I don’t think anything will ever trump my die-hard loyalty to the first ever pokemon I had and cared for. I still have that same Venusaur I first evolved and fell in love with. Sadly I had to use a Gameshark to transfer him up to Crystal so I could trade him up to where he now resist on AS, soon to be Moon. He’s 16 years old, and will stay with me as long as I can manage it.
RIP the code change in gen 1 to gen 2, he’s not legal because of it but he’ll lead any team if I can have 'em do it.