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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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[Pokemon] Why aren't the starter Pokemons found in the world ?
gpt
They are. They're just generally rarer, so you have to go to very specific places to find them. Bulbasaur, for instance, appears in the wild on Melemele island in Alola. During his travels there, Oak picked up a Bulbasaur and found it to be a reliable partner. So he started breeding them to give away as starter Pokemon to trainers in Kanto. Most starters have a similar story.