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Games Where You DON'T Choose A Starter Pokemon

Very rarely, especially in the side games/non mainstream Games, you aren't given the Opportunity to choose who your first Pokemon are. Oftentimes, your starter Pokemon are predetermined OR you do in fact get to choose who your first Pokemon is, but it AIN'T a starter Pokemon.

I am NOT including games where you don't get a Pokemon at all such as Pokemon Snap or Pokepark.

Here are some games Pokemon has put out where you DONT Get to choose your Starter Pokemon/Your Starter Pokemon AIN'T a starter.

1. Pokemon Colosseum

Pokemon Colosseum is the first Pokemon game in existence to break tradition and not even allow the player to pick out their starter Pokemon as instead Wes, the Main Character, is introduced to the player as a seasoned trainer as he already has two well trained Pokemon under his wing. Yes, the Pokemon you start out Colosseum with are Level 25 Espeon & Umbreon. Espeon is one of the best Pokemon in the entire game therefore the game gives you a vital asset right out of the gate. To be fair, the second Pokemon you're allowed to capture after a Makuhita is your choice of the Johto Starters in their mid stage: Bayleef, Croconaw or Quilava. However, while you do eventually get access to starter Pokemon, you start out the game with predetermined Pokemon.

2. Pokemon XD Gale Of Darkness