With all the fuss that has sparked online lately with the Gen 2 discussion, I though of something: do people really use "suboptimal" pokemon for their normal playthroughs? Like, for their first playthrough?

Like, sure, me myself have used pokemon like Poliwag and Pidgeotto to beat Lance in my first HGSS run, or the infamous Haunter for Cynthia in my Platinum playthrough. But that was all because I was much younger, of course. Like, do people really use pokemon like Furret or Bibarel, aside from using them as HM Slaves?

Because I'm curious and I like to have data of everything, I've created this survey for everyone who wants to participate: https://forms.gle/JoH66QtPUFKgPqdt8

It takes around 10 minutes to complete. Maybe less if you have good memory or screenshots of the pokemon you used in that first playthrough. Edit: you don't have to sign in with your account anymore to take the survey!