Creating a top 6 now with new pokèmon out their is hard, since there are already some in the new generation that stand out to me, but what i have come to enjoy about this game is there is such a good balance of old with new i get to explore old favorites for the first time again, or for the first time ever get to know an old pokèmon i have never used in the past. Better yet it gives me a chance to consciously make a choice to try something new. From Poison on those lists will be influenced by the current game, as i am typing this alterations to my list have occurred and once i have the basics done, i might be going back and changing guys out.
Like Always legendary will not be allowed in this category, and i know there are a lot of dragon types out their. I also want to state where i currently in x-y i have not run into or playing with any new gen dragons so they will not be on the list yet.
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Flygon Family: I was pretty happy to see this almost forgotten dragon back in X-Y, gen three was just loaded with dragon pokèmon, and i have three of them on this list, so i am a fan of them. This one had an interesting design and honestly looks more bug like then dragon, i think its a serious play of the term dragonfly. This little guy starts off as a rock ground mouth then grows up into a ground dragon that learns fly. Woot, this protects it from electric types that the dragon species can be vulnerable to with flying type with it. its move set is nice but limited compaired to some of the others. I am still a big fan of this guy and would happily put it on my team any day.
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Dragonite Family: Before their was a Garchomp, or salamence, before Rayquaza was even a thought there was Dragoinite, This is the first family of dragon’s in pokèmon, yes i know charizard and Gyarados look like dragons, but they have never been true dragon types (And mega does not count because is a temp boost in power!) If i remember correctly Dratini was in the safari zone, you either had to fish or surf for it and it had like a 5% show up rate. IT was a tough guy to find but paid off in the end. This one also marks the first of the high level leveling finishing up at 55, seems like nothing now with Hydreigon finishing up at 65! I have to acknowledge this family, and while it looks a little goofy it is still the first family of dragons.
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Garchomp: This is a recent addition to my list knocking kingdra off, This is a critter then in the past i have never used, or by the time i found it i already had my pick for a dragon type. This gen I ran into its baby form pretty early game standard wise, right before the 5th gym. Its typing with ground was and still is a needed type in my current party. What I love more is it evolves soooo much faster then some other members of the family. (I am looking at you Hydreigon!) So you can have a tough useable dragon by the time your in your 50’s. I will be interested in seeing how this guy continues to fair, we still have to go though the elite four together and one more gym but so far i am impressed.
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Altaria: Design wise this one is my favorite of all the dragons, she is just so pretty and the little clouds wrapped around her are wings i just see he i thing of serenity. To bad for me like most dragons she can also be a vicious power house! It learns dragon and flying best moves naturally, and has a nice set of moves it can learn naturally making her unpredictable and powerful. While i am not over the moon about her per-evolution it certainly gives off the cute innocent look well enough to not know you maybe in a world of trouble very soon. Beautiful and deadly…a nice combo if i don’t say so myself
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Salamence: For the longest time this was my top favorite dragon, and still my favorite of the gen three gang, and it was its dex entry as bagon that initally caught my attention, that it dreams of being able to fly. Wow big drams for such a little guy, even more impressive when it evolves at 50 it naturally learns fly. It is very impressive to me when any Pokèmon naturally learn an HM move. Not only that it does again have a good natural move selection, and a teachable move selection, and he is tough as well. I named the first one i ever caught Sky Dreamer and its still with me after all these years. This is a good dragon that one should not mess with.
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Hydreigon: You cannot spend 64 levels with any Pokèmon without getting a little attached. I first met Deino in Pokèmon black, near the end of the game. I knew before the game ended i had Black 2 waiting in the wings, i decided to to breed Deino with a ditto and teach it a fire move to help out and ship it over to black 2 at the start of my game journey there. The little guy grew and started to learn some interesting moves, that coupled with its typing made this guy a valuable member of my team. This guy is a Dark Dragon, still makes it an open target for the fairies and ice types of the world. If i had any gripes about this guy it would be it takes forever to hit its final level. It doesn’t even hit its first evolution until 50, so your stuck with the weaker deino for quite a while, but stick with it because yes this guy pays off in the end, and train him right he might even put up a serious fight against your ice types and faeries.
So their you have it my top 6 favorite dragons, and yes this is one of my favorite types in the game.
let me know what you think in the comments down below.
