite pokemon but Delphox is just mediocre imo which is a big shame
Embor has an excellent shiny as well! The flames become blue which is awesome! I would think their amazing shinies would make them a little bit more popular.
The Chespin line is definitely the least popular when I started my journey in Pokemon X I chose Chespin and I love it! If anything the line deserves more love especially since it becomes a Grass/Fighting starter pokemon. Chesnaught carried my team in Pokemon X!
Chespin's main issue is being in the generation that put a new spotlight on the Kanto Starters, and gave us Greninja. I really like Quilladin, honestly, but it never truly had a chance to shine.
@@shytendeakatamanoir9740 For me, the chespin line's main issue was Chesnaught's god awful color scheme... If it had been the same colors as its pre-evolved forms, I wouldnt have felt the need to restart my game 5 minutes in so I choose a different starter... Shame too as Chesnaught has such an amazing design...
Now I wanna see a legends game where it includes Tepig, Chikorita and Popplio (tho I think they and their final form are still popular) are the featured starters. Would be cool to see them get some love on their own with new forms and new moves. Maybe something like a Grass and Fairy, Fire and Steel, Water and Ghost final forms or something like that.
Love the idea! Fire/steel or fire/ground would make mah big boy Emboar even more epic. Fire/ground could lean in the sumo inspiration, like the earth shakes when da big pig walks. Love poplio too, cute lil guy and primarina is just a sweetie. I imagine a Water/Ghost version could take on a melancholic clown vibe, Pagliacci poplio evolution would be cool af. Don't have many thoughts on chicorita but I do like her, I think Grass/Dragon and Grass/fairy would both be really cool for it.
I feel like Chesnaught is definitely the most forgettable starter so that would be my pick. Honorable Mentions would be Meganium, Delphox, Emboar, and Inteleon
I think you overlooked Chesnaught quite a bit. While its design isn't terrible, and is actually okay, it wasn't anything groundbreaking so people were pretty thrown off from it. Not to mention that it had no competitive prowess whatsoever. And even though it may be close, I believe that Quilladin is way uglier than Pignite and is in fact the worst stage 1 starter evo
Comparing Chespin and Tepig has an easy winner. People loved Chespin when the reveals were first out. I'd say Froakie was more, but Chespin was defiantly above Fennakin. Quillidin is a mess of a middle stage true, but Chesnaught as his Juggernaut design is amazing and really stands out from the other grass starters to that point. Only Rillaboom is built like him in the lineup. While Tepig started off strong, he just gets worst and worst. Pignite you'd argue is slightly better than Quillidin, but it's still a bad design, and unlike Chesnaught, Emboar makes it worst. Grass/Fighting starter was exciting at the time, cause we only had Breloom. Fire/Fighting was not. We were all sick of it, and Emboar had to compare to fan-favs Blaziken and Infernape, which only made it worst for him.
I know this is going to make a lot of people hate me, but I honestly don’t think Tepig and its evolutions are THAT bad. I used them on my Unova team and I really liked them. They’re not as cool as the Cyndaquil or Treecko lines, but I still really like them. You’re allowed to send me hate comments in the replies, I don’t care lol 😅 Edit: I didn’t expect this comment to get so many likes and replies lol 😅
if it had different typing, it could have been a way cooler pokemon. in the rom hack blaze black, it is a fire/ground type. has some weaknesses, but does some justice to our boar friend.
personally i think that emboars heavyweight look makes it cool, it gives a different vibe to all of the other fire starters that feel agile (other than fuecoco maybe)
The Tepig line were my 1st ever pokemon and it pains me to see how unpopular they really are. But I did like your analysis on what made a pokemon popular or unpopular, good job!
It makes me sad to see the Chikorita line getting a lot of hate. Sure it has its flaws but I wouldn’t consider it outright useless. Its appearance is beautiful in that the buds on its neck eventually bloom into an amaryllis flower, and it is a dinosaur; It’d probably be one of those herbivore Dinos. As for movesets, it can serve as a bit of a tank. It can learn reflect and light screen which raise both defense and sp. defense. It can learn Aromatherapy which removes a status condition off of you or an ally if you’re in a double battle. And it’s not like it can’t put up a good fight. Even if its level up moves aren’t the best, it’s not like you can’t improve your particular chiko’s moveset with TMs or move tutor. I have picked chikorita every single playthrough of Johto and I have always found a way to use it, and it has never let me down. I love chikorita, even if the majority doesn’t 🍃 🦕 🍐
thank you, I loved chikorita since it was revealed. I loved all three equally, Cyndiquill was adorable and fierce, Tododile always had such pizzaze and personality I loved his mischief personality just trying to enjoy life and have fun, and Chikorita was just this sassy little diva that put up a good fight. I always loved how it was like as Chikorita evolved she was blooming into a flower. And yes I always figured she was a long neck dinosaur. She was so precious and I had and still have a lot of love for Chikorita and her evolution line. I think she has a fair amount of a fanbase as well.
@@cocohaven I love all the Johto starters as well. Chiko is awesome, Cyndaquil is powerful, and Totodile was special to my sister. However, I can’t ever bring myself to choose Cyndaquil or Totodile. I feel like I would be betraying my favorite Pokémon if I chose a different starter
@@Solana771 that is understandable, Chikorita always held a special place in my heart in the johto region and the trainer class I always loved though irreverent to favorite starter was the pokemon rangers. Remains one of my top favorite pokemon class but like the chikorits line it doesn't get the spot light many others do. Like for example for johto starters they're in the back burner and forgotten by a lot of people. Growing up there were a couple dinosaur species I adored one being the triceratops and another was the long neck dinosaur, there were a couple others but yeah I loved how they made chikorita evolution like a Dino flower , she's blooming from a bud, but much like her line the ranger class was kinda thrown in the back burner as well. Would be amazing tovhave a pokemon game with trainer class options like being a ranger or coordinator or whatever the person decides to go on their journey. Events that happen and the story would change depending on the path chosen. As well as mini games to work together with other trainer classes or the same one to complete a mission or task. That would make the games more immersive in my opinion and enjoyable instead of the one forced master route to beat all the gyms and win the league. What if I want to be a pokemon ranger and do missions to save and help pokemon and passing trainers? I would like to see gamefreak and the pokemon company give underrated pokemon spotlight and the love they deserve.
@@cocohaven Amen!! I never really had a favorite Trainer class, but I will agree that Pokémon rangers do look pretty cool. It’s also awesome that you have a soft spot for dinosaurs! I began to develop a love for Chikorita many years ago when my sister let me borrow one of her Mystery Dungeon games (I forget which one, it was either Red or Blue rescue team). The quiz selected Chikorita for me, and I quickly began to bond with my character. The Chikorita personality also seemed to fit me as well, so that helped speed things along. I never got very far in the game; I think I kept dying at Mt. Steel before deciding to give up, but I never forgot Chikorita and I went through a phase where I was completely obsessed with Chikorita. I’ve since grown out of that phase but I still have a special place in my heart for Chikorita. I also want to point out something about the evolution of the flower buds on chiko; apparently I later learned that I think Bayleef’s neck can smell like spices, since I think Bayleef’s neck is supposed to represent different leaves and spices like bay leaves (hehe) and thyme or something. I remember reading that somewhere, I’m not sure if I’m correct on this. I also tend to fall in the minority in terms of interests; not just with Pokémon but anything in general. To name a couple examples, I don’t like the popular music that everyone’s into and I like a good amount of games that not everyone loves. It’s like I’m subconsciously falling into the minority category on purpose because I like having my own personal bubble and I don’t like being in a massive group of people
@@Solana771 that's an interesting pokemon fact about chikorita I didn't know about. Thanks for sharing it, and I agree with the music thing I like music with meaning to it and not the mainstream overly used sexual content and lyrics at all. I like a lot of old school blues and country and so on, my dad would always play oldies cds in the car when we drove somewhere out of town I know some good Marvin Gaye, the temptations, Brenton wood and a few others as well. I have a great love gor chikorita because of the anime and her simple design and as for dinosaurs there are some I love, I grew up watching jurassic park and godzilla. I have two brothers so sonic and Mario were definitely part of childhood as well. My older brother has still his jurassic park raptor doll he had put away in the closet along with his old Thomas train set. When it comes to huge groups of people I can see how that can be uncomfortable. Everyone is different. It depends on who you're comfortable being around that makes or breaks the social aspect.
As a young kid I liked Chikorita because it was cute. But I could (and did) just pick Cyndaquil if I wanted cute and strong! I'm a water trainer but I found Totodile too boyish, which my grass trainer big brother preferred. It's a good thing my twin brother has always liked every fire type pokemon lol
Delphox has been datamined to be in Unite soon, and it's the only Kalos starter in Masters and Pokken (as Braixen). I think we can eliminate that from the least popular.
By that logic it’s more popular than Greninja. The reason it got added to Pokken was because of Serena’s Braixen in the anime, and the same is true of why it’s in masters.
@@pooppooper9033 Except Greninja was explicitly voted to be more. Besides, Serena's Braixen is more likely to do Delphox more favours in the popularity department than Chesnaught was. Serena's Braixen is now a Delphox anyway, so if it was REALLY that unpopular the anime would have kept is as a Braixen.
I've seen more love for Delphox than for chesnaught, I actually kinda hate chesnaught. For most of the games my first choice for a starter is either Grass or Fire type, and Gen 6 is one of the rare times when I would rather have the water type over the grass. As for the Gen 8 starters, I don't feel like many people actually like them? I would place them at the bottom 3.
@@jkahl5596 Scorbunny is A great Physic Attacker and Decent Tank(And my personal fave, it looks super cute regardless of evo.), Sobble can destroy most opponents easily since in galar most trainer mon have low defense, and with access to stuff like snipe shot and sucker punch makes it fairly useful, and Grookey is a TANK! It can not only take damage, it can dish it back out in equal power.
@@ASnowWhiteAvali2006 not everyone looks at just usefulness, people like me who play purely casually to have cool looking pokemon and play through the games, care more about looks than usefulness, and i can say that the sobble line has ruined my respect for water type starters
Both of them are mediocre honestly. They put so much effort into one starter in gen 6 that the rest suffered. To me that puts them in the bottom 3 along with gens 5 & yeah probably 8.
