>>50991628Oh totally; when I first played Red and Blue as a kid, my starter was Bulbasaur. Wrecked shop on Brock and Misty.
Progress: And coincidentially, from Viridian Forest, to the destruction of the Cerulean Gym and the Nugget Bridge, my starter wrecked shop again!
Though, of course, the Pidgey didn't make it; Pidgeys are the Pidoves of the Bird Pokemon world.