Arbok and Serviper: These two tie in my book, because i actually like snakes. These are both well executed designs and arbok and ekens hold a little nostalgia for me too, being part of the first generation. I do love that ekens goes from a rattler to a cobra. Serviper is cool too it seems like it has a little untapped potential too. For being pure poisons the move sets aren’t bad, but them being pure poison is what normally keeps them out of my team, still both have grown over the years and arbok if trained right i think could be a threat…if not used by team rocket.
Muk: ok this one is another nostalgic one for me, i have never really used him or grimer because of their pure poison natures, but it was just so damn funny in the anime. All it really wanted to be is love and acknowledged and no one wanted to give it to him because he was a pile of sludge. Poor little unlove Muk, don’t worry I like you.
Skuntank: This is the last one on this Poison types i haven’t used on this list the next three i have. This one is an intriguing type mix to me Poison/dark. dark removes the psychic issue that Poisons have. but now fighting is in issue…there is just no winning some days. Still its rather cute for a skunk.
The nidoran family: This family is kind of a bad ass and history maker. the first family in this game to have a male and female forms, first pokèmon to have a gender Period. Trust me if you have never been in a battle with a member of the family consider yourself lucky because they are tough especially Nidoking. If trained right these guys can be a powerful threat to any pokèmon on the field even a psychic. What has kept them off my personal team as you have probably figured out by now it is still the poison typing, and now just to many choices out their.
Bellsprout: For a long while i avoided this family, but to be honest it almost made my grass type list, only beaten out by oddish because of the forth evolution. In gen I i completely ignored this pokèmon. In gen II i want to say with Crystal there was no easily access electric, i think i had picked Cyndaquil for my second go around on the gen II game so i despertly needed help with water, ground and quagsire, and bellsprout was my answer. I picked it up just after the first gym and bellsprout ran with me for quite a while earning it a spot on my list. while i don’t remember if it made it to my elite four run, i will always remember its help when i needed it.
Oddish Family: Look how Cute Oddish is, (Squee) I just can’t help it i love Oddish. <3. I guess you need a little more then that huh, Oddish and its family members (Glooms, Vileplume, and Bellosum) are sort of a odd bunch. While oddish is just flat our adoriable, Gloom, looks very drunk which could explain why he can evolve into two different forms, depending on rock it happens to be near. Vileplume if it fines gen I’s leaf stone, or Bellosum if it fines gen II’s Sun Stone. while i tend to favor Bellossum a little more then Vileplume i think they are both decent end forms. To prove my love for little oddish, two years ago at a anime convention near by, there was this young lady just finishing sowing a little stuffed oddish, instantly fell in love with it, and as soon as its little eyes were sown on, my money was on the table and it was in my hands. I just love this little family and love my little stuffed oddish. (
Leafeon: I hope you guys are getting buy now Eevees will be on this list and they do rule. I think the only one that hasn’t made the cut so far is poor Flareon. O well, on to Leafeon. This Eevelution, has earned its stripes learning a good mix of both grass as poison as well as the stand by Eevee move bite makes it quite the effective grass type. And if it was for the next four on the list it probably be a steady member of my teams. I also quite fond of this design, its is a nice look of the classic Eevee design with just hints of leaves and vines on it. I think it was a nice addition to the Eevee clan filling a missing gap within the line up. Now if your composing an team Eevee, you have Vaperon for water and ice, Leafeon for grass, Jolteon for electric and bug, Flareon for fire, Espeon for psychic and Umbreon for dark. Not that i don’t think even a decent team Eevee will struggle but at least now you can build a well rounded one. By The way, why its likely I am wrong about this but i suspect there will be two Eevelutions in x-y. in Gold and silver and pearl and diamond there have always been two Eevee’s released. i would not be surprised to find a second secret one released with Sylveon.
Chikorita Family: As Most of you have probably guess at this point i am a big fan of Gen II, This was the first generation i actually got to pick my starter on, with the gen before i picked yellow so all three were given to me. looking back now gen II’s starters now are about average, pure bloods of each type. I am not sure why I picked Chikorita, i think part of it was i was still heavily watching the pokèmon show at the time. I must admit it was a struggle with poor Chickorita espeically with the first couple of gyms, but as she grew i think i did too. Learning to relay one her when it came to catching other. Chikorita later game proved to be quite the effective tank, helping me out when i needed to heal up other team members. Although i did end up boxing her before the elite four I will always remember her fondly as being a great tank in a time of need.