Here's my favorite per gen Gen 1 = Honestly Bulbasaur's grown on me no that's not a weird pun lol Gen 2 = Chikarita, honestly I have the least amount of headaches with it. It level's up pretty fast and I usually have more problems with Cyndaquill and Totodile. Gen 3 = Treecko, you can't not love Treecko. Gen 4 = Piplup. I like it's whole evolutionary line, I think Prinplup is underrated. Plus steel types are my second favorite typing in Pokemon next to electric. Gen 5 = Snivy too me looks like a spiritual successor to Treecko, I think it has a similar attitude plus I've used it in many playthrough's so it's the one I'm nostolgic for. Gen 6 = Fennikin, it's the cutest and I have no shame in that being my reason for liking it, and honestly I never noticed the weird ear hair thing until people started bringing it up but I don't think it distracts from the overall cuteness it has. Gen 7 = Popplio, I do think that it's the cutest starter and to be honest I like the animal it's based off of. Gen 8 = Sobble, I thought it was adorable, and it conquers it's own self doubt when it evolves. I find it relatable because I was a big cryer as a kid and then I learned to be strong. So I relate to Sobble in a lot of ways. Gen 9 = The fact that it's a duck alone makes me like Quaxly, I love ducks, Psyduck is tied with Snorlax for my favorite Pokemon of all time just because it looks like a duck, I even looked up how to take care of one as a pet just because I love ducks. Now it's rumored that it's a pirate duck? Are you kidding me?!?!?!?!?!?!? I love pirates and I love ducks, combine my favorite type of fictional stories with my favorite animal of course I'm going to love Quaxly.
I appreciated emboar a lot more recently because I learned that his whole gimmick/strategy is supposed to be him using recoil moves and his high HP stat is what balanced him out. So basically his whole design was that he was supposed to inflict a big amount of damage to the opponent without suffering any real consequences because he has such a high HP stat. I would like to play black 2 but this time pick tepig and use this strategy. It sounds very fun to me personally.
I think a good way to revamp the tepig line would be in another Legends Arceus type game where emboar becomes a fire/ground type and goes down to walking on all fours and make it more boar like(maybe an ability that has a chance to make a move priority to fit in with a boar rush) and making it similar to torterra in appearance I feel would be a solid improvement to that line
Idk why they couldn't have made it ground in the first place...I'm sure more ppl would've liked it cos before that it was only camerupt and numel ? Still not a great typing, but at least it'd be different
I still think that the Kanto and Hoenn starters are the perfect starter trios. Never really seemed like there was one obviously better and none stand out as being bad. (Side note, Sceptile is best grass starter !)
You mean like, strength in game or in terms of treatment? Because Kanto is very heavily skewed towards Charizard if we're talking about the latter, even to this day. Hoenn is one of the more balanced gens in that regard, though Mudkip line can be seen as a step behind the other 2 in prominence
Yeah, back when Kanto was first released and even among non Pokémon fans today charizard gets all the love by a land slide, but in the Pokémon community the love is a lot more balanced
It’s so odd that one of my favorite starters is Chikorita. I think that’s because I loved Ash’s Chikorita that he caught in Johto Journey’s when I was a kid.
Bro! You are not alone! Chikorita is best boi and Ash's Chikorita is best girl. I too liked Ash's Chikorita and as a kid I had a Chikorita toy I go mt for my birthday which I loved. My girl bought me a Chikorita plush because I asked her too. But yes, Chikorita deserves more love!
My favorite is Chikorita and I came here full expecting it to be the least liked starter. I always loved Chikorita and Bayleef, but I disliked Meganium as a child/teen. Now I love Meganium and it reinforced my love for the Chikorita line, I like how it's a feminine bulky pokemon, and since I don't really play competitively I don't care about stats that much, I just know my Chikorita is always a valuable player in my team and I love it.
I like Meganium. I played Heartgold a little while ago, I abandoned my decision to pick my favorite Johto starter, Totodile, to pick Chikorita (as I know Chikorita is underrated and is said to be worse). The gameplay is amazing, and Meganium with Earthquake, Synthesis, Ancient Power, and Solar-Beam/Giga Drain is a pretty useful combination for moves. My point is, while Meganium may not be as popular as the others; but I feel the mon has a lot of use in its games, respectively.
It’s design got ruined when it’s previous ones were alright. It just looks too different from its previous evolutions. If I ever decided to use one I would not evolve it full cause it’s design is just meh. They could’ve done so much more with it (same with Chesnaught). Honestly all the gen 6 starters sucked imo. Gen 6 and gen 8 honestly have the worst starters overall. But the worst starter I would probably give to Meganium.
Same here. First time I saw it I was like - omg, I WANT THAT. And no, it doesn't at all look too feminine to me despite all starters being 87% male. Let's say I watched a lot of animes and got the sage/monk vibes they've tried to go with.
I fall into the line of 'after three fire-fighting types Im done.' Torchic/Blaziken will always be my favorite Fire starter, and Chimchar/Infernape eventually grew on me... But I never have played a game with Tepig/Emboar as my starter...
I think Emboar's had a bit of a redemption lately. Not from any official source, but a lot of people are coming around to it now that Fire/Fighting starters aren't as oversaturated. Chesnaught on the other hand? I honestly haven't seen anybody talk about it.
I didn’t play those generations of Pokémon games, but I can recognize Emboar. Video put up Chesnaught and I hadn’t seen that Pokémon in my entire life. And then called it more popular than Delphox which is practically everywhere, merchandise wise.
Funny thing about Litten is it was the reverse for me. I was team Litten from it's reveal through much of pre-release. Then eventually saw its final evolution in the leaked pokedex. Immediately disowned it when I saw it became a wrestler which is just another fighter inspired design despite not having the type lol
@@fabrizziovacante7409 I'm aware of that but ultimately incineroar is another fire starter with a fighter based design. He's based on a masked wrestler, changing him to dark instead of fighting still doesn't change how I view him.
*My favorite starters are Rowlet, Poplio, and either Litten or Scorbunny, the gen 7 starters are just wonderful in my opinion, and Scorbunny can be any type*
I think you should've considered the chespin line for sure, because I've seen way more hate for it than the fennekin line lately, and according to a truegreen7 video he did a bit ago (which might not be fully accurate, but should still be relatively similar to the general opinions of everyone), every single member of the chespin line did worse than the fennekin line
popplio shouldnt be on this list instead it should have been totodile or chespin. popplio is very well liked u cant base popplio off brionne and primarina. it got alot of hate when it first came out but that doesnt make it the least popular. it was used in vgc for quite a while.
Delphox was extremely hated when it was originally revealed. Delphox is better for gameplay but Chesnaught is better for design. Delphoxs furry robe looks dumb and a wizard concept couldve been done way better
I think Chikorita gets a bad wrap because many people chose the easier options in Johto. I found it and it's evolutions great once you get past the first two gyms, with my Meganium taking down most of the Elite Four in my first run-through. The Johto starters are really deserving of an upgrade, especially after they were overlooked for Megas. Even an additional typing or new form is deserved. Also, Bayleef is a brilliant design and was great in the anime. There's quite a few other starters and their evolutions that I just can't get with, especially in Gens 5, 6 and 8. Greninja being the exception.
I fell off pokemon after Gen 3 and didnt return until they released x/y many years later when the hype was getting crazy for 3d pokemon. So I didn't really have the fatigue and all that with fire starters. And when I saw the kalos starters I was instantly drawn to Delfox, it was such a cool concept and I liked the design. I also only play mage characters in rpgs so there's that. I had no idea it was a disliked pokemon though.
I never started Pokemon until Gen V was about to release I started with Emerald and then when Gen V came out that was technically my very first experience as a Pokemon fan. So I never really felt Pokemon fatigue either and since I started when Gen V. My dislike from Tepig didn't come from it was another fire fighting starter and honestly I didn't even know it was another fire-fighting. I disliked Tepig because I thought it was boring compared to the other starters. Pokemon going from all fours to bipedal doesn't bother me though either. Pokemon going from bipedal to all fours that annoys me. Not enough to hate it but still how does a Pokemon suddenly go from two legs to all fours? It makes more sense why a Pokemon would eventually go to two legs.
@@Rose-yx6jq are you the person that made that meme that popped up in MANDJTV's ASPITPIAY series where it's the old guy and that young guy in that room throwing chairs at each other where they say "It has a naive nature!" "I named him Twiggy!" Or do you and that person just name your torterra the same thing?
For me, I would give my favorites for each generation being: Gen1) Bulbasaur Gen2) Totodile Gen3) Mudkip Gen4) Chimchar Gen5) Oshawatt Gen6) Froakie Gen7) Popplio Gen8) Scorbunny Gen9) Quaxly My opinion for gen9 could wind up changing based on their evolutions, but so far, Quaxly has my vote
Chicorita was my first ever Pokémon in HeartGold version Therefore, I could never hate it. However, it is an awful choice and should NEVER be given a chance, less you seek punishment.
What I find interesting is that design-wise Water is not often the favourite of each gen but its also rarely the least favourite so its actually the most consistent, rarely divisive. In my mind, fire is the most popular starter type because it's so often the favourite of a gen, and yet it has some of the worst starter designs we've ever seen.
Chikorita has a very strong community though. I'd say Chespin has it worse because it's more forgotten. I am a huge fan of the pear-shaped Cow Killer myself, don't get me wrong. But I feel like its underdog status really helps his popularity and stop him for being entirely forgotten. TL;DR thanks to us, Chikorita isn't last! Yay!
My favorites of each region are Kanto: Bulbasaur Johto: Cyndaquil Hoenn: Mudkip Sinnoh: Piplup Unova: Oshawott Kalos: Froakie Alola: Popplio Galar: Grookey Gen 9: Sprigatito
Always nice to see others that love Popplio. Sprigatito is my fave Gen 9 Starter at the moment as well. Here are my faves too: Kanto: Charmander Johto: Cyndaquil Hoenn: All three Sinnoh: Turtwig and Chimchar Unova: Snivy Kalos: Fennekin Alola: Popplio Galar: Scorbunny Gen 9: Sprigatito
Popplio's final evolution was majestic, and I definitely did not name it a space duck. Otherwise, favorites for me are: Kanto: all, but Squirtle being the highest Johto: Cyndiquill Hoenn: all, Treeko being the highest barely Sinnoh: Piplup Unova: Oshawatt Kalos: Froakie Alola: Popplio and Rowlet Galar: Sobble Gen 9: leaning towards the grass starter.
"Fennekins line is the most overlooked of its generation" TFW Chespin is so unloved in its generation Emp' unironically argued the Renamon of Pokemon was unpopular.
You know, this makes me think about a theoretical future Legends game with those three least popular starters as its starters. One of each type, from different Gens... it matches up perfectly, and it'd make a nice contrast from Arceus, where all of the starters were... if not super popular (though I will say Oshawott, at least in the circles I've been in, was never particularly UNpopular - It's chosen as the starter of vanilla BW and BW2 Nuzlockes about as often as Snivy, and some of the most beloved/popular Gen 5 comics, including the third arc of the original Pokémon Hard Mode and Kynim's Myths of Unova, feature it as the starter of the protagonist!), at least reasonably well-liked already. For marketing reasons they'll probably never do it, but I think it'd be fun to have a Legends game where your starters are all those unorthodox, less popular picks. Give em some love and attention and all :p
Tepig was my very first Pokémon! I got Pokémon Black 2 for Christmas after discovering the anime and trading card game (Small child me had no idea the video games existed until I found out on the internet. I didn’t even get a Nintendo DS until near the end of the console’s lifespan) I begged my parents for any Pokémon game and I’m sure Black 2, being the most current release, happened to be the game they grabbed off the shelf at a Walmart. All of this to say, I’m 21 now and Pokémon has continued to be an enormous part of my life. I own almost all of the games in the series and replaying them brings me enormous amounts of comfort. Even though DPPt became my favorites and where most of my nostalgia is for, Gen 5, Black 2, and by extension Tepig, will always hold a special place in my heart, regardless of Tepig’s overall popularity. Here’s to you, Tepig! Thanks for kickstarting my love for this franchise. I’ll always love and appreciate you, even if you are the least popular starter of them all.
I’ve always picked water starters, from the very first time I picked up pokémon sapphire at 5 years old :’) never chosen another starter type since. I believe this will change soon though, as i’m pretty drawn Fuecoco
I picked Chespin for my entre into X...and regretted it the moment it evolved. Never liked Chesnaught. And I've always felt the Froakie line was overrated. But I feel the Fennekin & Tepig lines are wildly underrated! My favorite grass type is the Grookey line! Still love it, and it's one of my favorite starters. But Totodile is probably my favorite starter of all time!
I picked Froakie to start And I laughed out loud when my rival sent out Qualadin Then I never had a greater "careful who you make fun of in middle school" moment when I saw Chesnaught. So cool
Honestly, I really feel sad about Chikorita's entire evolution line. It's unfair for it to not have any good moves aside from Petal Dance in my opinion. I hope the Pokemon Company would improve Chikorita's line in the future by making it learn more adaptive moves like Dragon Pulse, Stomp, Earthquake, or maybe even some Fairy type moves. That would've been cool.
I feel like your videos always have an "Oh!" moment. Like I was like "I think it's usually the Grass type per gen", then you go "First, Gen 1 is probably safe" then I realized
Admittedly I feel bad for poor Chikorita. I have a huge soft spot for that cutie, and admittedly like Chikorita so much that I admittedly choose it over the other two Johto Starters. I just think that Chikorita is neat and sometimes you just gotta give the unloved Pokémon a little bit of love
@@emperorcubone It is the quintessential Middle Stage that only exists to create a bridge between Chikorita and Meganium. That they managed to be liked more than Meganium is just fascinating to me.
My absolute favorite starter lines of all time are torchick and popplio.And yes,I love all popplio's evolution forms just as much as its first form!I have no idea why do people dislike it,it's so precious and friend-shaped,come on it's a little sea lion how is it not the cutest?I just wanna hug it it's so adorable,sweet little baby sea doggo♥
I always picked Chikorita in gen2 simply because I wanted a grass pokemon for my "ideal" team. Fire/Electric/Water? Got legendaries for that. Got Lugia for Psychic Flying. Got TyTar for Dark Rock. Meganium is ok for stats and most importantly it's green. It completed the color pallet :) And it makes for the most engaging start against the flying and bug gym!
Personally I freaking love Emboar I like very few people like it and I always pick it in my Pokémon white runs and has generally excellent shiny and big buff arms
I honestly love the Fennekin line, it’s legit my favorite Gen 6 starter. It also, in my opinion, has the best shiny line out of Gen 6. The Fennekin line is also super good throughout the entirety of X and Y, like crazy good. Idk why people hate it so much tbh
10:06 tepig actually was in an outside game in the form of pokepark 2 where you could play as tepig, and although not as popular as the pokemon mystery dungeon games, I'd still say that helped tepig's popularity quite a bit an even gave it its own personality
The least popular starter statistically is either Chespin, Popplio, or Chikorita. The issue with Chikorita and Popplio is the fan base has declared them to be too feminine of a starter as they're obviously targeted for female trainers. In Japan, Chikorita is considered to be "the most seriously useless starter Pokémon," however because its a classic and has more time to grow a fanbase it's become more popular over the years especially in the anime. With Chespin and Popplio though, they are still roughly new starters and considered to arrive past the "peak" of Pokémon. Between the two it seems like Chespin statistically is the least favorable since grass and fighting isn't the best combo typing, plus its design isn't as appealing to any other starters. With Popplio though, it typing of Water/ Fairy is unique and comes in handy with many battle in its debuted game. While Tepig might be the least liked out of the gen 5 starters, its selection rate is on par with Snivy and Oshawott. All 3 starters in term of design are equally balanced and the only real downside to Tepig in the fanbase is it being the 3rd Fire/ Fighting type in a row. It's stats are greater then the two other starters and even greater than Infernape and Blazikin in defense/ attack. So the actuality is Tepig might be the least favorable out of the fire starters, but the real worst starter statistically is Chespin due to it's terrible stats, design, and underwhelming appeal to the Pokémon fanbase.
Cyndaquil was my OG. As he evolved and got to his Typhlosion form with Thunderpunch, he actually stood a chance against water type Pokémon and rock type with Iron Punch.
What do you mean by Iron Punch? I don't believe that's ever been a move in the mainline series. There's Bullet Punch but the Cyndaquil line can't learn that move.
The only reason I didn't pick Fennekin the first time I played X and Y was because I got the mystery gift Torchic, and I wanted Bulbasaur, so I sorta had to pick Froakie for a balanced team. Playing through it again, I will always pick Fennekin!
I have a very strong bond with Chestnut. When I was really young and just getting into Pokémon my parents bought me and my sister a few Pokémon plushies. I got a chestnut and my sister got panchem and nowadays I love both of them and they are on my favorites list. Their designs are also cool. I was very relieved that other people do not dislike chestnut because he’s my cute lil boi. (I say he but I mean it. It just looks a he)
I feel as though they have avoided making another fire/fighting type starter Pokemon since gen5 specifically because the general reaction towards Emboar was so negative, which I understand, since it got pretty tiring to see that type combo used 3 generations in a row
The biggest crime the gen 5 anime made was not having Ash's Tepig evolve into Emboar but having it evolve into Pignite. Either go all the way or don't bother at all. Especially in this case. Emboar isn't the prettiest sight but it does have a certain coolness to it. Pignite is just ugly and the worst stage they could choose to leave it as.
I feel like Intellion is the most forgetable, as we often even forget to remember it as forgotten even though the gen just came out. I brings nothing unique to the table, and even with decent stats it doesn't stand out. All the more notable since it's a starter evo of the latest gen. Also Chikorita is bae, only Jhoto starter I solo'd the game with, and Meganium was my first starter to hit lv100
Maybe I just have a lot of friends that adore Delphox- cause I had literally no clue it was underrated in any sense Sad to see Chespin’s line get hate in any way since I love that Pokémon so much and since it was my Pokémon Y starter and the fact that he literally *carried* my team in several ways, but I get that the design is kinda boring and that it’s not the most stellar Pokémon but I’ve found it to be useful (obviously that’s subjective lol)
I never played X and Y, but I think it’s because of how the starter typings are designed to hard counter both types of the starter who’s weak to it. For example, Chesnauts typings are weak to both of Delphox’s typings. However, despite having two type advantages over Greninja, it still gets easily outplayed by the starter it was designed to counter. Whoever decided to give Greninja access to flying type moves must have hated chesnaut lol. It also doesn’t help that the starter it “counters” can simply change its own type, which completely negates those typing advantages, leaving chesnaut as a slow, sitting duck. I personally have no problem with chesnaut, and I actually really like it’s design. However I can see why people may not get the “dreadnaught” feeling when it’s weak to so many common offensive types.
Some would probably blame Delphox for Fennekin not taking off. They had a good thing going with Braixen, and Delphox was a massive change from it. I feel that it's reveal was what unfortunately caused Greninja to be the favourite starter of Gen 6. At least it broke the chain of Fire/Fighting starters.
At least personally I've come to appreciate the Chikorita line more as I got older and come to understood the game better. It's cool and unique to have a more defensively oriented option as a starter Pokemon, even if it's not a particularly good one
i’ve said this before, but one thing i’ve noticed is that for some reason the ‘feminine’ starters are most likely to be disliked for some reason. meganium, delphox and primarina are mostly seen as female characters in the community or in the anime and i guess people just dont vibe with it. i’d have to admit that meganium is awful to use. delphox has a weird design, in fact, kalos is the only region where i picked the grass starter because i despise froakie and fennekin. primarina is literally perfect tho, so i never understood the hate, perfect design, perfect shiny, perfect typing, good movepool, above average stats, i truely don’t know what primarina shouldve done different.
I'm not sure if it's nostalgia but I really like Meganium. Delphox is my favourite out of the gen 6 starters but Primarina makes me feel weird for some reason. I think it might be the hair and the way its body is shaped but I just can't bring myself around to like it.
I think that the main reason why people tend to not like feminine starter Pokemon is because of 2 main things: the fact that they tend to be male 7 out of 8 times, and the fact that most of the time they tend to not be designed to be more clearly female. That being said, I'm not a fan of Meganium, despite it being my first gen2 starter Pokemon, as well as the first one I raised to level 100, but as time has gone by, I grew to not like it very quickly. Delphox I'm pretty indifferent to, I'd say, it usually flies under my radar, but I do think it has a cool design inspiration, so I don't have any problem with it. Primarina is my favorite water type starter, and maybe even my personal favorite starter Pokemon ever; I always was fond of Popplio (despite how many people disliked it initially), and it only grew on me as it evolved, causing me to quickly become attached to it
I like Delphox, personally, but I definitely agree with not understanding the hate for Primarina. I love it so much and it's my number one favorite Starter Pokémon.
