Favorite Gen 3 Pokemon

[BTS_fan]

Since the last thread expired, I decided to remake it. So which Gen 3 Pokemon were your favorites? Please explain your answers thoroughly.

I always had a soft spot for Jirachi because it was one of the hardest Hoenn Pokemon to get. It took me a year to finally download one from the bonus disc that came with Pokemon Colosseum back in 2004 I think, but man was it worth the wait.

 

[Ignition]

Probably Sceptile (Crawdaunt, Swellow, Torkoal, Glalie and Manectric are other contenders). The anime is the main reason as Ash’s was a great addition to the cast. It’s a speed demon who has a impressive movepool and even cooler Mega. Wish it had a better Ability and special movepool

 

[Leonhart]

I have several favorites, but my main one at this moment is Bohmander (Salamence). Admittedly, I didn't like it that much back when R/S were first released, but after seeing its Mega Evolved form in OR/AS, I really started liking it and I even bought a Mega Bohmander plush doll.

 

[KyogreThunder]

Absol - has a cool design, a sad backstory and a wide movepool. I've also grown to like its Mega.
Salamence - the first true European dragon in the series. Hits very hard, too. Shame its Mega is not just overpowered, but unappealing, too.
Milotic - incredibly elegant and tough to beat thanks to Recover.
Manectric - looks sleek and can use Flamethrower. Never really liked its Mega, though.
Latios - love his colour scheme, huge movepool and high Speed and Special Attack. Again wish he had a better-looking Mega.
Kyogre - has a great backstory and Ability. Favourite legendary Pokemon ever.
Other Hoenn Pokemon I like are: Swampert, Metagross, Latias, Groudon, Armaldo, Aggron, Altaria, Zangoose, Exploud, Flygon and Breloom.

 

[NobleJanobii]

Latios and Salamence probably. They were some of the first pokemon I became familiar with as a kid and they still have very appealing designs for me. I loved being able to fly on Latios in ORAS. It was like a childhood dream come true.

 

[Monozu]

Jirachi, Milotic, Metagross, and a whole bunch of others I've forgotten.​

 

[Leonhart]

Latios and Salamence probably. They were some of the first pokemon I became familiar with as a kid and they still have very appealing designs for me. I loved being able to fly on Latios in ORAS. It was like a childhood dream come true.

Latios is my favorite Gen III Legendary. I remember playing Sapphire version first and being really upset when I found out that Latios wasn't obtainable in that game without an event. I had to purchase Ruby version just to get Latios [and Groudon].

 

[wolf jani]

my top 6 gen 3 pokémon are.
6.Metagross
5.Jirachi
4.Swellow
3.Absol
2.Swampert
1.Latias

 

[catzeye]

Gen 3 definitely has to be my favorite as far as Pokemon designs. Most of my favorites come

Favorite Starter: Swampert
Favorite Regular Pokemon: Flygon
Favorite Legendary: Rayquaza

Other favorites include Breloom, Linoone, Zangoose, Milotic, Shelgon, Metagross, Spheal, Tropius, Blaziken, Sceptile

 

[Acerola]

Milotic!
I remember when I was...11 or so, when emerald was still new, I searched and searched almost every tile on route 119 for a feebas as Milotic was my dream pokemon at the time.
I finally found the tile, and fished like crazy to get a bunch of them, now my milotic is in Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness and is Lv 100 <3

Anyone else try to find a feebas back-in-the-day when it was actually rare?

 

[WishIhadaManafi5]

Milotic!
I remember when I was...11 or so, when emerald was still new, I searched and searched almost every tile on route 119 for a feebas as Milotic was my dream pokemon at the time.
I finally found the tile, and fished like crazy to get a bunch of them, now my milotic is in Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness and is Lv 100 <3

Anyone else try to find a feebas back-in-the-day when it was actually rare?

Yep and it was a real pain to get, let alone raise.

 

[WishIhadaManafi5]

It's easy to level up as it needs very little amount of exp. points.

The whole beauty side of it, not in terms of the exp part.

 

[Leonhart]

Anyone else try to find a feebas back-in-the-day when it was actually rare?

I remember fishing and finding a few after reading the video game guide, although I didn't actually evolve one until about a year later, and I only did so for collection purposes. To be completely honest, I find Milokarosss (Milotic) to be one of the least appealing Pokemon from Gen III based purely on its design. It's essentially just a less ugly version of Gyarados from my point of view.

 

[RedBlastoise]

Sharpedo was my favorite one tied with Swampert because I like Water mons the most. Sharpedo and Swampert both look epic and strong and I used each of them in Emerald and Ruby.

 

[RedJirachi]

Just look at my avatar! After that, it's Swampert, then Metagross, and then Rayquaza

 

[Leonhart]

Sharpedo was my favorite one tied with Swampert because I like Water mons the most. Sharpedo and Swampert both look epic and strong and I used each of them in Emerald and Ruby.

I remember seeing Samehader's (Sharpedo's) design back in 2002 I believe, and I mistook its design thinking that its tail was simply behind it unseen in the official artwork. Then I saw its back sprite and noticed that it looked like half of its body was missing, so my interest in it decreased. I still like it somewhat and I even used it on my Emerald team, but to me it looks incomplete.

 

[Dicklaycia]

Milotic because it’s just such a glamorous and downright extra Pokémon. I remember seeing it for the first time and saying “I need one.” Unfortunately, I did not know how to acquire one back in the day. I did replay Sapphire relatively recently and I made sure to add a Milotic to my team now that I knew how to get one (after spending more time fishing in Route 119 than I care to mention).

 

[Vahnstad]

Blaziken, Altaria, Metagross, Sceptile, Swampert, Gardevoir, Salamence, Metagross, Flygon and Glalie.

Gen III is my favourite gen

 

[TwilightBlade]

I like Psychic types a lot so I consider Gardevoir to be one of my favourite Hoenn Pokemon. Latios and Latias are among my favourites as well because they're also Psychic types and Dragons too.

 

[jaden767]

Blaziken, Altaria, Metagross, Sceptile, Swampert, Gardevoir, Salamence, Metagross, Flygon and Glalie.

Gen III is my favourite gen

All of those are my favorites too and I would just add Camerupt because I used one and it was pretty good for a slow Pokemon. At least it was bulky and resilient.