Kinda rare to see anyone box their starter pokemon.
In the 5 gen, the three starters were very dissapointing, in special compared to other Pokemon you encountered not much after the beginning, with Petilil/Cotonee/Sewadle (grass), Darumaka/Growlithe (fire) and Tympole/Marill/Psyduck (water). Really, my only complain about the 5 gen is the starters being overshadowed by other better early mons...
in terms of battle usefulness. Of course, they all serve different roles, so trying to put them in order is kind of apples and oranges. Gen II and V kind of got the shaft IMO, although Feraligatr is still a great Pokemon. And the doofy flower thing with a funny name will always be first in my heart~
I did eventually box my starter greninja though...in favor of a newly bred protean greninja that is now on my in-game team 99% of the time.
Aww...Get in the box...Pokémon YCan't you see it...?Pokémon WhiteI've heard that when this little guy evolves, it becomes an awesome Fire-type pokémonIt evolved ♪ So cool ♪It's a Darumaka ♪I'm sorry, Pignite...I have to take this other one, but I won't forget you...Get in the box...pushPleased to meet you, Shirona-san...I'm sorry, Greninja...Aieeeee!!I've found a Lapras and I want it...It's a Dark-type, huh... But I don't need another.