If you look at the latest Pokemon Company's popularity poll, you'll find Chikorita higher than Totodile and all of the Fennekin line members higher than Chespin. So I'm not sure I agree with those arguments. Feels more like personal preference, which sums up to an interesting video too, just doesn't capture the whole community vibes.
Chinese Zodiac Theme Believers: HAI-YA! **glues on rat tail and rat ears on syndaquil** **cuts off most of fennekins ear parts and shaves tail** **cuts off fuecocos limbs** **also forgets that fuecoco MIGHT be a horse**
The only debate people have about the Treecko line is wether Grovyle or Sceptile is better.
It's actually rare for any Pokemon to have every single form so we'll liked.
This is true but mystery dungeon made grovyle a fan favorite for many as middle evos are usually not liked much
what if i told u i dont like treecko and sceptile is mid
@@tee-p6f then that just means you need to get on Monster Hunter
@@tee-p6f then you have an unpopular opinion
@@tee-p6f then i’d agree
I love Fennekin line and nothing can change that. If I play XY games, I always pick Fennekin. Someone has to defend it from this cruel world.
Same
I'm sorry you feel that way
@@AscendedXSaiyan I’m sorry that you are a pathetic fan if you don’t like it
I’m in the same camp, not just with Fennekin but Chikorita. It’s hard being the only fan of this little potato thing
@@frownyclowny6955 it’s cute
Poor Chikorita, I don't understand the hate for it. I hear people say "it's weak against the first two Johto gyms", well Charmander is weak against the first two Kanto gyms and people respect it for it being "hard mode". It'll always have a special place in my heart, plus it's adorable.
Sure, but it's not Just that, Chikorita also struggles against Morty since it really only has Grass and Normal moves, has a tough time with Pryce, and it can't really help at all in the Elite Four...
@@emperorcubone That’s Not True , Pryce Has Water/Ice Types So Meganium Can Do Damage & Has 100 Base Defenses So It Can Take Hits . You Missed That Fact & It’s Good In The Elite Four If You Know How To Use It But I’m Gonna Assume That You Don’t . 💯
Also, a lot of people say Meganium has a simple design, but sceptile is just a Green gecko with a tree in his back, nothing special about it at all. Decidueye was a very disappointing Pokémon stats wise, with a bad ability, and we don't see people complaining about those two. Meganium is not good competitively, it has a simple but effective and solid design.
@@Gichou014 That’s Not True Either .
@@melvondrewhite2674 ?
Not seeing a lot of love for Turtwig in here, which is too bad since it's probably one of my all-time favourites. The concept of a massive turtle with trees growing on its back is just so awesome to me.
Caught a shiny turtwig and I fell in love with the little fella
Torterra is actually one of the few pokemon I would love to have in real life because I can just lay on his back and use him as a picnic or use his huge tree for shade.
My other pick would be altaria because he has soft fluffy wings like a cloud.
Yeah he's my favorite too!
I love Torterra.
I agree! Tutwig has a special place in my heart since diamond and pearl
I have so much personal nostalgia for Chikorita. When I was little my brother gave me a Chikorita plushie we named "Prince Leaf", it's been one of my top picks ever since. I love the designs of the whole line personally and don't really understand why people don't like it on a non competitive/offensive standpoint.
Hey, at least you can say that Bayleef is the best option in Colosseum since its all double battles and he gets reflect, light screen, and razor leaf. The other two starters get screwed by Gen 3 syndrome, Typhlosion gets no moves and Feraligatr's STAB water moves are all special.
I don't understand why people don't like the Chikorita line either. I love the entire line as well!
I do really like Chikorita as they're adorable but I don't really like the evolutions.
@@flareonguy7922 maybe thats why Meganium caught me off guard in the battle tower. It was gen 3 and got a few turns to set up
Chikorita was the one I started with back when I first played Silver at ten years old. I loved Meganium. Years later when I played Heartgold, I still chose him.
I feel like over the years, Emboar has become less popular than Delphox. I personally love Delphox and always have, but still.
Emboar was never popular....and never will be..
I’m gonna be honest, I haven’t heard anyone talking about Delphox. Both bad and good, I feel like Delphox just falls under the radar when other starters are discussed.
Actually, Emboar as well. Neither are really talked about, and they’re just brushed under the rug usually.
So ur bais
People hate both of them and I won’t allow such disrespect for either of them
@@PansyPops Fennekin was quite popular when it was first announced. Maybe even tjr favorite. But then Delphox was revealed and the interest quickly died out.
So, nowadays, I think it's mostly... Just there. Braixen does have quite a fan club though (it's in Pokken right?).
All in all, it's pretty middle of the road I guess.
There is also the fact that it was not only Greninja's gen,but also the mega variation of the Kanto Starters (mainly Charizard, but still).
The other two have a tough time finding their place.
I personally believe if Delphox had a hat, it would be a lot more liked
No, I already love Delphox without a hat so this is a skill issue.
@@straenmusikant7402 same, delphox is one of my favorite starters.
Delphox gang assemble
I think Delphox doesn't need a hat because it's not solidly a western stereotype of a witch - it also has some eastern sage/monk vibes to it. You know, with long fur resembling robes and so on.
It's a mixture of both, actually.
DELPHOOOOOOOOX but yeah a hat would be cool, but I love her as it is
In terms of acknowledgment from the company itself, Meganium is the first Ilumina Pokemon on Snap! And was heavily used in the advertisements for the game
Meganium definitely got a lot of respect from me because of Pokémon Snap
Oshawott is my boy. It's so freaking adorable and full of personality.
Dewott is one of the neatest middle stage evolutions, and while Samurott has been somewhat controversial, I think its Hisuian form is a definitive improvement over its Unovan form: sleeker design, no weird gorilla chest, cooler helmet, cooler sabers, and double typing. I'm not one of those who wanted a bipedal form for Legends Arceus, so in my book, the Hisuian Samurott line is perfect. I love it.
Oshawott has been my Favorite Pokemon Since day 1
Not one of my faves but I think it deserves more respect
At first I kinda indifferent to Oshawott, but then I watched the anime and he shot up all the way to my top 3. He was just so fricking hilarious and adorable in the anime. Honestly one of Ash's best Pokemon in terms of personality.
That is my boy❤
Samurott has to be the best Pokémon period
Chikorita might not be the most useful Pokémon in the game but in the anime it has so much personality and was one of my favourites
Pokemon are squirtle are weak too unless it's evolved
I think Fennekin has that reverse middle stage syndrome, where the middle evolution is cooler than the last one. I think Bayleef, Dewott and for some people Groovyle are also on the list of middle-stage pokemon that can outshine their final forms. I think people may overlook these mons while picking them.
There are many cases of starters with weird/unpopular middle stage forms, but they are completely saved thanks to their more remarkable basic and final forms. Grookey, Chespin, Mudkip and Squirtle are good examples.
also wartortle and ivysaur
@@ohmeohmicah I don’t get your point
What are you talking about
Warturtle with cool wing-like ears is the best thing
Also I don't get why nobody talks about 4th gen when mentioning worst starters middle stages
Frogadier is a 12 out of 10 and Greninja is about a 7
@@sushi287 they are arguing that their middle form is better than their final form. Which I agree with especially with wartortle, partially because wartortle is a good natural evolution of squirtle, while blastoise removes interesting parts to just add cannons to its back (just look at the how the tail changes between evolutions)
I’d say the least popular are Meganium, Emboar and Chesnaught.
Meganium is forgotten I feel due to how popular the other starter Pokémon in it’s gen are, even it’s pre evolutions are a lot more liked than itself. Tepig has love but people don’t like Pignite and Emboar. This is the same situation with Chespin. Delphox Isn’t too liked but people love Feniken and Braxien a lot.
There was always something about Chesnaught that just felt so forgettable and undercooked about it. I don't hate it, I just forget about it
Interesting, I've never heard that about Chesnaught before.
I'm a huge Emboar fan. It's the first starter pokemon that made me really like fire type starters.
Which is wrong that people like Typhlosion and Cinderace are so popular are when they’re really bland
@@emperorcubone yeah i feel never hear about the Chespin line. I know it’s middle evolution it’s hated but I don’t hear about Chesnaught. I originally thought it was because of Greninja but Braxien and the Firefox line have been doing stuff.
Chikorita was my starter in my first ever Pokemon game, SoulSilver, and it will forever be among my favorite evolution lines. They're all so cute! Meganium is admittedly not amazing in battle but I love it all the same and pick Chikorita every time!
same！
True!
Chikorita was my starter when I played Pokemon silver
Same chikorita doesnt deserve the hate, ok yeah it might be bad in battle but imagine how strong it would be against pryce and the elite 4.
Also its design is pretty unique in my opinion
Maganium best support
Picking a starter is sort of like picking a level of difficulty for the game. For example, Bulbasaur in Gen 1 can be considered easy mode because it has an advantage over the first two gyms, whereas picking Chikorita in Gen 2 is choosing hard mode given its type disadvantages against the first two gyms. There are other battles throughout the game to consider, but once you get through the beginning, you have access to more types and the opportunity to diverse your team, so the beginning really is a challenge in itself and you rely heavily on your starter.
I like the idea of giving Magnium the secondary fairy typing. Hopefully that becomes canon one day
They should get a regional form that's Grass/Fairy.
in a Ultra Sun and Moon romhack it became Grass fairy with an ability who prevent status and it is really, really great.
Does it need it? Doesn't scream fairy to me
I personally think Fennekin and its evolution are underrated. I love the adorable fire fennec, alongside the dino cabbage and the mudfish axolotle.
Is the dino cabbage the bulbasaur line? Also I LOVE Fennekin and Braxien, they are legitimately two of my favourite pokemon but Delphox is just mediocre imo which is a big shame
Not really in the 2020 Popular Pokemon all the Fennekin line came in Kalos' top 30. But I know it's your opinion.
Fennekin is getting more popular cause it's now leaked in pokemon unite
@@goergeg Really? I hope this is true.
Mudkip is one of the most popular starters?
In my opinion, Delphox has the best shiny colours among all starters till date (except Gen 9 ones), I love its beautiful purple colouration.
