It's important when starting with Bulbasaur in Pokémon FireRed/LeafGreen to make sure you have Pokémon that pair well with ...

Andrea is an editor at GameRant, where she has been writing professionally about video games for nearly five years. She became a gamer for life at 8, thanks to a copy of Pokemon Red and her Game Boy.

This article was updated by Andrea Trama on March 23, 2026, with reference to another OP Pokemon. It was first published on March 14. Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen are fundamentally Kanto games, ...