>>53732118I think it's worth comparing with other games
>Gen 1Charmander line
Vulpix/Growlithe lines (version exclusive)
Ponyta line (Fun Fact: You can get Rapidash right before the Elite 4 at a reasonable level in Gen 2, less useless than fucking Houndour or Slugma)
Magmar in exactly Blue/Green
Flareon (lol)
Moltres at the ass end of the game, if you don't want to count Ponyta line in Gen 2 then you don't have to count this
Total: 5 or 6, roughly equal to Gen 2's availability at the same timeframe
>Gen 3Torchic line
Numel line
Slugma balls
Torkoal
Vulpix line
Total: 5 lines, roughly equal to Gen 2 in the same time frame
>Gen 4DP's fire type selection is a fucking joke, I don't want to beat a dead horse (which happens to be one of the two options for fire types before the Elite 4)
Total: 2 lines
>Gen 5Victini, if you have the event ticket
Pignite line
Pansear line (lol)
Darumaka line
Litwick line
Heatmor
Larvesta line if you want to go out of your way to get it and level it up (not that bad with EXP scaling but still a pain)
Reshiram in exactly Black version
Total: 6 to 8 depending on your situation
Not doing Gen 3 onwards because the Pokedexes get fucking huge after that.