Agreed
Embor has an excellent shiny as well! The flames become blue which is awesome! I would think their amazing shinies would make them a little bit more popular.
Imo Delphox also has the cleanest looking middle evolution besides ivysaur!
@@whisperingwooper1763 Shiny Ponyta line is usually the more popular blue fire type shiny unfortunately
Delphox has an okay shiny but others are much better
The Chespin line is definitely the least popular when I started my journey in Pokemon X I chose Chespin and I love it! If anything the line deserves more love especially since it becomes a Grass/Fighting starter pokemon.
Chesnaught carried my team in Pokemon X!
Chespin's main issue is being in the generation that put a new spotlight on the Kanto Starters, and gave us Greninja.
I really like Quilladin, honestly, but it never truly had a chance to shine.
Same dude! I used to like the Fennikan line but, over time I began to see how weird and cringe it looks. Now it’s the chespin line all the way 😎
@@shytendeakatamanoir9740 For me, the chespin line's main issue was Chesnaught's god awful color scheme... If it had been the same colors as its pre-evolved forms, I wouldnt have felt the need to restart my game 5 minutes in so I choose a different starter... Shame too as Chesnaught has such an amazing design...
@@nowantaname What about the shiny then?
@@shytendeakatamanoir9740 I wish the shiny is what all non-shiny chesnaughts looked like...
Now I wanna see a legends game where it includes Tepig, Chikorita and Popplio (tho I think they and their final form are still popular) are the featured starters. Would be cool to see them get some love on their own with new forms and new moves. Maybe something like a Grass and Fairy, Fire and Steel, Water and Ghost final forms or something like that.
Many emulators actually changed meganium to grass and fairy, and helped balance it by giving it that ability that sets grassy terrain or triage.
I vote Grass Dark over Grass Fairy.
I vote Grass Dragon - for it's dino heritage.
It makes it very worthy :3
Love the idea! Fire/steel or fire/ground would make mah big boy Emboar even more epic. Fire/ground could lean in the sumo inspiration, like the earth shakes when da big pig walks. Love poplio too, cute lil guy and primarina is just a sweetie. I imagine a Water/Ghost version could take on a melancholic clown vibe, Pagliacci poplio evolution would be cool af. Don't have many thoughts on chicorita but I do like her, I think Grass/Dragon and Grass/fairy would both be really cool for it.
I love Fennekin, Braixen, and Delphox ALOT. I love their designs so much and definitely one of my favorites
I feel like Chesnaught is definitely the most forgettable starter so that would be my pick. Honorable Mentions would be Meganium, Delphox, Emboar, and Inteleon
Yeah, Chespin would also be my choice.
Agree I don't like it or it's evolutions, I always think that cute/cool plant goat pokemon was the grass starter for Gen 5 but no
@@renatayuuki5705 ?
same, I only love Chespin from that evolution line
Skiddo, I thought that was the grass starter Pokemon and not chespin
I think you overlooked Chesnaught quite a bit.
While its design isn't terrible, and is actually okay, it wasn't anything groundbreaking so people were pretty thrown off from it. Not to mention that it had no competitive prowess whatsoever.
And even though it may be close, I believe that Quilladin is way uglier than Pignite and is in fact the worst stage 1 starter evo
Stage 2*
@@bodgmasterxionobst3r983 it's basic > stage 1 > stage 2
@@LukaFireIce13 that terminology is only used in TCG
Comparing Chespin and Tepig has an easy winner.
People loved Chespin when the reveals were first out. I'd say Froakie was more, but Chespin was defiantly above Fennakin. Quillidin is a mess of a middle stage true, but Chesnaught as his Juggernaut design is amazing and really stands out from the other grass starters to that point. Only Rillaboom is built like him in the lineup.
While Tepig started off strong, he just gets worst and worst. Pignite you'd argue is slightly better than Quillidin, but it's still a bad design, and unlike Chesnaught, Emboar makes it worst.
Grass/Fighting starter was exciting at the time, cause we only had Breloom. Fire/Fighting was not. We were all sick of it, and Emboar had to compare to fan-favs Blaziken and Infernape, which only made it worst for him.
Chesnaught is a solid UU Pokemon in every generation that it is available, that is pretty dang competent competitively.
I always loved Meganium, if given a regional variant in some future legends game I think it would be well deserved
I hope tepig gets a regional form or something. tepig itself is a great design but the other factors weigh it down. Shiny Emboar looks awesome though
I'd love it if Emboar got a regional form that resembled Beast Ganon (either OoT or TP).
Delphox will always be my favorite starter, the psychic/fire typing is great and the mage vibe is awesome
I know this is going to make a lot of people hate me, but I honestly don’t think Tepig and its evolutions are THAT bad. I used them on my Unova team and I really liked them. They’re not as cool as the Cyndaquil or Treecko lines, but I still really like them.
You’re allowed to send me hate comments in the replies, I don’t care lol 😅
Edit: I didn’t expect this comment to get so many likes and replies lol 😅
Nah. I despise the Pokémon, but my favourite is Meganium, because it was my first Pokémon. So, least popular team, assemble!
if it had different typing, it could have been a way cooler pokemon.
in the rom hack blaze black, it is a fire/ground type. has some weaknesses, but does some justice to our boar friend.
Assemble cause Emboars my favorite pokemon
@@ilel my least favorite starter is blazekin
personally i think that emboars heavyweight look makes it cool, it gives a different vibe to all of the other fire starters that feel agile (other than fuecoco maybe)
The Tepig line were my 1st ever pokemon and it pains me to see how unpopular they really are. But I did like your analysis on what made a pokemon popular or unpopular, good job!
I never new that Tepig was unpopular until a few months ago. I always thought Snivy was the unpopular one in the Unova region.
It makes me sad to see the Chikorita line getting a lot of hate. Sure it has its flaws but I wouldn’t consider it outright useless. Its appearance is beautiful in that the buds on its neck eventually bloom into an amaryllis flower, and it is a dinosaur; It’d probably be one of those herbivore Dinos.
As for movesets, it can serve as a bit of a tank. It can learn reflect and light screen which raise both defense and sp. defense. It can learn Aromatherapy which removes a status condition off of you or an ally if you’re in a double battle. And it’s not like it can’t put up a good fight. Even if its level up moves aren’t the best, it’s not like you can’t improve your particular chiko’s moveset with TMs or move tutor. I have picked chikorita every single playthrough of Johto and I have always found a way to use it, and it has never let me down. I love chikorita, even if the majority doesn’t 🍃 🦕 🍐
thank you, I loved chikorita since it was revealed. I loved all three equally, Cyndiquill was adorable and fierce, Tododile always had such pizzaze and personality I loved his mischief personality just trying to enjoy life and have fun, and Chikorita was just this sassy little diva that put up a good fight. I always loved how it was like as Chikorita evolved she was blooming into a flower. And yes I always figured she was a long neck dinosaur. She was so precious and I had and still have a lot of love for Chikorita and her evolution line. I think she has a fair amount of a fanbase as well.
@@cocohaven I love all the Johto starters as well. Chiko is awesome, Cyndaquil is powerful, and Totodile was special to my sister. However, I can’t ever bring myself to choose Cyndaquil or Totodile. I feel like I would be betraying my favorite Pokémon if I chose a different starter
@@Solana771 that is understandable, Chikorita always held a special place in my heart in the johto region and the trainer class I always loved though irreverent to favorite starter was the pokemon rangers. Remains one of my top favorite pokemon class but like the chikorits line it doesn't get the spot light many others do. Like for example for johto starters they're in the back burner and forgotten by a lot of people. Growing up there were a couple dinosaur species I adored one being the triceratops and another was the long neck dinosaur, there were a couple others but yeah I loved how they made chikorita evolution like a Dino flower , she's blooming from a bud, but much like her line the ranger class was kinda thrown in the back burner as well. Would be amazing tovhave a pokemon game with trainer class options like being a ranger or coordinator or whatever the person decides to go on their journey. Events that happen and the story would change depending on the path chosen. As well as mini games to work together with other trainer classes or the same one to complete a mission or task. That would make the games more immersive in my opinion and enjoyable instead of the one forced master route to beat all the gyms and win the league. What if I want to be a pokemon ranger and do missions to save and help pokemon and passing trainers? I would like to see gamefreak and the pokemon company give underrated pokemon spotlight and the love they deserve.
@@cocohaven Amen!! I never really had a favorite Trainer class, but I will agree that Pokémon rangers do look pretty cool. It’s also awesome that you have a soft spot for dinosaurs!
I began to develop a love for Chikorita many years ago when my sister let me borrow one of her Mystery Dungeon games (I forget which one, it was either Red or Blue rescue team). The quiz selected Chikorita for me, and I quickly began to bond with my character. The Chikorita personality also seemed to fit me as well, so that helped speed things along. I never got very far in the game; I think I kept dying at Mt. Steel before deciding to give up, but I never forgot Chikorita and I went through a phase where I was completely obsessed with Chikorita. I’ve since grown out of that phase but I still have a special place in my heart for Chikorita. I also want to point out something about the evolution of the flower buds on chiko; apparently I later learned that I think Bayleef’s neck can smell like spices, since I think Bayleef’s neck is supposed to represent different leaves and spices like bay leaves (hehe) and thyme or something. I remember reading that somewhere, I’m not sure if I’m correct on this.
I also tend to fall in the minority in terms of interests; not just with Pokémon but anything in general. To name a couple examples, I don’t like the popular music that everyone’s into and I like a good amount of games that not everyone loves. It’s like I’m subconsciously falling into the minority category on purpose because I like having my own personal bubble and I don’t like being in a massive group of people
@@Solana771 that's an interesting pokemon fact about chikorita I didn't know about. Thanks for sharing it, and I agree with the music thing I like music with meaning to it and not the mainstream overly used sexual content and lyrics at all. I like a lot of old school blues and country and so on, my dad would always play oldies cds in the car when we drove somewhere out of town I know some good Marvin Gaye, the temptations, Brenton wood and a few others as well. I have a great love gor chikorita because of the anime and her simple design and as for dinosaurs there are some I love, I grew up watching jurassic park and godzilla. I have two brothers so sonic and Mario were definitely part of childhood as well. My older brother has still his jurassic park raptor doll he had put away in the closet along with his old Thomas train set. When it comes to huge groups of people I can see how that can be uncomfortable. Everyone is different. It depends on who you're comfortable being around that makes or breaks the social aspect.
