Talk:List of the player's first Pokémon

Sections for "Pokémon granted to player", "Pokémon that are players", and Pokémon that join the player's team

♫"Two of these things are not like the others"♪ In specific, I think having a Pokémon provided to you and being a Pokémon are two distinct concepts, although they are relevant to discuss in tandem. And then there's a difference between a Pokemon/character joining you as an equal, and a Pokemon joining you as a Pokémon you own. As such, I think this article should be sectioned off by these groupings, putting most games (and Masters) in the "granted to" group, putting the Mystery Dungeon Heroes and Pokeparks in the "are players" group, and putting Mystery Dungeon Partners and Masters Sync Pairs in the "joined your team" group. Salmancer (talk) 20:26, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Where does "first Pokemon" end?

Thanks to UNITE, we have a very fun question. When does something stop being the "first Pokémon"? Technically speaking, Decidueye, Charizard, and Talonflame should no longer qualify, because you get them after Pikachu. (by a whopping one battle, but still.) And Shuffle's list includes the first six Pokemon, for some reason. Personally, I think the bounds should be "everything obtained during the game's first set of tutorials is a first Pokemon". Once the game leaves tutorial mode for the first time, things stop being "first Pokemon" even if the game reenters tutorial mode.

In UNITE's case, Slowbro would now qualify, since you gain that first level while in Tutorial Mode, Shuffle isn't being weird anymore by having a full slate of six, forced captures from Rumble World qualify, Quest's Pidgey and Rattata are more firm in their position, Masters has Brock & Onix and Misty & Starmie as your first team members, and I think that's all judging from what is on this page. Salmancer (talk) 20:42, 3 April 2024 (UTC)