Serperior’s Family: I went into Black and White with no walk though and no previous knowledge of what this game was going to be like. So when it came time to choose my starter I went the path I normally take, being fairly unpressed by the fire or water starters. I was a little surprised when it hit its final stage and became a snake, making this Pokèmons third entry that is modeled after the snake. Being a Snake i think gave Serperior speed, making it one of the faster grass types. It does learn the basic grass move set but also picks up some of Posions move sets. I must say this is one of the grass starters i was presently surprised by, even though its a pure bred grass type it still pulled me though until the end. and yessss she did pull me though the end, unlike some other grass starters i have used in the passed, this one was never boxed. I was really impressssed by this one. So it wasss and Eassy pick for number three.
Torterra family: I beginning to notice a love for turtles in my lists. I was in college when Pearl and Diamond were released. I remember waking up in my dorm room, getting dressed and carefully sneaking out of my dorm room so not to wake up my roommate to pick up my copy of Pearl. I did pick up my walk though and studied the starters briefly, after coming off of gen III and my fire pick, i could go anywhere. It was cute little Turtwig that grounded me back to grass. (Get it, Heh) The fact it grew a tree on its back on its final form and gained ground as a typing intrigued me. This family never let me down, constantly getting me out of trouble, taking hits for me when the rest of the team needed to be healed Torterra proved its worth to me, so much so it is now officially in 
Bulbsaur: They say you never forget your first love, i think that phrase apple’s to almost everything in life you love first. Your first pet, your first kiss, or in this case your first starter. As i have stated repeatedly over the last few posts, Yellow was my first game, so my first starter was Pikachu (he is coming.) But bulbasaur was the first of the three starters i truly used. He is handy to have in the first three gyms, (rock, water, electric) and is a tank when needed as well. I really don’t care much about its evolutions and I am a little miffed by his mega evolution (charizard is a dragon, and blastoise gets a freaking cannons and what does Venasaur get and extra flower! COME ON!!) ahem. I must admit there was a point in time they i forgot how much i like bulbasaur until the recent X-Y announcements. I knew going into this week i would probably end up picking Chespin, with Torchic being downloaded as well, putting me at a grass and a fire to start the game. Then they announced you could pick one of the original Kanto (gen I) starters. The logical side of my brain said cool lets get squirtle and we will be rounded out…then something odd happened i didn’t quite expect, something i will probably be battling with until the Saturday I pick up and start the game. I started to think about bulbsaur and how much i missed playing with him, and now with my new appreciation of Poison i wonder how much better he is. My heart is telling me to pick Bulbsaur and little Chespin, or Fennekin. I think my team will be unbalanced either way, but it was that surprising thump of excitment of seeing my bulbsaur back. They say you never forget your first love, and for me Pokèmon number 1, is my number 1 favorite Grass type.
Charizard Family: For a lot of people myself included, this family was one of our first introductions to the world of Pokèmon. To this day this still tends to be a popular family, to me i think they are a little over hyped. I tend to shy away from things everyone uses, and is def one a lot of people love. For me i like little Charmander more then Charizard. Still i have always love the design of a dragon, and was a little delighted and the newly released Mega evolution with dragon is kind of kick ass…except for the mustash, yeah i said it…what are you gonna do about it?
Ninetails: This is such a nice looking Fire Pokèmon, and i have to tell you i really didn’t appropriate it all that much until recently. When they announced Fennekin, i must admit i was hoping it would evolve into something like ninetails, with my recent return to loving Naruto i would have loved a Ninetails to name Kurama. Sadly that doesn’t look like Fennekin’s fate. My only complaint about ninetails, is the same complain i will have with the next one, is the stone evolution. I firmly believe a pokèmon should be at a certain level before it allows a stone to be used on it. Otherwise you can just evolve it throw it in a box, its only by leveling in my opinion do you really grown to appropriate each Pokèmon and thee individual traits. Still i must love the simple elegance there is to this fire Pokèmon.
