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This guy right here.
Back in 2002 I was in 9th grade and some guys at my school were playing on their GBAs. They were playing the brand new Ruby and Sapphire games and were battling eachother. I was never into Pokemon in my elementary school, but when I saw this I needed it. The graphics were a big step up from Crystal (which I saw the same people playing last year) and then I saw what one of them was using. It was Swampert. The guy was destroying the other kid's mons and I was amazed. The next week, I picked up a cartage of Pokemon Ruby. I of course chose Mudkip and played through the entire game through with him. He was the first Pokemon I ever got to level 100, and he made me fall in love with the series. A few years later on my 17th birthday I got Pokemon Emerald. I chose Mudkip again and decided that I would never let it faint. I still kept that promise to this day. Later in Generation 4, I transferred both of my Swamperts to my Platinum, and then to Black 2. I learn of the great "Masuda Method" when I got Black 1and tryed it out with a Jpn Female Mudkip I got from GTS on Black 2. I got a shiny Mudkip after a whooping 48 full boxes of fails. Got that to level 100 and can wait to transfer to my X version when PB comes out.
This guy is truly amazing. Favorite starter; favorite mon.