So I caught a lv40 Flamigo which had a fairy Tera type. Got supremely lucky as my squad is all below lv25 and I got caught off guard a bit (he fainted three of my squad).
Overall my first six hours with the game have seen me get my first badge - at the grass type gym, near the first titan, rather than go to the bug gym.
Team is:
Fuecoco
Pawmi
Finizen
Wattrel
Klawf
Fidough
I have managed to find and catch the Amourage pre evo too, just need to get the right bits now to evolve it.
So I now have three badges (Grass, Bug then Normal in that order), have beaten the rock and steel titans, and Mela's Team Star raid. I have now caught a whopping 135 Pokémon, which are being put carefully into boxes to make a living Paldea dex (a lot of effort but in fairness it is helping me work out what I am missing). I have only used basic Pokeballs to catch Pokémon so far, which is unusual and a first for me (and I am thinking, why not keep going? See if I can try and get the whole dex in the traditional basic Pokeball - would be a first for me in any generation).
The big news is I conquered the snowy mountain and got myself not just Frigibax early doors, but its middle evolution Arctibax too. Since it's level 49 (!!!) it is a good 20 levels above my squad, so I am boxing it for now and going forward with my lower level frigibax, which is now at lv28.
Team is now:
Crocalor Lv35
Pawmot Lv35
Finizen Lv33
Dachsbunn Lv35
Varoom Lv32
Frigibax Lv28
Which means for the first time in a Pokémon game I have the pseudo just before taking on the third gym.
Thus far, I am loving the game, exploring and catching a bit more like I did with PLA than Sw/Sh.
If I have one constant criticism, it is the graphics and loading times. Paldea can look incredibly beautiful provided you don't look too closely at certain details.
My next stop will be one on Starfall Road and I am aiming to get my second raid passed ASAP.
Of all my Pokemon in my squad, the one I am most fond of is Finizen. It really is a delightfully designed Pokémon. How I get it to evolve is going to be tricky...