>>24684531
Oak caught their parents and now has a monopoly over them /thread

>>24684531
Friend safaris.

>>24684609
This desu senpai

>>24684531
Breeding. Just look at all the "breedjects" that are released because they don't have perfect IVs.

>>24684609
This, bruh.

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/AG025

Featured a guy breeding Mudkip to be used as starters

>>24684531
Some are catchable in friend safaris, otherwise no idea. I'm fairly certain all have been showm in the wild in the anime, some in the manga.

Your question is inherently stupid because
1. you can assume they are raised privately and in captivity specifically to be starters
2. it's a video game you fucking retard

>>24685059
>>buh buh it's a video game
part of enjoying video games, and really any fiction, is picking apart the worlds because we enjoy them.

>>24685070
But you don't deny that OP is a retard? Interesting

>>24684531
They tell where they live in Pokémon FRLG.

>>24684531
Game mechanics. They don't want you getting all the starters in a set without trading.

>>24685059
>1. you can assume they are raised privately and in captivity specifically to be starters

But where? You come across no starter Pokemon-rearing centers in any of the games.

>2. it's a video game you fucking retard

Even video game worlds strive (or should strive) to have a sense of internal consistency.

>>24685479
No. 1. - Charmander lives in a Mountain.

2. - Squitle live at a Water Edge.

3. Bulbasur live in a Grassland.

>>24685059
Some starter Pokemon have Pokedex entries that imply that they are out in the wild. For example

Piplup
>It lives along shores in northern countries state.

Grotle
>It lives along water in forests.

Grovyle
>It lives in dense jungles.

Didn't they say explicitly at the start of platinum that the Starters were caught wild?

Between Japan, Japan, Hawaii, Japan, New York, and France there's still a heck of lot of regions that haven't been explored yet.

>>24684747
>anime
>canon
>implying what anime does matters