I see a lot of people defending Chikorita and I'm here for it! I picked her and have loved her since.
As a young kid I liked Chikorita because it was cute. But I could (and did) just pick Cyndaquil if I wanted cute and strong! I'm a water trainer but I found Totodile too boyish, which my grass trainer big brother preferred. It's a good thing my twin brother has always liked every fire type pokemon lol
Delphox has been datamined to be in Unite soon, and it's the only Kalos starter in Masters and Pokken (as Braixen). I think we can eliminate that from the least popular.
Im glad you did some research~ Well Done!👌
By that logic it’s more popular than Greninja.
The reason it got added to Pokken was because of Serena’s Braixen in the anime, and the same is true of why it’s in masters.
@@pooppooper9033 Except Greninja was explicitly voted to be more. Besides, Serena's Braixen is more likely to do Delphox more favours in the popularity department than Chesnaught was. Serena's Braixen is now a Delphox anyway, so if it was REALLY that unpopular the anime would have kept is as a Braixen.
@@pooppooper9033 Greninja got in big stage of Smash.
Yeah, I’ve never met anyone that didn’t like the delphox line, so it surprised me when he put it so low
I've seen more love for Delphox than for chesnaught, I actually kinda hate chesnaught. For most of the games my first choice for a starter is either Grass or Fire type, and Gen 6 is one of the rare times when I would rather have the water type over the grass.
As for the Gen 8 starters, I don't feel like many people actually like them? I would place them at the bottom 3.
I'm insulted.
Gen 8 starters are the worst
@@jkahl5596 Scorbunny is A great Physic Attacker and Decent Tank(And my personal fave, it looks super cute regardless of evo.), Sobble can destroy most opponents easily since in galar most trainer mon have low defense, and with access to stuff like snipe shot and sucker punch makes it fairly useful, and Grookey is a TANK! It can not only take damage, it can dish it back out in equal power.
@@ASnowWhiteAvali2006 not everyone looks at just usefulness, people like me who play purely casually to have cool looking pokemon and play through the games, care more about looks than usefulness, and i can say that the sobble line has ruined my respect for water type starters
Both of them are mediocre honestly. They put so much effort into one starter in gen 6 that the rest suffered. To me that puts them in the bottom 3 along with gens 5 & yeah probably 8.
Here's my favorite per gen
Gen 1 = Honestly Bulbasaur's grown on me no that's not a weird pun lol
Gen 2 = Chikarita, honestly I have the least amount of headaches with it. It level's up pretty fast and I usually have more problems with Cyndaquill and Totodile.
Gen 3 = Treecko, you can't not love Treecko.
Gen 4 = Piplup. I like it's whole evolutionary line, I think Prinplup is underrated. Plus steel types are my second favorite typing in Pokemon next to electric.
Gen 5 = Snivy too me looks like a spiritual successor to Treecko, I think it has a similar attitude plus I've used it in many playthrough's so it's the one I'm nostolgic for.
Gen 6 = Fennikin, it's the cutest and I have no shame in that being my reason for liking it, and honestly I never noticed the weird ear hair thing until people started bringing it up but I don't think it distracts from the overall cuteness it has.
Gen 7 = Popplio, I do think that it's the cutest starter and to be honest I like the animal it's based off of.
Gen 8 = Sobble, I thought it was adorable, and it conquers it's own self doubt when it evolves. I find it relatable because I was a big cryer as a kid and then I learned to be strong. So I relate to Sobble in a lot of ways.
Gen 9 = The fact that it's a duck alone makes me like Quaxly, I love ducks, Psyduck is tied with Snorlax for my favorite Pokemon of all time just because it looks like a duck, I even looked up how to take care of one as a pet just because I love ducks. Now it's rumored that it's a pirate duck? Are you kidding me?!?!?!?!?!?!? I love pirates and I love ducks, combine my favorite type of fictional stories with my favorite animal of course I'm going to love Quaxly.
I like quaxly too
From the leaks people are saying quaxly is gonna be a dancer like those carnival dancers with feathers
pirates arent fictional
@@squ15hy18 I know pirates aren't fictional, but I'm talking about the fictional side about pirate stories.
I appreciated emboar a lot more recently because I learned that his whole gimmick/strategy is supposed to be him using recoil moves and his high HP stat is what balanced him out. So basically his whole design was that he was supposed to inflict a big amount of damage to the opponent without suffering any real consequences because he has such a high HP stat.
I would like to play black 2 but this time pick tepig and use this strategy. It sounds very fun to me personally.
I think a good way to revamp the tepig line would be in another Legends Arceus type game where emboar becomes a fire/ground type and goes down to walking on all fours and make it more boar like(maybe an ability that has a chance to make a move priority to fit in with a boar rush) and making it similar to torterra in appearance I feel would be a solid improvement to that line
Idk why they couldn't have made it ground in the first place...I'm sure more ppl would've liked it cos before that it was only camerupt and numel ? Still not a great typing, but at least it'd be different
I still think that the Kanto and Hoenn starters are the perfect starter trios. Never really seemed like there was one obviously better and none stand out as being bad. (Side note, Sceptile is best grass starter !)
You mean like, strength in game or in terms of treatment? Because Kanto is very heavily skewed towards Charizard if we're talking about the latter, even to this day. Hoenn is one of the more balanced gens in that regard, though Mudkip line can be seen as a step behind the other 2 in prominence
Agree with the whole comment. I Personally have Gen 3, 1, and 4 as my top favorite starters in that order!
Yeah, back when Kanto was first released and even among non Pokémon fans today charizard gets all the love by a land slide, but in the Pokémon community the love is a lot more balanced
It’s so odd that one of my favorite starters is Chikorita. I think that’s because I loved Ash’s Chikorita that he caught in Johto Journey’s when I was a kid.
me too
Bro! You are not alone! Chikorita is best boi and Ash's Chikorita is best girl. I too liked Ash's Chikorita and as a kid I had a Chikorita toy I go mt for my birthday which I loved. My girl bought me a Chikorita plush because I asked her too. But yes, Chikorita deserves more love!
Funny since I think I dislike chikorita BECAUSE of Ash’s chikorita in the anime since she was such a tsundere brat
I love Chikorita, it's so cute and I love that they wanted Meganium to look more cute than cool, the first starter to do so.
@@jens7571 I hate Pikachu and Charzard for that same reason
My favorite is Chikorita and I came here full expecting it to be the least liked starter. I always loved Chikorita and Bayleef, but I disliked Meganium as a child/teen. Now I love Meganium and it reinforced my love for the Chikorita line, I like how it's a feminine bulky pokemon, and since I don't really play competitively I don't care about stats that much, I just know my Chikorita is always a valuable player in my team and I love it.
I like Meganium. I played Heartgold a little while ago, I abandoned my decision to pick my favorite Johto starter, Totodile, to pick Chikorita (as I know Chikorita is underrated and is said to be worse). The gameplay is amazing, and Meganium with Earthquake, Synthesis, Ancient Power, and Solar-Beam/Giga Drain is a pretty useful combination for moves. My point is, while Meganium may not be as popular as the others; but I feel the mon has a lot of use in its games, respectively.
I love Delphox. Never understood why anyone could dislike it.
It’s design got ruined when it’s previous ones were alright. It just looks too different from its previous evolutions. If I ever decided to use one I would not evolve it full cause it’s design is just meh. They could’ve done so much more with it (same with Chesnaught). Honestly all the gen 6 starters sucked imo. Gen 6 and gen 8 honestly have the worst starters overall. But the worst starter I would probably give to Meganium.
@@davidstratton696 and generation 5
@@davidstratton696 I did the same I had mine as a fennekin and brought in charizard as the mvp in x
Same here. First time I saw it I was like - omg, I WANT THAT.
And no, it doesn't at all look too feminine to me despite all starters being 87% male. Let's say I watched a lot of animes and got the sage/monk vibes they've tried to go with.
@@smart.but.stupid Delphox looks like an english teacher
I fall into the line of 'after three fire-fighting types Im done.' Torchic/Blaziken will always be my favorite Fire starter, and Chimchar/Infernape eventually grew on me... But I never have played a game with Tepig/Emboar as my starter...
I think Emboar's had a bit of a redemption lately. Not from any official source, but a lot of people are coming around to it now that Fire/Fighting starters aren't as oversaturated.
Chesnaught on the other hand? I honestly haven't seen anybody talk about it.
I didn’t play those generations of Pokémon games, but I can recognize Emboar. Video put up Chesnaught and I hadn’t seen that Pokémon in my entire life. And then called it more popular than Delphox which is practically everywhere, merchandise wise.
Emboar looks cool, y'all can fight me lol. Chestnaught is also cool, but Chespin is def my favorite one of the evolutionary line.
Even if Delphox isn't the most popular it is certainly helped by being the best starter for a Kalos playthrough
Funny thing about Litten is it was the reverse for me. I was team Litten from it's reveal through much of pre-release. Then eventually saw its final evolution in the leaked pokedex. Immediately disowned it when I saw it became a wrestler which is just another fighter inspired design despite not having the type lol
i still got a litten and refused to evolve past stage 2
then i for a shiny rowlette play 2
The thing with incineroar being a dark type is that lucha libre fighters play dirty. Just that
@@fabrizziovacante7409 I'm aware of that but ultimately incineroar is another fire starter with a fighter based design. He's based on a masked wrestler, changing him to dark instead of fighting still doesn't change how I view him.
@@fabrizziovacante7409what about hawlucha
*My favorite starters are Rowlet, Poplio, and either Litten or Scorbunny, the gen 7 starters are just wonderful in my opinion, and Scorbunny can be any type*
Meganium is my fiancee's favorite Pokemon, and she was beyond excited when Meganium got a big chungus variation in New Pokemon Snap.
I think you should've considered the chespin line for sure, because I've seen way more hate for it than the fennekin line lately, and according to a truegreen7 video he did a bit ago (which might not be fully accurate, but should still be relatively similar to the general opinions of everyone), every single member of the chespin line did worse than the fennekin line
popplio shouldnt be on this list instead it should have been totodile or chespin. popplio is very well liked u cant base popplio off brionne and primarina. it got alot of hate when it first came out but that doesnt make it the least popular. it was used in vgc for quite a while.
