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The First Decision: The Starter Pokémon
- The starter Pokémon (Japanese: はじめてのポケモン Beginning Pokémon or さいしょのポケモン first Pokémon) is the first Pokémon a new Trainer receives at the beginning of his or her journey.
- Starter Pokémon are typically provided by the region professors, such as Professor Oak and Professor Birch.
- Trainers can typically select from three Pokémon. As of Generation V, the main starters have all consisted of Fire, Water and Grass-type Pokémon.
- Pokémon Yellow has players start off with a Pikachu, designed to emulate Ash getting Pikachu as his starter.
- In the anime, Starter Pokémon are hatched and cared for in secret breeding grounds prior to being given to Trainers.
- Junichi Masuda mentioned in an interview in 2009 that when formulating new Pokémon for a region, the starter Pokémon get the most work put into.
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