Data crunching the stats of the three starting Pokémon of the original games has found that Squirtle offers the best stats, both in the early game and later on.
Additional data crunching in the article shows that the overall power level has not increased significantly between each version or generation of the games.
(Score: 1) by Dachannien on Friday April 25 2014, @02:39PM
This doesn't really matter, because the Twitch crowd will accidentally set Squirtle free about a third of the way into the game. And who plays Pokemon without ten thousand of their closest friends these days, anyway?