Delphox was extremely hated when it was originally revealed. Delphox is better for gameplay but Chesnaught is better for design. Delphoxs furry robe looks dumb and a wizard concept couldve been done way better
Yeah, nobody really overlooks Fennekin or loves Chespin more.
@@AbolishedEmu I never saw that much hate for it and you're crafting your opinion as universal.
@@andyz6306 you just werent paying attention then. Im not crafting. When the final evos were originally revealed Delphox was the most hated design.
I think Chikorita gets a bad wrap because many people chose the easier options in Johto. I found it and it's evolutions great once you get past the first two gyms, with my Meganium taking down most of the Elite Four in my first run-through.
The Johto starters are really deserving of an upgrade, especially after they were overlooked for Megas. Even an additional typing or new form is deserved.
Also, Bayleef is a brilliant design and was great in the anime.
There's quite a few other starters and their evolutions that I just can't get with, especially in Gens 5, 6 and 8. Greninja being the exception.
I dunno man, Popplio is imo fantastic and I love him. And no one can change my mind.
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I fell off pokemon after Gen 3 and didnt return until they released x/y many years later when the hype was getting crazy for 3d pokemon.
So I didn't really have the fatigue and all that with fire starters. And when I saw the kalos starters I was instantly drawn to Delfox, it was such a cool concept and I liked the design. I also only play mage characters in rpgs so there's that.
I had no idea it was a disliked pokemon though.
same here while i do prefer braixen i still love delphox never would've thought that people didnt like it
It's hated a lot but it's also really popular, I don't know why it's on this video
I never started Pokemon until Gen V was about to release I started with Emerald and then when Gen V came out that was technically my very first experience as a Pokemon fan. So I never really felt Pokemon fatigue either and since I started when Gen V. My dislike from Tepig didn't come from it was another fire fighting starter and honestly I didn't even know it was another fire-fighting. I disliked Tepig because I thought it was boring compared to the other starters. Pokemon going from all fours to bipedal doesn't bother me though either. Pokemon going from bipedal to all fours that annoys me. Not enough to hate it but still how does a Pokemon suddenly go from two legs to all fours? It makes more sense why a Pokemon would eventually go to two legs.
My go to is always fire …grass is my least favorite but I do like the sleep powder moves that grass types learn
Are we the exact same person?
And here I am. With my Bulbasaur plush. Vibing with my grass type love. Twiggy, (my Torterra) use earthquake.
@@Rose-yx6jq are you the person that made that meme that popped up in MANDJTV's ASPITPIAY series where it's the old guy and that young guy in that room throwing chairs at each other where they say "It has a naive nature!" "I named him Twiggy!"
Or do you and that person just name your torterra the same thing?
@@Rose-yx6jq I do like moves like sleep powder poison powder that does damage over time or leech seed
@@Dbanks700 razor leaf is my favorite move. Don't know why. Magical leaf is hilarious. Especially when it has 4 pp left.
Here's my favorite starters of each region!
Kanto: Charmander.
Johto: Totodile.
Hoenn: Treecko.
Sinnoh: Chimchar.
Unova: Oshawott.
Kalos: Froakie.
Alola: Popplio.
Galar: Scorbunny.
Gen 9: Sprigatito.
Had me at the begining but our favorites misaligned after gen 4 a bit then just got more and more different
@@Dan55888 Why? What are your favorite starters?
Nice man I love this list
@@david_cool427YT thanks!
For me, I would give my favorites for each generation being:
Gen1) Bulbasaur
Gen2) Totodile
Gen3) Mudkip
Gen4) Chimchar
Gen5) Oshawatt
Gen6) Froakie
Gen7) Popplio
Gen8) Scorbunny
Gen9) Quaxly
My opinion for gen9 could wind up changing based on their evolutions, but so far, Quaxly has my vote
Chicorita was my first ever Pokémon in HeartGold version
Therefore, I could never hate it.
However, it is an awful choice and should NEVER be given a chance, less you seek punishment.
Poor Chicorita 🌱
What I find interesting is that design-wise Water is not often the favourite of each gen but its also rarely the least favourite so its actually the most consistent, rarely divisive. In my mind, fire is the most popular starter type because it's so often the favourite of a gen, and yet it has some of the worst starter designs we've ever seen.
As a Chikorita fan, I already know the answer (said before watching the video)
It’s my favorite too every time I play gold silver or crystal or heart gold or soul silver I always like to get a female one
Chikorita has a very strong community though.
I'd say Chespin has it worse because it's more forgotten.
I am a huge fan of the pear-shaped Cow Killer myself, don't get me wrong.
But I feel like its underdog status really helps his popularity and stop him for being entirely forgotten.
TL;DR thanks to us, Chikorita isn't last! Yay!
I think this was pretty fair. I like the chespin or tepig line the least. Chespin in itself is pretty cute though.
I love chespin, and i was thinking of getting it in y, but when i saw the starter evos on my cousin's 3ds, i chose to pick fennekin
My favorites of each region are
Kanto: Bulbasaur
Johto: Cyndaquil
Hoenn: Mudkip
Sinnoh: Piplup
Unova: Oshawott
Kalos: Froakie
Alola: Popplio
Galar: Grookey
Gen 9: Sprigatito
Always nice to see others that love Popplio. Sprigatito is my fave Gen 9 Starter at the moment as well. Here are my faves too:
Kanto: Charmander
Johto: Cyndaquil
Hoenn: All three
Sinnoh: Turtwig and Chimchar
Unova: Snivy
Kalos: Fennekin
Alola: Popplio
Galar: Scorbunny
Gen 9: Sprigatito
Popplio's final evolution was majestic, and I definitely did not name it a space duck.
Otherwise, favorites for me are:
Kanto: all, but Squirtle being the highest
Johto: Cyndiquill
Hoenn: all, Treeko being the highest barely
Sinnoh: Piplup
Unova: Oshawatt
Kalos: Froakie
Alola: Popplio and Rowlet
Galar: Sobble
Gen 9: leaning towards the grass starter.
Emboar will always have a place on my heart. It being so hated made me love it more 😩✋
I love emboar cause I love tanky looking Pokémon
THANK YOU for pronouncing the word Pokémon correctly! I just can't handle the other "Po-C'mon" pronunciation that's all over RUclips.
"Fennekins line is the most overlooked of its generation"
TFW Chespin is so unloved in its generation Emp' unironically argued the Renamon of Pokemon was unpopular.
You know, this makes me think about a theoretical future Legends game with those three least popular starters as its starters. One of each type, from different Gens... it matches up perfectly, and it'd make a nice contrast from Arceus, where all of the starters were... if not super popular (though I will say Oshawott, at least in the circles I've been in, was never particularly UNpopular - It's chosen as the starter of vanilla BW and BW2 Nuzlockes about as often as Snivy, and some of the most beloved/popular Gen 5 comics, including the third arc of the original Pokémon Hard Mode and Kynim's Myths of Unova, feature it as the starter of the protagonist!), at least reasonably well-liked already. For marketing reasons they'll probably never do it, but I think it'd be fun to have a Legends game where your starters are all those unorthodox, less popular picks. Give em some love and attention and all :p
Chickorita, Fennekin, and Piplup/Sobble/Poppolio would be sick
I think I'm the only one who likes Pignite's design, it just looks fun for a fighting pig
I like it too :)
Tepig was my very first Pokémon! I got Pokémon Black 2 for Christmas after discovering the anime and trading card game (Small child me had no idea the video games existed until I found out on the internet. I didn’t even get a Nintendo DS until near the end of the console’s lifespan) I begged my parents for any Pokémon game and I’m sure Black 2, being the most current release, happened to be the game they grabbed off the shelf at a Walmart.
All of this to say, I’m 21 now and Pokémon has continued to be an enormous part of my life. I own almost all of the games in the series and replaying them brings me enormous amounts of comfort. Even though DPPt became my favorites and where most of my nostalgia is for, Gen 5, Black 2, and by extension Tepig, will always hold a special place in my heart, regardless of Tepig’s overall popularity.
Here’s to you, Tepig! Thanks for kickstarting my love for this franchise. I’ll always love and appreciate you, even if you are the least popular starter of them all.
I feel like some of the middle forms had something going and then the final for was like oh ok
I’ve always picked water starters, from the very first time I picked up pokémon sapphire at 5 years old :’) never chosen another starter type since. I believe this will change soon though, as i’m pretty drawn Fuecoco
I've never gone with one type over the others, I just pick the designs I like best!
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I love all the less popular starters. I love Chikorita, Fennekin, Popplio evolutions ❤️
I picked Chespin for my entre into X...and regretted it the moment it evolved. Never liked Chesnaught. And I've always felt the Froakie line was overrated. But I feel the Fennekin & Tepig lines are wildly underrated!
My favorite grass type is the Grookey line! Still love it, and it's one of my favorite starters. But Totodile is probably my favorite starter of all time!
I totally agree that the Froakie line is overrated, and Totodile is a great pick!
I picked Froakie to start
And I laughed out loud when my rival sent out Qualadin
Then I never had a greater "careful who you make fun of in middle school" moment when I saw Chesnaught. So cool
Honestly, I really feel sad about Chikorita's entire evolution line. It's unfair for it to not have any good moves aside from Petal Dance in my opinion. I hope the Pokemon Company would improve Chikorita's line in the future by making it learn more adaptive moves like Dragon Pulse, Stomp, Earthquake, or maybe even some Fairy type moves. That would've been cool.
And then there's it's design. It's popular among girls for the "cute design" but for us boys we wanted the fierce looking Pokemon.
@kuri1796 If you're 8 years old, then sure. I love the chikorita line.
It can lesrn eq with tm
Oshawott is the best tbh. Also popplio is such a cutie I never understood the hate 😿
Gen 8… the evolutions look awful in my opinion
I feel like your videos always have an "Oh!" moment.
Like I was like "I think it's usually the Grass type per gen", then you go "First, Gen 1 is probably safe" then I realized
i have always picked the grass starter in every game, since gen 1.
also Meganium got one of best tcg cards ever with a rare candy like ability
Admittedly I feel bad for poor Chikorita. I have a huge soft spot for that cutie, and admittedly like Chikorita so much that I admittedly choose it over the other two Johto Starters.
I just think that Chikorita is neat and sometimes you just gotta give the unloved Pokémon a little bit of love
It’s my all-time favorite starter Pokémon next being Fennikin
Bayleef is one of my favorite middle stages ever!
