Am I the only one who doesn't want the starters to be caught for a change?
To be fair, starter Pokemon are only supposed to be given out to kids from that particular region, and finding them out in the wild, especially in their basic forms, is next to impossible.
Except Venusaur, that thing seems to be everywhere....
But, of course, this is the anime, and everything works to a different logic.
I did like Hoenn's idea of Ash only having one of the starters though, instead of catching all three, like Kanto and Johto. Spread them out evenly.
If I had to choose, i'd let Max get his first Pokemon in Shinou. Let him have the grass type. The rest i'm not really bothered about.