Bulbasaur

Pokemon Number 001 - Bulbasaur

This is the first Pokemon in the pokedex. It is one of the first starter Pokemon in the red and blue games for Game Boy color (the other 2 being Squirtle and Charmander). Bulbasaur is the easiest of the starter Pokemon to train for unknown reasons and that is just the way the game is programmed. Bulbasaur is the grass type Pokemon (which in my opinion is the worst Pokemon type due to it's many weaknesses which i will discuss later in this post). Bulbasaur in red and blue is ONLY available as a starter Pokemon and can NOT be caught anywhere else so if you do not choose him, the only way to get him is to do one of 2 things. Trade with someone that does have him or cheat, (I usually had to end up cheating lol) In Pokemon Yellow which is another first generation game, you start off with Pikachu as your only choice. Bulbasaur can be gotten after defeating misty (gym leader #2) in the house to the left of the gym.


Bulbasaur's pokedex descriptions by generation:

Gen 1 - A strange seed was planted on its back at birth. The plant sprouts and grows with this Pokemon.

Gen 1 (yellow only) - It can go for days without eating a single morsel. In the bulb on its back, it stores energy.

Gen 2 (silver & soul silver) - It carries a seed on its back right from birth. As it grows older, the seed also grows larger.

Gen 2 (gold & heart gold) - The seed on its back is filled with nutrients. The seed grows steadily larger as its body grows.

Gen 3 - Bulbasaur can be seen napping in bright sunlight. There is a seed on its back. By soaking up the sun’s rays, the seed grows progressively larger.

Gen 4 & 5 - For some time after its birth, it grows by gaining nourishment from the seed on its back.

As you can clearly see, they are all the same thing, just worded slightly differently (which in my opinion is pointless and a waste of time and game component space).

Bulbasaur's weaknesses:

Regular defenses - Normal, Poison, Ground, Bug, Rock, Ghost, Dragon, Dark, and Steel.

Half effective defenses (means not very effective) - Water, Electric, Grass (actually Grass is 1/4 not 1/2), and Fighting.

Super Effective (does double damage) - Fire, Ice, Flying, and Psychic.

For a list of move sets throughout the different generations of moves through level up, eggs, move tutors, TM's , and HM's you can go to this link.

Bulbasaur's move sets:  http://pokemondb.net/pokedex/bulbasaur

The above link also has the locations which is Pallet town for Gen 1 and 2 except for Yellow which is in Cerulean City (not stated on the website).

Also, When Pokemon X & Y information is released, I will update this post and the same goes for all other posts (which will be several hundred).

Now for the main part, using Bulbasaur as a starter. Bulbasaur is not by any means a bad Pokemon but in the long run, if you decide to use him through the whole game, you will strongly regret your decision to do that and here is why. For gym 1 and 2 Bulbasaur is a GREAT Pokemon to use because with the right levels and moves, he can take them down single-handed. Then once you hit gym 3, he's pretty useless against all the gyms until 7. Then once again in victory road, he's almost 100% useless. he will be effective against a few Pokemon here and there in the Pokemon league. Bulbasaur also evolves twice.

Evolutions:

At level 16 Bulbasaur evolves into Ivysaur and then at level 32 Ivysaur evolves into Venusaur. (I will do more information on them in their own posts).