Arcinine: Like Ninetails before it i love his design, and sometimes i think when they dreamed up Entei they used him as a roll model. When i selected yellow, Growlithe was the fire i could catch in that version, and raise him i did. i ended up growing quite attached to him but alas, that stupid stone i think in the end kept me from really bonding with this one. I have used him as a fighter but have also been on the defending end of this guy and he still holds up, Arcinine is one tough fire dog, and should continue to be respected.
Rapidash: There are surprisingly very few Pokèmon out their that are designed like a horse, (and like a bazillion, dog and cat ones). On top of that i also think that Rapidash is one of the more unappreciated Fire Pokèmon in the game. It is to bad too because this one is pretty darn fast, and my wish with Pokèmon X-Y with that ability to ride pokèmon you will see this speedy fire horse used a lot more. (i mean come on why does the goat get ridden first!!!) I think this one as much as i like Arcinine is my favorite gen 1 Fire, while its only two evolutions, you do have to spend time with it to get it to evolve. Its fast, and it learns Bounce now which is pretty annoying if your on the receiving end, but effective. My Hope is that Repidash gets a little more attention in the upcoming game and maybe even a third evolution or even a mega evolution, who knows that the future hold for this guy, but I can always see Rapidash as one of my favorites.
Houndoom: When Dark Type was first introduced in Gen Two, there were Two Dark types i really took to right away, Umbreon was one, and Houndoom was the second. Houndoom is a great strike fighter, good speed and nice attacks to utilize those moves. This guy was everything you would think of when it came to a hell hound (Except minus a head or two) I named my Cerberus and we got along very well. I will however say this is probably one fire that hasn’t aged well, from what i can see. It’s move set is pretty darn consistent with what it had when it started out in silver, given some minor tweaks here and there. It continues to have good speed and attack but it like most fires is not a defensive Pokèmon. Still I do love its design and its another one i would be quite happy to see another evolution too. I think that maybe a big issue with a lot of my fires on this list, they are all good, but the just need that one more step, another evolution to make them outstanding Fires.
: Blaziken Family: The Rule Breakers. Up until the third gen, and honestly even after third gen I always picked grass as my starting Pokèmon. For one reason or another Treecko just was not doing it for me, but then i met little Torchic and i fell instantly in love with it. For me there has been no other fire starter since then, i mean just look in to Torchic’s eyes. It also didn’t hurt that gen three was notoriously thin on fire pokèmon, and Blaziken was the best you could get. Blaziken also changed how i battled, up until it i never used Fighting Pokèmon in a team. It was Because of Blaziken my eyes opened to fighting as well, and yes i know there are now two other fire/ fighting out there. but i dislike monkey pokèmon (Sorry) and i am not that impressed my the pig either. Blaziken was the first and in my opinion the best of this typing and will always be my favorite Fire Pokèmon.
Absol: , I know this is a hugely popular pokèmon, and its easy to see why, with a sleek design and the soon to be potential mega evolution its a great pokèmon. However lets face facts people, since the introduction of dark pokèmon in the second generation this has become a decent size category with a lot of different dark types to choose from. For me having one pokèmon that’s purely dedicated to dark, just doesn’t make sense to me in my team. Doesn’t mean i do not appreciate the creature and its design and concept. I do look forward to what becomes of it in the future, this is a pokèmon I would love to see another step to besides mega.
Surskit: This one is just adorable as a child who spent most of her time admiring the bug world, the bugs that glided along the water were always interesting to me. While i am not terribly fond of its evolution, i do love the design and concept of the little glider. Admit it, there are a few of you out there who just a tad bit disappointed at its stats. It just wasn’t built for battle but as especially the third gen pointed out there can be more to the game then just fighting.
Magnemite: This guys suffers from the same fate as poor Absol, there are just too many better options out there to make picking it just not a smart move. I however have fondness for this guy, being one of the only pokèmon I can successfully draw and it still look like original pokèmon. Believe when i say i really don’t have many drawing skills, But if on occasion you find a little sketch of this little guy.
Natu: Poor Natu, there are just so many bird pokèmon out there, that are just so much better then this little cutie. On top of that it happened to come out in the same generation as the games Ultimate Psychic Flyer Lugia. Thus making this pokèmon pretty easy to ignore. But I have always loved its design and colors, admittedly always found it a little cute too. Its a shame really it couldn’t be better in battle.
