Starter Discussion & Thread

[clbgolden12]

One idea I haven't seen for a Water starter is a bear. While they aren't really semi-aquatic, they still go in the water for food. Ending type could be Water/Fighting.
Also, a possibility for an elephant Water starter could be Water/Psychic because elephant's have a good memory.

(With this said, however, I still really want a platypus Water starter)

 

[Alexander18]

Yeah, we haven't got a Water/Fighting starter yet. Fire/Fairy and Grass/Steel for the other two.

 

[Mrs. Oreo]

GF made Serperior look great even with no legs so I bet they could make a narwhal Starter look good too.

I suppose that's a fair point but I still think that if Gamefreak designs a water starter based on an aquatic mammal, that it should be a platypus instead of some kind of whale. ^^;

 

[clbgolden12]

If we do get a narwhal starter:

1. They'd probably want to give little legs/feet.

2. Its first evolution better be the most adorable thing I've ever seen in my life.

Typing could be a lot of things. Could go with Water/Ice for obvious reasons, but Water/Psychic or Water/Steel could also work.

 

[JudySpell]

I suppose that's a fair point but I still think that if Gamefreak designs a water starter based on an aquatic mammal, that it should be a platypus instead of some kind of whale. ^^;

I'm not a big fan of the idea of a Starter being a duck & beaver hybrid thing. At least cetaceans offer variety.

 

[amoebo]

I saw a neat fanart of a duck/pirate ship crossover and it was actually really well executed and look like it would fit.

 

[Wadeledge]

I'm not a big fan of the idea of a Starter being a duck & beaver hybrid thing. At least cetaceans offer variety.

But lack legs.

Not that I don't like Bibarel but it kind of stinks that they used up their chance at a Water-type Beaver on him because that would be a good animal to base the starter on.

 

[clbgolden12]

But lack legs.

Not that I don't like Bibarel but it kind of stinks that they used up their chance at a Water-type Beaver on him because that would be a good animal to base the starter on.

They could still make a Water starter beaver. They've done starters based on animals that other Pokemon are already based off before (Tepig and Grumpig, Froakie and Poliwhirl, etc).

 

[dirkac]

Yeah, there's been plenty of overlap on Pokémon inspirations.

I'd personally like the water Starter to be based off of a sea slug, just to see what GF could come up with.
I mean, sure we've had Shellos, Gastrodon, Phione, and Manaphy, but the former two don't look like sea slugs much and the latter two are an entirely different species of sea slug.

 

[Aromatic Mist]

I wonder if this regions starter will have anything to do with the region? Chespin, Fennekin, and especially Froakie all had French influences to a degree.

 

[Sharpie]

I'm crossing my fingers for Grass/Water, Water/Fire, and Fire/Grass. I think those'd be really fun typings to see more of and it'd make the dynamic between the starters much more interesting than Grass > Water > Fire > Grass. Kinda like what Sinnoh did.

 

[.Aerodactyl.]

I'm crossing my fingers for Grass/Water, Water/Fire, and Fire/Grass. I think those'd be really fun typings to see more of and it'd make the dynamic between the starters much more interesting than Grass > Water > Fire > Grass. Kinda like what Sinnoh did.

YES. That would be SO epic!!! Especially if this is Hawaii themed, there could be a lot of water and two water typed starters could help. Grass/fire also reminds me of those fire-juggling dancers I saw as a kid in Lilo & Stitch.

I don't think it will happen but I sure can dream. What would they base them on? And imagine keeping that a secret until the second or final stage!

I could see a Grass/Water bear. Someone mentioned earlier a bear water starter, but I don't think they are aquatic enough for a full typing. I'd consider a gator too, but we already had feraligatr. Maybe they'd consider it a non-duplicate though if it's primary grass typing? We do have two turtle-like animals after all.

Water/fire that was suggested earlier was a flamingo with some faint Phoenix attributes. It could start off as a water ugly-duckling thing and become a fire/water Phoenix. I think Flamingos are even called fire-coloured birds in some cultures.

And then Fire/grass...I could see any number of things actually. A kangaroo, a Tiger... Fire type is pretty easily slapped onto mammals, just look at all the fire dogs. Tiger might be best though, you could do a real cool grass-stripe pattern.

 

[pokemonbw01]

I'd like to see a Grass/ Fighting Kangaroo but we just had a Grass/ Fighting Chesnaught.

So, I'd like to see a Water/ Fighting Elephant, Fire/ Fairy Rabbit and Grass/ Steel Hedgehog.

And if they did a flamingo for a starter, it'd better be Water/ Psychic with its pink color to hint that psychic typing. Now that I think of it, Fairy could work too.

 

[dirkac]

I'd like to see a Grass/ Fighting Kangaroo but we just had a Grass/ Fighting Chesnaught.

So, I'd like to see a Water/ Fighting Elephant, Fire/ Fairy Rabbit and Grass/ Steel Hedgehog.

And if they did a flamingo for a starter, it'd better be Water/ Psychic with its pink color to hint that psychic typing. Now that I think of it, Fairy could work too.

Breloom is partially based off of the kangaroo.

 

[Orphalesion]

Breloom is partially based off of the kangaroo.

So? What does that have to do with the possibility of a kangaroo starter?

 

[supersarepi]

So? What does that have to do with the possibility of a kangaroo starter?

Nothing, but pokemonbw01's post mentioned wanting a grass/fighting kangaroo, so if Breloom is partially based on a kangaroo, it fits the bill.

 

[dirkac]

So? What does that have to do with the possibility of a kangaroo starter?

They wanted a Grass/Fighting kangaroo, I just pointed out one technically already exists, although not as a Starter.

 

[Orphalesion]

They wanted a Grass/Fighting kangaroo, I just pointed out one technically already exists, although not as a Starter.

A animal/concept already existing as a pokemon, even with the same typing has never stopped gamefreak from making another one; just look at Butterfree, Vivillion and Beautifly.

Breloom is heavily stylized and fungus based. I think a different, furrier design focused on the speed stat would be sufficiently different.
Though I agree I'd rather not want a Grass/Fighting starter right after Chestnaught.

As for kangaroos, I think the best way to represent them would be a ground/fighting type.

 

[pokemonbw01]

Breloom is partially based off of the kangaroo.

Isn't Breloom based on mushroom? Even if its not, it doesnt looke like a kangaroo to me. What I want is a pokemon with typical kangaroo features and besides, we had Froakie, a Water frog pokemon although we had Seismitoad and Politoed.

 

[Wadeledge]

Breloom is partially based off of the kangaroo.

Really? I always thought of it as a mushroom-dinosaur. I don't see Kangaroo in there at all. Maybe if it rested on it's tail but it's posture looks like it's vaguely raptor-ish.