Thread: Starter Discussion and Speculation

Starter evolutions are some of the last Pokemon revealed.

The only generation in which they were revealed super early was Gen II.

In Gen III, only Blaziken was revealed early.

We didn't get Gen IV and V starter evos till the month of release.

In other words, don't expect to see them till September 2013 at earliest.

we might see the mid-evo's soon... weren't Servine and Dewott shown in a sketch for the anime? along with Woobat I think

Chespin is the best for me due to the cute appearance, I easily see Ash catching one in the anime as his main regional Pokemon. Also love the hedgehog-like design and headgear. Next in line is Froakie, since it's not traditionally cute as the other Water-type but I like frogs and plus the former unique trait is a good thing. Then third is Fennekin, I'm a bit worn out on foxes since Zoroark was like one of my hype-worthy Pokemon of Gen V and of course, keeping in typical Gotpika fashion, I'm choosing not to believe the hype and follow the bandwagon. :P

Thinking about it some more, I almost don't want to be told what the starters will evolve into. Now that we have launch parity with Japan, not knowing what they are and finding out right along side the entire world feels far more interesting. Almost how I felt in Gen 1 (though I'm pretty sure I knew about the evos by the time I started actually playing).

Chespin=Yellow on his hat (Pikachu ripoff again?)
Fennekin=Dark yellow with purple blue flames (remember Chandelure has blue purple flames?)
Froakie=dark purple

Originally Posted by cityvillain

I'm predicting Fennekin will just be a pure Fire type. That will go the leagues of Arcanine, Ninetales, Rapidash, Darmitan, Typhlosion, etc.

I think Fennekin would be Fire/Psychic, as he's based on Demon Fox (Kitsune). The Demon Foxes usually fire using their superpower moves (as similar to Psychic types). Nah, I don't want to see Fire/Fighting type again for starters.

Originally Posted by S.S. Shadow Minun

I think Fennekin would be Fire/Psychic, as he's based on Demon Fox (Kitsune). The Demon Foxes usually fire using their superpower moves (as similar to Psychic types). Nah, I don't want to see Fire/Fighting type again for starters.

What? Besides being based on fennec foxes, we don't know what else Fennekin was based on yet.

Originally Posted by Reila

What? Besides being based on fennec foxes, we don't know what else Fennekin was based on yet.

Don't you read this: Kitsune may also be likely origin for Fennekin.

Originally Posted by S.S. Shadow Minun

Originally Posted by Reila

What? Besides being based on fennec foxes, we don't know what else Fennekin was based on yet.

Don't you read this: Kitsune may also be likely origin for Fennekin.

That's nothing but speculation. Until we're given more information all we know for sure is that Fennekin is based on the fennec fox.

Yep, I think I've gotten my complete opinion on the starters cemented.

Chespin:Best, unique design and concept, not a reptilian Grass-type, a bit of a rodent-ish look but regardless it stands on its own and has a neat look.

Froakie:Kinda ugly and stupid looking at first, but looking back somewhat cute now. Stands out from the other Water-type as being the first non-traditionally super cute one and that regard. It doesn't look closely similar to other Frog Pokemon thankfully.

Fennekin:Tired of foxes, especially when Zoroark and Zorua are mascots of Gen V and not to mention play N's signature Pokemon in the game. Also we've had quite the large advertisement of the Eevee family, we also have Vulpix and Ninetales. There is no need for another traditionally cute fox Pokemon so, meh, on Fennekin. Let alone a firefox or possible Kitsune or Psychic fox since Ninetales played that role to a tee itself. Of course I wouldn't mind the typing, it's just nothing super interesting.

I would like to see
Fennekin having ninetales-esque look to it but without all the tails
Froakie being a really bulky muscular frog maybe with that thing aorund it's neck will grow larger
Chespin as a Ferret with the points on it's hat thing extending down it's back and having much more pointy

I am curious. Why people want Froakie's evo to be bulky and muscular when we already have two bulky frogs in Pokémon (Poliwrath and Seismitoad)? Honestly, I'd rather see it evolving to a slim and fast ninja-esque frog. Every freaking Water starter evolved to something rather bulky (Except Empoleon, but only design-wise), it is even worse than the Fire/Fighting curse. That said... If it really has to evolve to a bulky frog, it must look somewhat like Gamahiro from Naruto.

Hmm...Fennekin is probably my favorite at the moment.

But I like Froakie, too.

I don't usually choose grass types, but this time I'll go with Chespin.

I don't know if it's very likely, but I'm really hoping that Chespin's final evo is Grass/Steel or Grass/Rock. Grass/Dark and some of the other suggestions are okay, but they have many weaknesses (Grass/Dark has 6 with one being 4x) while a Grass/Steel evo would only have 2 weaknesses (with one 4x) and Grass/Rock would have 4 weaknesses (all 2x). The Rock and Steel combos sound much better to me, so my fingers are crossed.