Started a pokemon Yellow runthru. How I missed this game...
I have three goals before B/W comes out. 1) Complete the pokedex with no glitches except the Mew glitch, 2) completely beat pokemon stadium, and 3) complete my dream team:
Jynx
Persian
Rhydon
Zapdos
Starmie
Gengar
The only ones I've ever used are Gengar and Zapdos. I'm excited to use these somewhat weird pokemon, especially Jynx and Starmie.
That's very cool. I thiiiiiink, every single one of those is considered one of the best of the generation, too.
I take Smogon's league tables with a massive pinch of salt, as I'm not a competitive battler and never plan to be, and their rankings are very dependent upon some quite niche strategies (I have never seen anyone use Stealth Rock), but in Generation I they've got Persian in a higher tier than Dragonite. So you know. It went downhill after that as other pokemon began to fill similar niches, but in Gen I Persian was considered handier to have than a Dragonite. That's damn cool.
Just checked, yeah the rest are all in the same tier. That could be a pretty mean team.
AND. On the subject of your team. Has anyone else ever considered a starterless game? I was thinking of replaying Diamond without a starter, but didn't quite have the heart. Or the strength of conviction. The starter I was planning on putting away just automatically became my strongest Pokemon as I was training up the others I caught to replace it.
Closest I've come is, after I beat Diamond last, I put all my main team away, got a Riolu to level five, and then jetted to New Bark Town to start work on a pokedex. So I ended up playing the game again, but staying in each area long enough to catch each pokemon there, with Riolu as a sort of de-facto starter. Became quite a cool team.
My first ever team on Red was starterless, too, 'cause children are stupid, and I at the time I was one of 'em. I really wanted to do a trade, and all I had was an Ivysaur. Got a Grimer back that wouldn't obey me, to my chagrine. Not that I'd have ever thought "to my chagrine" as a child. Just thrown a tantrum.
Ended up settling on a Drowzee as my lead Pokemon. Eventually a Hypno.