The Fire starter just looks stupid. =\ The Water starter is okay, but nothing great. The Grass starter, however, is so cute! ^o^ *Huggles it.* It seems to me like Nintendo is running out of ideas, but at least they do have some good Pokémon. The starters are a major dissapointment for me, though. I'll definitely start with the Grass one in Diamond and Pearl. But at least they didn't break the type tradition. ^^
It also seems that Pokémon contests are back, and they seem to be more complicated, too. I can't wait to see (As in, see more screenies and whatnot.) more of these games.