I usually start with water pokémon in my first playthroughs, because it makes some things easier and that I reject most wild water pokémo either way.

Okay, let's see here:

Squirtle - Totodile - Torchic

Guess I prefer water types. Here's why I stay away from Grass types:

Simply too many weaknesses.

I've always played w every single started cause I didn't really play much online so I used to restart the game to play w the 3 starters and eventually w wild Pokemon but I like better water Pokemon, fire would come next and then grass... Hehe!

When I used to play, I went by how they looked and which final evolution was most badass looking.

Type was irrelevant to me.

Water types for life! .

My first playthrough on any pokemon game has always been made with a Water type, and it'll continue to be so as long as they make pokemon games .

It's already past time they make different types available as starters. Who cares about "oh, my rival is stronger against mine" anymore

I want a Fight starter! Or Dark!

Fire starter all the bloody way for me!

I'm always fire for my main version, and for my secondary game I chose water...I hardly choose grass, there always a pain in the ass to train and I effective to like everything and never learn any good moves...the only grass pokemon I liked was treeko

I always start with fire Pokemon because their third evolutionary stages are all awesome! Charizard, typhlosion, blaziken, infernape and emboar!!

I always start with all three...I'm kind of obsessive, you know. seriously, I start with one, then I get to a certain point before saving it and trading it off to my friend. I then start up my second game and get to a certain point, then I trade mine back, then I start my first game again and chose the third starter (I get both iterations of most generations), that way I have all three starters. my black/White party is so far my fave. got 12 pokeymans, enough for two full parties.