Kecleon: This one for me isn’t on here for its design, so much so as its creativity. for those of you not familer with this guy, he comes with the ability Color change, that when hit with an attack changes its type over to the type of the attack it was just hit with. For instance say i hit it with a fighting move, it then switches over to a fighting type, Because of this however i had great fun taking it out, using the change to my advantage. I still have to admire the thought that went into him. That is why he is an easy pick for my top 10.
Joltik: Man is this little guy a little cutie, I just love the concept and design of him, as you might be starting to pick up I love bugs, and loved running into him. This one also has the added bonus of scaring the crap out my other friends who are not quite as fond of spiders and bugs as i am. It is just too bad that like so many before it there are just better bugs, and eletric pokèmon out there otherwise you better believe this would be on my team. Sorry cutie I just don’t want you to get beaten up.
Ditto: Combat wise, this pokèmon has always been more of a novelty then anything else. Able to transform into its opposing pokèmon seems like a great idea, however it never copied the stats of that pokèmon making Ditto very useless. However in the second generation they added the concept of breeding making Ditto very, very useful. Ditto can breed with anything, any gender and even some genderless ones. (try not to think to hard about that one) making ditto both incredibly useful outside of battle. I now make sure any new game i start there is a ditto on stand by ready to send over, or use it to breed some new baby pokèmon, like what i did with Denio so that new baby could be raised along side some of my others. I have also been known to just throw ditto in a breeders and just leave it there as i swap out pokèmon for it to um…do its thing with. Ditto is incredibly useful for breeding, but sadly not for battling which makes it number 4 on my list.
Yanma and Yanmega: I love Dragonfly’s ever since I was a little girl i would catch and release them. In fact as i am typing this i am wearing a dragonfly necklace around my neck. Imagine my my utter delight to see Yanma (then later generations its evolution.) Then imagine my utter disappointment at its stats…its just to weak to be competitive in any arena. While its new evolution improve things slightly, it still was just a disaster on the field. However it will continue to get my love as being pokèmon’s only tribute to dragonfly’s.
Mantine: I love this pokèmon, and if it wasn’t for Lapras there is a strong chance this one could end up on my team. I love the fact they made a stingray pokèmon, what i love even more was adding the little remoraid to its wing. This is a great example i think of the creators of the games concept and design follow thru. This pokèmon is well designed and well thought out. Even the eventual addition of Mantyke stayed true to Mantines good design. What keeps this little guys off the team is its duel weakness to electric which is just to bad because it has nice balanced stats. Don’t worry little one I still love you.
Krabby: This water pokèmon stole my heart in the anime and i continue to love it. The picture of it here is actually my favorite picture of it, i mean who amongst us are not that happy having our favorite treat in our hands. Krabby falls under the same trap as so many others on this list, just too many better options to make using him plausible. As you have noticed probably, i love my water types and i love my bug types and honestly crabby is a bugish water pokèmon. Admit it crabs look like bugs too. Seeing how this little guy was probably the first of my the pokèmon i really loved but just couldn’t not find a place for it seems fitting he should take the crown.
Wobbuffet: Talk about useless, I am still not sure what they were thinking when creating this purely defensive pokèmon. It learns four moves..that is it no more, no less. It is designed to be a punching bag, and other then some admittedly funny moments in the anime it really doesn’t serve much of a purpose. For me however my time with it comes down to a pokèmon stadium moment when you are using rental pokèmon and so is the opposing player, I am forced to send out out a wobbuffet and so does the opposing player leading to a headache inducing moment. since neither one can attack it leads to me having to reset the game. Now i know why it it is always holding its head, because it causes so many headaches
Exeggutor: Ugly…that’s all I will say. What you say that’s not enough…fine. Keep in mind I came into the pokèmon world in my high school years, and I found the whole concept of a walking tree, that evolved from eggs to be a little ridicules. On top of that the widely popular bird pokèmon could easily turn this guy into scrambled eggs. I just could never get past its designed and found it on the verge of useless to me. Strangely enough Sudowoodo doesn’t earn my ire as much has Exeggutor only because I have to tip my hat to them on creativity, I mean it is a tree, that is rock type so players not knowing what is can have to birds with some very sore beaks…but Exeggutor..ug.
