[Forever]

Originally Posted by ShinySamurott98

I think you should actually be put up to the test of catching them. Like go into a little dome in the professors lab and have the choice of grass (Chespin) water puddle (Froakie) or like a cave (Fennekin) and be given a pokeball that won't fail.

Could be interesting! Or even more interesting if you had three balls - the third ball will always capture. You can catch all three, but the last one will be your starter. You could then check the stats etc from that window and the one with the greatest stats could influence your choice of starter (as it'd then change every time your reset!)