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 When you choose one, that Pokémon will become your starter Pokémon, and Barry will automatically select the one with a type advantage over yours. Choosing the correct starter Pokémon for your style of battling is an important choice...
-'''Turtwig''', the Turtle Pokémon, is a solid choice. Turtwig evolves into {{p|Grotle}} at Level 18, and then Torterra at level 32. Turtwig is a {{type2|Grass}}, and {{p|Torterra}} is a Grass/{{t|Ground}}-type. Torterra has great Attack and Defense, but low Special Attack and Speed. If you don't rely on Speed to win, and like physical attacks, this Pokémon is a good choice for you. It gets {{m|Razor Leaf}} and {{m|Crunch}} pretty early on, and Earthquake eventually. Torterra also gets Wood Hammer from the Move Tutor. Another good move for Torterra is Curse, which boosts its Attack and Defense, its two best stats, while decreasing its Speed, which is already very low. It also gets {{m|Synthesis}} for healing itself. For TM moves it gets {{m|Bullet Seed}}, {{m|Return}}, {{m|Giga Impact}}, and a wide range of other moves. Also it gets TM {{m|Rock Polish}} to sharply boost its Speed every time it is used, which helps patch up Torterra's horrific Speed stat. {{m|Swords Dance}} is also good to sharply boost the Attack stat, but you should choose to use either this ''or'' Curse— not both. It can learn {{m|Cut}}, {{m|Strength}}, {{m|Rock Smash}}, and {{m|Rock Climb}} for [[HM]] moves, which will help on your adventure. Torterra does have a 4x weakness to {{t|Ice}}, so be wary of that. In any case, Turtwig does quite well at the Gyms for the most part and is a very good choice.
+'''Turtwig''', the Turtle Pokémon, is a solid choice. Turtwig evolves into {{p|Grotle}} at Level 18, and then Torterra at level 32. Turtwig is a {{type|Grass}}, and {{p|Torterra}} is a Grass/{{t|Ground}}-type. Torterra has great Attack and Defense, but low Special Attack and Speed. If you don't rely on Speed to win, and like physical attacks, this Pokémon is a good choice for you. It gets {{m|Razor Leaf}} and {{m|Crunch}} pretty early on, and Earthquake eventually. Torterra also gets Wood Hammer from the Move Tutor. Another good move for Torterra is Curse, which boosts its Attack and Defense, its two best stats, while decreasing its Speed, which is already very low. It also gets {{m|Synthesis}} for healing itself. For TM moves it gets {{m|Bullet Seed}}, {{m|Return}}, {{m|Giga Impact}}, and a wide range of other moves. Also it gets TM {{m|Rock Polish}} to sharply boost its Speed every time it is used, which helps patch up Torterra's horrific Speed stat. {{m|Swords Dance}} is also good to sharply boost the Attack stat, but you should choose to use either this ''or'' Curse— not both. It can learn {{m|Cut}}, {{m|Strength}}, {{m|Rock Smash}}, and {{m|Rock Climb}} for [[HM]] moves, which will help on your adventure. Torterra does have a 4x weakness to {{t|Ice}}, so be wary of that. In any case, Turtwig does quite well at the Gyms for the most part and is a very good choice.
 '''Chimchar''', the Chimp Pokémon, has high speed and high attacking stats, but at the cost of having quite low defenses. It can use physical and special moves well. It evolves at Level 14 into {{p|Monferno}}, a {{t|Fire}}/{{t|Fighting}}-type Pokémon, and gains a ton of power, even immediately learning {{m|Mach Punch}} after evolving and learning one of the second strongest Fighting-type moves, {{m|Close Combat}}, at Level 36. At this level, Monferno will evolve into {{p|Infernape}}. If you make sure Chimchar evolves before or in the first Gym, you shouldn't have trouble with the Rock-type Pokémon. Chimchar and its evolutions focus primarily on offense and speed, having very high Attack, Special Attack and Speed. Its Defense and Special Defense are low, but it has the power to take out most Pokémon in the game with one or two hits before they even get a chance to strike, so it's not really that bad unless there is a type disadvantage. Some good moves Chimchar gets are {{m|Flame Wheel}}, Close Combat and {{m|Flare Blitz}}. Chimchar can also learn {{m|Flamethrower}} at Level 41 if you don't evolve it until then, but if you (wisely) evolved it, Monferno and Infernape can still learn via TM35, which can be obtained before the sixth Gym. {{m|Brick Break}}, {{m|Focus Blast}}, and Fire Blast are some TM moves to consider, although it learns many, many more, and even learns {{m|Rock Slide}}, {{m|Stone Edge}}, Earthquake and {{m|Dig}}. It gets the HMs Cut, Strength (a good attacking option as well), Rock Smash, and Rock Climb. In comparison to the other two starter Pokémon, Chimchar is probably the best if you're looking for an easier ride through the game. Also, if you don't choose Chimchar, you should know that {{p|Rapidash}} is this game's only other powerful Fire-type.