>>56247437>"nuuuuu, dey NEED to do as i say"Because "partner" is how Japan describe any pokémon, thus by logical extension, the first pokémon the player meets will inherently be the first partner they meet. Stop crying because the Japanese kids series doesn't follow your fucking wishes, based off your own bastardised understanding of the media, because NoA thought kids are retards who don't deserve to understand the thing, as long as they buy the thing.