Miltank: I know Miltank was created to be a female version of Tauros…so why does it look…so disturbing. On top of that if your going to make a male and female version of something you need to either A: Have a pre-evolution for the two that makes having male and female make sense, or B make a joined final formation. This doesn’t give other and to be honest brings down poor Tauros just a little for being associated with this. On top of that, lets talk briefly about players first encounter with Miltank, and that is Whitney in as far as i can remember (and i can have a bit of a short memory) the only real normal gym. Her Miltank was was a difficult beast, flattening a good many of my Pokèmon, but if it wasn’t for that Miltank and the other two starting gyms my appreciation for Geodude would have never grown…so I guess I ought to thank that cow…
Durant: My hatred for this pokèmon actually doesn’t really have much to with the critter itself, I am actually quite terrified of ants. Yup that’s right I like most bugs, and even spiders don’t bother me, (I actually have a small soft spot for Spinarak and Joltik) But i just cannot do ants in any form. I think it goes back to when i was little and attacked by a swarm of fire ants *Shudders*. So I don’t care how good this pokèmon is or isn’t, you will never see it in my team. It is going into the box as far away from me as humanly possibly. *gets out her Blazikin for protection*
Cofagrigus: There is something very wrong about a pokèmon in the shape of a coffin, I know it made sense to someone out there, but for me having a floating living casket just does not seem right. It is also a pain in the behind to take out. When first encountering it in the Elite four there is a small huh..that’s a bit weird oh well lets just kill it. *twenty minutes pass* how the heck did that just take out half my team? You think by now i would learn not to underestimate elite four pokèmon…sadly its a lesson I have yet to learn.
Mesprit, Uxie and Azelf: God do I hate these three. I have never been a big fan of the roaming pokèmon, I prefer them to just sit still and do into the ball, but i hate it even more when there roaming and useless. Pearl and Diamond had about four different roaming pokèmon in the game Cresselia and these three obnoxious roaming morons. Yes I know gold and silver had started the roaming, but at least they are useful in combat. So were Latios, and Latias but these guys. When I caught the three I subsequently named them Pain, In The, Ass. and threw them into my box to sit and sit.
Ludicolo: I encounted this pokèmon a lot over the years, but it is because of Pokèmon XD does my hatred grow to a burning ember with this guy. Those who read my previous entry, My Top 10 Favorite Pokèmon know that Umbreon grew as one of my favorites during this game, him along with Espeon battled loyally along my side though out the game, however it was this pokèmon that would spoil my fun, along with its disturbing dancing in the game and admittedly powerful move sets this made my two little guys easy pray for this *Lets out string of swear words* pokèmon.
Jynx: I have never really been fond of human shaped pokèmon, Mr. Mime, Magmar, and Electabuzz just never did it for me, but i never hated them, I just didn’t really like them. So what did Jynx do to piss me off so very much. My first pokèmon game that i played was Yellow, so my partner pokèmon was Pikachu, my very first run at the Elite Four I watched my beloved little electric rat repeatably get taken down by this ugly horrible pokèmon, not only that I watched it take out my Zapdos, my Dugtrio even Lapras go down to it. Admittedly I know a little better now to send those types in against an ice type now, but yellow was my first pokèmon game and Jynx was standing between me and my final victory. I have never forgiven this pokèmon for those early defeats, and I probably never will. So say hello to the ice box Jynx because you are not moving any where for a long…long time.
The Regi’s: Just looking at these four makes my blood boil, the amount of time put in to catching these horrible bastards…ok. *takes a second to breathe.* You might be asking yourself, how could you possibly hate these guys, there legendary pokèmon. I have been playing this game for years now so i know pokèmon I like and ones i don’t. I cannot tell you the amount of hours I spent trying to catch these rotten pokèmon, they would have 1 hp be paralyzed have 0 accuracy due to me flashing the crap out of them and they still would not go in to the freaking ball, and all four of them were like this. I would go though countless timer, dusk, and ultra balls trying to get them to go in. I would be sitting there an hour after I should be in bed begging with them to just go into to the pokèball and they still refused. When i learned recently i would have to recatch these horribly stubborn pokèmon again in black 2, I think I started to cry a little bit. I don’t think there is any other pokèmon out there on this list that makes my blood boil with the passion of a thousand red suns then four guys. I can’t tell you the small joy i get in taking these suckers out with one of my Top 10. So Regi’s go into the box and think about what you have done!
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