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Right off the bat, you're thrown into the game. Three Pokemon will appear, and you'll be able to catch only one of them as your starter. TIP: If one of those three are not Pikachu and you are an obsessive freak who cannot survive without a Pikachu, you can still get one. Walk or drive away from those three starter Pokemon without tapping on one of them (don't battle any of them). After you get far enough away, they'll despawn and respawn within your reach. Get them to do that four or five times, and they'll finally respawn with Pikachu added. Here's "ThatDudeSly" doing it on his YouTube channel:

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All you have to do to initiate your first battle is touch one of them, because Pokemon are notorious for reacting to touch with hatred and violence. The only way to stop them is to cram them into a ball that's a fraction of their size. To do that, just hold down on a Pokeball, and then flick it toward the Pokemon. If you hit it, the ball will capture it, and now you are officially an enemy of animal rights activists forever.

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Since I don't like to walk or drive or leave my house for any reason, ever, I caught my first one in my living room: