Starter Pokémon/Games/Starter Pokémon/Core series/Sinnoh

In, when two attack the player and rival at Lake Verity, to which they travel upon hearing reports of a red , they will choose one of the following from Professor Rowan's briefcase, which he left at the lake:

The player's friend and rival will choose the starter Pokémon that has a type advantage against the player's choice, and the NPC who is the other-gender choice (/) will have the Pokémon weak to the player's choice, and therefore strong against Barry's. After fighting off the two Starly at the lake and returning the briefcase to Rowan, the professor will allow the player and  to keep the Pokémon they used.

In, the player and the rival are stopped by Professor Rowan just as they are about to run through tall grass to get to Sandgem Town to ask the Professor for Pokémon. After some questions about the player and the rival's love for Pokémon, he decides to entrust them with one starter Pokémon each.

In, after the player enters the Hall of Fame for the second time, Professor Birch can be found being chased by his wife on and the player will be allowed to choose one of the Sinnoh starters.

In, the middle stages of the Sinnoh starters can be caught in the wild via on Ula'ula Island.