Starter Pokémon

Red and Blue introduce the original trio; Yellow instead begins with Pikachu.

The Let’s Go partner specimens cannot evolve or leave their own games.

Their ordinary final evolutions remain pure Grass, Fire and Water types, without secondary types.

All three final evolutions can Mega Evolve in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

Their final forms pair Grass with Ground, Fire with Fighting, and Water with Steel.

Black 2 and White 2 retain the same starting trio as Black and White, despite following a new protagonist.

In X and Y, the later gift of a Kanto starter lets you add a second starter family to your team.

Rowlet begins as Grass/Flying, but its ordinary final evolution, Decidueye, replaces Flying with Ghost.

Their final evolutions gained Gigantamax forms in The Isle of Armor. Max Soup can grant eligible individuals the required Factor.

These three starters return with Hisuian final evolutions in Legends: Arceus.

The final evolutions add Dark, Ghost and Fighting, respectively, changing the original type matchups.

Legends: Z-A combines starters from different regions. Their final evolutions have Mega forms, listed separately in the Mega Evolution guide.