Starter Pokémon/Games/Starter Pokémon/Core series/Kanto

In Pokémon Red, Green, Blue, FireRed, and LeafGreen, Professor Oak will bring Trainers to his lab to give them one of the following to begin their journey:

The player's will then pick the type-advantageous starter Pokémon, and the remaining Pokémon will sit in its Poké Ball on Oak's desk for the rest of the game.

In FireRed and LeafGreen, the choice of starter Pokémon also determines which of the Legendary beasts will roam the Kanto region after defeating Team Rocket in the Sevii Islands—if the player chooses Bulbasaur, will appear,  will appear to those who chose Charmander, and  will appear to those that went with Squirtle.

Professor Oak offers one of this trio of Pokémon to the player in after the player has defeated, making reference to the fact that he gives them out as starter Pokémon in Kanto-based games, suggesting the player will be able to make it to the next town with one of these Pokémon by his or her side.

Professor Sycamore will let the player choose one of these three Pokémon after meeting him in person and beating his team of Kanto starters in. After making their choice, Professor Sycamore will give the player a Mega Stone corresponding to the chosen starter's final evolution; for, / for , and  for. The middle stages of the starters can be found in the Friend Safari.

In, the Kanto starters can be caught in the wild via on Melemele Island.

In, due to being based on the , Oak instead gives out:

In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, players will start with or, depending on which version of the game they are playing. These Pikachu and Eevee are considered special, separate forms commonly referred to by the game as.