[Ash493]

Originally Posted by dragonomega

The pre-release pictures from Serebii show the hero being (well on some of them) the Unova starters at their second stage of evolution and at a pretty low level. Perhaps we can evolve when we're supposed to now?

If that turns out to be true, it wouldn't be that bad to start with Pikachu as it will be supported by evolved forms and we could get Raichu also very soon.