Starter Speculation/Discussion Thread

[Tadej]

am I the onlyone here that chespin reminds me of a mole? so I would like to see grass/ground

 

[Sakrey]

Chespin's second attack is clearly Aerial Ace.

 

[Tavo_Zx]

I think the second attack of
Froakie was quick attack
Chespin was fury swipes or x scissor (didn't look like a dark attack)
Fennekin was psychic

And for all we know they may have nothing to do with the final evolved forms.

Froakie's attack might have been Quick Attack, but the animation made me think of Fury Swipes.

Also, Chespin's attack didn't look like either IMO. Fury Swipes probably won't be having such a "big and detailed" animation, since it is a common and not so powerful move. The animation doesn't look like it fits X-scissor, it looks more like Aerial Ace or possibly a new move.

 

[rocky505]

am I the onlyone here that chespin reminds me of a mole? so I would like to see grass/ground

Read the words under my username. It's names from other languages even gives proof for this.

 

[Missingno.Fan]

Indeed. I think I remember some Fire/Flying suggestions with Tepig somehow using it's tail to bounce around.

I was one of them only I thought Tepig would evolve into a flying pig.

 

[Ungoliath]

@Ungoliath- Cyndaquil learns Extrasensory. Infernape learns calm mind.

It's an Egg Move, not a level move. And Calm Mind is not an attack.

Again...why GameFreak would show an Egg Move instead of the basic level moves? (Or the TM/HM ones)

 

[Malcolm Belmont]

Deviantart is pretty much this right now.
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Hahaha..........

 

[rocky505]

It's an Egg Move, not a level move. And Calm Mind is not an attack.

Again...why GameFreak would show an Egg Move instead of the basic level moves? (Or the TM/HM ones)

You said nothing about egg moves all you said was name a starter that learns a psychic attack and I gave you one.

 

[DigitalH]

If I decide to get the game (don't have a 3ds), i'd choose Fennekin, do to cuteness, it being a fire type and IMO having a better design then the other two (even though it looks like a fire Zorua).

Chespin and Froakie jut look ugly to me, at least for now (opinion may change when evo's are revealed).

 

[Thomas Elliot]

Chespin's second attack is clearly Aerial Ace.

How do you know though? Every attack could look different now just like the way battles look different.

 

[Hejiru]

I can't decide between Chespin and Froakie. Of course, I'll have to see their evolutions before I decide, but since the games are coming out at the same time this time we won't get to see the evos until the game actually comes out.

Then again, somebody will probably leak everything before launch. Again.

... *goes to re-follow pokexperto's twitter *

 

[Mr. Reloaded]

Chespin's second attack is clearly Aerial Ace.

Watch it be Night Slash, then you'll analyze more clearly.

 

[Ungoliath]

You said nothing about egg moves all you said was name a starter that learns a psychic attack and I gave you one.

You're right. My bad. I stand corrected then.

BUT my reasoning still remains: There is no Fire Type yet that learns a Psychic move by level up. Fennekin seems to be a clear dual type in this trailer (As well as the other, with more hard-to-guess moves)

 

[dd1zzle]

Chespin is actually based on the first mammal,which just so happens to look similar to a hedgehog.

 

[Raguna]

Chespin is actually based on the first mammal,which just so happens to look similar to a hedgehog.

I don't think it just looks like a hedgehog. The foreign names clearly have to do with hedgehogs, so there's more to the whole hedgehog thing than just looks.

 

[Tavo_Zx]

Chespin is actually based on the first mammal,which just so happens to look similar to a hedgehog.

I don't think it just looks like a hedgehog. The foreign names clearly have to do with hedgehogs, so there's more to the whole hedgehog thing than just looks.

For me Chespin's design seems to draw inspiration from many animals, like the squirrel, the hedgehog and now that I google searched the first mammal I think it might as well also be based on it.

 

[aa_623]

Up until last generation I always picked the starter in the elemental sequence. As in Bulbasaur, Cyndaquil, Mudkip, Turtwig and it always happened that they were probably my favorite of their respective trios (though generations 1 & 2 I love them all). But Gen5 I couldn't stand Tepig (and still can't) so I started with Snivy. I love the look of Fennekin so it looks like the sequence will pick up again.

 

[Hejiru]

BUT my reasoning still remains: There is no Fire Type yet that learns a Psychic move by level up. Fennekin seems to be a clear dual type in this trailer (As well as the other, with more hard-to-guess moves)

There's a first time for everything. Just beacause there hasn't been one before doesn't mean there can never be one. We can't assume Fennekin is Psychic any more than we could assume Vulpix is Ghost because it learns Confuse Ray.

 

[Ungoliath]

There's a first time for everything. Just beacause there hasn't been one before doesn't mean there can never be one. We can't assume Fennekin is Psychic any more than we could assume Vulpix is Ghost because it learns Confuse Ray.

But it wasn't in a trailer, wasn't it?

 

[Blackjack the Titan]

But it wasn't in a trailer, wasn't it?

Watch this trailer and go to 0:46, please.

You know it may just be Confusion since it is a starter and at its first stage. Also it is Chespin's move may be a updated version of Cut, although it does resemble Aerial Ace more.