@@emperorcubone I liked it for the anime the noises it made was cute
I’ve been a huge fan of Chikorita ever since Gen 2 came out. It’s just so adorable, and has one of the best looking middle stages among the starters.
@@emperorcubone It is the quintessential Middle Stage that only exists to create a bridge between Chikorita and Meganium.
That they managed to be liked more than Meganium is just fascinating to me.
My absolute favorite starter lines of all time are torchick and popplio.And yes,I love all popplio's evolution forms just as much as its first form!I have no idea why do people dislike it,it's so precious and friend-shaped,come on it's a little sea lion how is it not the cutest?I just wanna hug it it's so adorable,sweet little baby sea doggo♥
I always picked Chikorita in gen2 simply because I wanted a grass pokemon for my "ideal" team. Fire/Electric/Water? Got legendaries for that. Got Lugia for Psychic Flying. Got TyTar for Dark Rock. Meganium is ok for stats and most importantly it's green. It completed the color pallet :) And it makes for the most engaging start against the flying and bug gym!
I like your style
Personally I freaking love Emboar I like very few people like it and I always pick it in my Pokémon white runs and has generally excellent shiny and big buff arms
How dare you call Meganium boring! It’s majestic and adorable!
Meganium loses the leaf bayleef had and that makes it boring
I agree with you it is adorable that’s why I like it’s line
@@TheMightyGlizzy and it replaces it with an equally good flower necklace type thing, wdym?
@@Whale-Shark-Katie And 2 Little Flowers On It’s Head That’s Cool .
@@TheMightyGlizzy Stop Hating , That Doesn’t Make It Boring .
I honestly love the Fennekin line, it’s legit my favorite Gen 6 starter. It also, in my opinion, has the best shiny line out of Gen 6. The Fennekin line is also super good throughout the entirety of X and Y, like crazy good. Idk why people hate it so much tbh
My most favourite would be. Bulbasaur, Cyndaquil, Froakie, Litten Turtwig and Sobble
Treeko and Snivy too. Gotta love the Grass type :)
10:06 tepig actually was in an outside game in the form of pokepark 2 where you could play as tepig, and although not as popular as the pokemon mystery dungeon games, I'd still say that helped tepig's popularity quite a bit an even gave it its own personality
Aww I actually love Delphox's design it's a shame the majority don't like it :(
I don't get why people hate her. She's literally a fox witch, what could be cooler?
@@HeavenhoundGiuseppe delphox is perfectly fine but I am partial towards chesnaught
The least popular starter statistically is either Chespin, Popplio, or Chikorita. The issue with Chikorita and Popplio is the fan base has declared them to be too feminine of a starter as they're obviously targeted for female trainers. In Japan, Chikorita is considered to be "the most seriously useless starter Pokémon," however because its a classic and has more time to grow a fanbase it's become more popular over the years especially in the anime. With Chespin and Popplio though, they are still roughly new starters and considered to arrive past the "peak" of Pokémon. Between the two it seems like Chespin statistically is the least favorable since grass and fighting isn't the best combo typing, plus its design isn't as appealing to any other starters. With Popplio though, it typing of Water/ Fairy is unique and comes in handy with many battle in its debuted game. While Tepig might be the least liked out of the gen 5 starters, its selection rate is on par with Snivy and Oshawott. All 3 starters in term of design are equally balanced and the only real downside to Tepig in the fanbase is it being the 3rd Fire/ Fighting type in a row. It's stats are greater then the two other starters and even greater than Infernape and Blazikin in defense/ attack. So the actuality is Tepig might be the least favorable out of the fire starters, but the real worst starter statistically is Chespin due to it's terrible stats, design, and underwhelming appeal to the Pokémon fanbase.
Cyndaquil was my OG. As he evolved and got to his Typhlosion form with Thunderpunch, he actually stood a chance against water type Pokémon and rock type with Iron Punch.
What do you mean by Iron Punch? I don't believe that's ever been a move in the mainline series. There's Bullet Punch but the Cyndaquil line can't learn that move.
The only reason I didn't pick Fennekin the first time I played X and Y was because I got the mystery gift Torchic, and I wanted Bulbasaur, so I sorta had to pick Froakie for a balanced team. Playing through it again, I will always pick Fennekin!
I have a very strong bond with Chestnut. When I was really young and just getting into Pokémon my parents bought me and my sister a few Pokémon plushies. I got a chestnut and my sister got panchem and nowadays I love both of them and they are on my favorites list. Their designs are also cool. I was very relieved that other people do not dislike chestnut because he’s my cute lil boi. (I say he but I mean it. It just looks a he)
I still feel horrible knowing that pokemon itself doesn't like emboar...
At least a handful of people still like emboar
He's the best fire fighting type in my heart
I like Emboar, it's Shiny form is so good :D
I feel as though they have avoided making another fire/fighting type starter Pokemon since gen5 specifically because the general reaction towards Emboar was so negative, which I understand, since it got pretty tiring to see that type combo used 3 generations in a row
The biggest crime the gen 5 anime made was not having Ash's Tepig evolve into Emboar but having it evolve into Pignite. Either go all the way or don't bother at all. Especially in this case. Emboar isn't the prettiest sight but it does have a certain coolness to it. Pignite is just ugly and the worst stage they could choose to leave it as.
I feel like Intellion is the most forgetable, as we often even forget to remember it as forgotten even though the gen just came out. I brings nothing unique to the table, and even with decent stats it doesn't stand out. All the more notable since it's a starter evo of the latest gen. Also Chikorita is bae, only Jhoto starter I solo'd the game with, and Meganium was my first starter to hit lv100
chikorita is bae
Not for a few...😂
3 starters loved the same was Kanto.
I don’t think one is loved more than another.
I love how the thumbnail is the 3 starters I’ve always relied on.
I love the totodile line, it’s probably my favorite starter line. Second favorite goes to Torchic
Maybe I just have a lot of friends that adore Delphox- cause I had literally no clue it was underrated in any sense
Sad to see Chespin’s line get hate in any way since I love that Pokémon so much and since it was my Pokémon Y starter and the fact that he literally *carried* my team in several ways, but I get that the design is kinda boring and that it’s not the most stellar Pokémon but I’ve found it to be useful (obviously that’s subjective lol)
I never played X and Y, but I think it’s because of how the starter typings are designed to hard counter both types of the starter who’s weak to it. For example, Chesnauts typings are weak to both of Delphox’s typings.
However, despite having two type advantages over Greninja, it still gets easily outplayed by the starter it was designed to counter. Whoever decided to give Greninja access to flying type moves must have hated chesnaut lol. It also doesn’t help that the starter it “counters” can simply change its own type, which completely negates those typing advantages, leaving chesnaut as a slow, sitting duck.
I personally have no problem with chesnaut, and I actually really like it’s design. However I can see why people may not get the “dreadnaught” feeling when it’s weak to so many common offensive types.
Meganium was a prominent Mon in New Snap, even being on the box art of the game, so it has that at the very least.
Fennekin is the best and cutest starter and idc what anyone else has to say.
That's A Weird Way Of Spelling Piplup.
@@ZimVerse That’s because it’s not that Pokémon is the ugliest one of all
@@ZimVerse Torchic*
Some would probably blame Delphox for Fennekin not taking off. They had a good thing going with Braixen, and Delphox was a massive change from it. I feel that it's reveal was what unfortunately caused Greninja to be the favourite starter of Gen 6. At least it broke the chain of Fire/Fighting starters.
Agreed ^^^
hey the thumbnail you made for this one is extremely funny, thanks
How Chespin is not the least popular pokemon in this list is beyond me.
At least personally I've come to appreciate the Chikorita line more as I got older and come to understood the game better. It's cool and unique to have a more defensively oriented option as a starter Pokemon, even if it's not a particularly good one
i’ve said this before, but one thing i’ve noticed is that for some reason the ‘feminine’ starters are most likely to be disliked for some reason. meganium, delphox and primarina are mostly seen as female characters in the community or in the anime and i guess people just dont vibe with it. i’d have to admit that meganium is awful to use. delphox has a weird design, in fact, kalos is the only region where i picked the grass starter because i despise froakie and fennekin. primarina is literally perfect tho, so i never understood the hate, perfect design, perfect shiny, perfect typing, good movepool, above average stats, i truely don’t know what primarina shouldve done different.
I'm not sure if it's nostalgia but I really like Meganium. Delphox is my favourite out of the gen 6 starters but Primarina makes me feel weird for some reason. I think it might be the hair and the way its body is shaped but I just can't bring myself around to like it.
I think that the main reason why people tend to not like feminine starter Pokemon is because of 2 main things: the fact that they tend to be male 7 out of 8 times, and the fact that most of the time they tend to not be designed to be more clearly female. That being said, I'm not a fan of Meganium, despite it being my first gen2 starter Pokemon, as well as the first one I raised to level 100, but as time has gone by, I grew to not like it very quickly. Delphox I'm pretty indifferent to, I'd say, it usually flies under my radar, but I do think it has a cool design inspiration, so I don't have any problem with it. Primarina is my favorite water type starter, and maybe even my personal favorite starter Pokemon ever; I always was fond of Popplio (despite how many people disliked it initially), and it only grew on me as it evolved, causing me to quickly become attached to it
I like Delphox, personally, but I definitely agree with not understanding the hate for Primarina. I love it so much and it's my number one favorite Starter Pokémon.
Delphox doesn’t look even slightly feminine to me. Its supposed to be a mage with a wand what’s feminine about that?
@@tigbiddies26 I feel that way too, I guess the long fur looks...vaguely like a dress? If you squint?
If you look at the latest Pokemon Company's popularity poll, you'll find Chikorita higher than Totodile and all of the Fennekin line members higher than Chespin. So I'm not sure I agree with those arguments. Feels more like personal preference, which sums up to an interesting video too, just doesn't capture the whole community vibes.
Chikorita is the underdog. Cyndaquil is the favorite. So I guess Totodile isn't special enough to find his way.
Chikoriita was, and still is, my favorite gen 2 starter. But I can definitely why people dislike it.
Chinese Zodiac Theme Believers: HAI-YA! **glues on rat tail and rat ears on syndaquil** **cuts off most of fennekins ear parts and shaves tail** **cuts off fuecocos limbs** **also forgets that fuecoco MIGHT be a horse**
*CYNDAQUIL DOES NOT START EWTH AN S, IT STARTS WITH A C! FIX IT NOW!*