I started ever since Pok?mon red/blue/yellow and I still have the Pok?mon Red cartridge with me. Even though I wanted blue more, I had these games when I was very little. Not to mention I did not know about the differences in versions and though there was only 1 pok?mon game. As I grew and learned there was more than 1 version as a little kid, I started liking blue version more due to the fact that I like water pok?mon the most. But even then, I love all the starters none the less.
my first ever pokemon game was ruby if i remember correctly. i remember i quit the whole game because i couldnt beat may xD i would go battle her with my starter and a 5 gulpins with toxic hoping to poison all her pokemon to death but still failed.