If you were a trainer IRL, what Pokémon would you have? Keep in mind you have to feed and deal with the little bastards.
I like orb shaped Pokémon, so thevonly one who would give me issues would be voltorb/electode with my computer. Cutiefly is my absolute favorite, and would make the best emotional support Pokémon.
In a world so dependent on Pokemon, I don’t think Pokemon food would be expensive. So I’d go for one which will allow me to fly like a Charizard or travel the sea like a Lapras.
The food may note be expensive but they are also shown eating berries with them. In the shows how healthy a pokemon is shows how strong they are. Pokemon also eat a lot, I don’t know how often they eat but their bowls are over flowing with food.
I’d want a Hisuian Typhlosion but those are kinda extinct so…
They’re ghost types, so they’re extinct by default.
Haunter has always been my fav and I just realised that some of the Ghosts make for very cheap companions.
Mmmm would you have to feed a ghost Pokemon?
Talonflame
Kinda surprised I haven’t seen the vaporeon copy pasta here yet
Bayleef. A plant dog that can remind me to water him.
I’d just have a shinx, mostly as a spicy house cat.
Source for the art is this by the way.
If I could choose anything for a starter, I would want a Zorua. They’re just… so cute. And they can pose as humans for extra shenanigans.
The rest of my team… Steenee and Kirlia are smol and adorable. Steenee photosynthesize, but something tells me Kirlia have that “tiny girl who eats like a Dragonball character” thing going on. Might be expensive. Not sure. Still cute.
If I were to pick one to be my mount/travel companion, it would be a Skarmory. I mean, who wouldn’t want a chrome chocobo? Now I’m probably pushing the limits of what I could afford to feed, though.
Two spots left on the team?
Sprigatito, because holy crap are they cute. And I have four cats already so I know feeding them isn’t a problem. (Weed Cat is the reason I broke my lifelong pattern of always choosing Fire-type starters.)
and…
Growlithe. Because I’ve wanted one since I was a kid and in a world of cute things fire puppy is still the cutest. Just gotta get him to stop bullying Sprigatito and Skarmory.
I so badly want to say Vulpix because obvious biases, but I’d have to train it a lot to make sure it doesn’t burn down the house if I were to leave them home alone.
With that in mind, along with the fact that I’ve always wanted a cat, I’d probably raise a Sprigatito. It seems like it’s easy enough to raise, and the Grass type wouldn’t cause a lot of problems in comparison.
This is something I’ve thought about a lot. I’ve thought about using smaller pokemon since maybe they need less food or grass types for their photosynthesis. I’m still not sure. I’ve also looked at trainer classes and went with backpackers since they are younger versions of hikers. They usually have one pokemon and a big backpack which makes sense for a journey. And I’m a fan of doing solo runs in the games. If anything I could do a liligant and a fire type for a small sunny day team or something.
As a trainer, I couldn’t afford a crock who rocks a whole ass pizzas as a snack. Snorlax is a king, but imagine feeding that as it snoozes all day.
I think I’d be a bird or bug trainer, they don’t eat much. Maybe even grass enjoyer for the photosynthesis
That’s the problem with a full team, they are expensive to take care of. I don’t know how trainers care that much food for themselves and their Pokémon plus other supplies.
I love hyper-engineered game features. I want a full hunger, thirst, mood, wildness, attachment, happiness, height, weight, training, diet, wants, needs system in Pokemon.
Yeah that would be great pokewilds has some of the things I want. But it has to be done right or else you have a character constantly eating and drinking. That happened to me in skyrim, I was always eating and sleeping.
What’s Pokewilds?
It’s a fangame that mixes Pokémon gameplay with open world survival and crafting: https://github.com/SheerSt/pokewilds
I’ve always thought I would have a Meowth/Persian. Seems like a good companion.
Cute kitty + money, what’s not to love?
More importantly, what would the pepperoni be made of?
