The only 100% fact was that Rhydon was the first slot. When I explained the theory about Rhydon, (I was not the one who proved it) I just was explaining on how Missingno. was a pokemon the games designers may have left in, without any real data. Thus making the Pokemon change to the first slot made, Rhydon. But I have read a rumour (Wikipedia rumor) that Rhydon waws the first made. Period

I wonder what would of made them think of Rhydon? I wonder what a breathing, walking drill would look like?

Actually, it's Mew. You can see for yourselves by looking at the patent numbers. Mew was actually patented before the name "Pocket Monsters" was.

i agree cause it is the first one!but pkachu is the most famous but remember they had the 3 starters before pika pika .nut in the show is mewtwo cause in the opening it shows mew and mewtwo in outer space

Hmmm... I doubt it's poliwhirl. Poliwhirl was probably early, but not the first. If anything, I think that Butterfree/beedrill/etc were the first, as that wikipedia article does have a point, but Wikipedia articles are never 100% trustworthy...

But all in all...we'll probably never know. There was probably some fateful editing and redesigning, and most likely, the first pokemon to be thought up by the creator may have well been destroyed.

Actually I said Poliwag because I cited this quote from Wikipedia:

"According to the Pokémon Special (#3) for the Official Nintendo Magazine, *Poliwag was the first Pokémon to be designed by Satoshi Tajiri and Ken Sugimori. It is Tajiri's favorite Pokémon. He likes how the swirls on its stomach 'are where its intestines should be'."

*I find that quite interesting, to say the least...
Then again, something being a favorite doesn't mean it's the first.
Unless the knowledge is released,


'Nuff said... - DNA

i always thought it was pikachu because that was the first pokemon seen in the anime shows or at least the first one ash saw

if it is an insect it will be weedle (it looks simple)

but what I strongly belive is Ho-oh

Ive actually done this many times in red, and im 99% sure it evolves into kanghaskhan. (ignore spelling)

I thought Pikachu. But Ho-Oh is a possible.

since Ho-oh is 2nd gen, I doubt it was the 1st created...why do you think it's Ho-oh?

In the first episode of the anime, at the end, a giant golden bird (Ho-Oh) is seen flying over Ash's head. This could be possible, but honestly, who knows?
- DNA

i'm gonna stick my neck out. by guessing its either or *meh*

- too uber-ish you think?

the only way to find out is to ask the man who created pokemon, I'm sure they would be glad to tell you

meh, i let someone else take care of that.

has excuse, but im sticking to it.

Naww Pretty sure they said 3rd Gen. That's where all the crappy worthless stuff go like Max, Pokemon Contests, and PokeBlocks.. oh and Zigzagoon.

He sees it in the 1st episode, that's probably why.

Idk who it might be, nor do I care. Maybe Clefairy.

Why post then :roll: and then double posting aswell... that's just stupid.

Well it is 99% likely to be a 1st gen pokémon...

Though it could be a pokémon that was either changed beyond recognition, or simply scrapped (the first ideas people come up with are not always the best ) and the first 'pokémon' was probably just a drawing to illustrate the idea

Well 1. Thank you for not quoting the whole post. I was actually answering somebody's question but okay. The other post I was countering somebody's attack against the 4th Gen of Pokemon with my post against the 3rd Gen. Thank you for making me look like the evil unholy spammer. Many years of good luck for you.

Id say the first would either be caterpie through beedrill or poliwag/poliwhirl ....

TIME: What were you like as a kid?
Tajiri: The place where I grew up [in Machida, a western Tokyo suburb] was still rural back then. There were rice paddies, rivers, forests. It was full of nature. Then development started taking place, and as it grew, all the insects were driven away. I was really interested in collecting insects. [Later, Tajiri's father tells me the other kids used to call Satoshi "Dr. Bug" as a child.] Every year they would cut down trees and the population of insects would decrease. The change was so dramatic. A fishing pond would become an arcade center.

TIME: You liked bugs?
Tajiri: They fascinated me. For one thing, they kind of moved funny. They were odd. Every time I found a new insect, it was mysterious to me. And the more I searched for insects, the more I found. If I put my hand in the river, I would get a crayfish. If there was a stick over a hole, it would create an air bubble and I'd find insects there. I usually took them home. As I gathered more and more, I'd learn about them, like how some would feed on one another. So I stopped bringing them home. But I liked coming up with new ideas. Like how to catch beetles. In Japan, a lot of kids like to go out and catch beetles by putting honey on a piece of tree bark. My idea was to put a stone under a tree, because they slept during the day and like sleeping under stones. So in the morning I'd go pick up the stone and find them. Tiny discoveries like that made me excited.

TIME: So you were collecting Pokémon a long time ago! Did you make the insects fight against each other?
Tajiri: No, but sometimes they would eat each other.

TIME: Did you get the idea for Pokémon from these insects?
Tajiri: Yes. Places to catch insects are rare because of urbanization. Kids play inside their homes now, and a lot had forgotten about catching insects. So had I. When I was making games, something clicked and I decided to make a game with that concept. Everything I did as a kid is kind of rolled into one--that's what Pokémon is. Playing video games, watching TV, Ultraman with his capsule monsters--they all became ingredients for the game.

TIME: Did you name all those beetles and spiders and bugs?
Tajiri: No. I had a cat, though. I wanted to name the frogs, because I watched them grow, but there were too many.

TIME: Are the Pokémon names related to those insects?
Tajiri: Yeah. Like Nyoromo [Poliwhirl in the U.S.]. It looks like a tadpole. There's little whirls on it because I remembered that when you pick up a tadpole, you can see its intestines because it's transparent.

Oh and pikachu being the main anime pokemon doesnt mean it was first...

TIME: Pikachu is sort of marginal in the game. But it's now the best-known character. How'd that happen?
Tajiri: When they did the anime, they wanted a specific character to focus on. Pikachu was relatively popular compared with the others and potentially both boys and girls would like it. They heard a lot of opinions about this. It wasn't my idea.

pikachu was a big part of the original manga as well

Yes and we didnt see a movie about it or episode. Except twice when ash saw it.

what if was mistaken as ? it could be possible though...

I was just making an excuse for him.

But yeah Ho-oH is still a HUGE mystery and THEY NEED a movie about him already.