Alright. I'll be honest, I did say I hoped to see a small sneak peak into gen9… and then it turns out that they revealed it at the end and admittedly too much… I was hoping that we'd be able to speculate the starters.
Now let's get the elephant out of the room… what even is the Fire starter? I genuinely cannot tell and still struggle to. The first website I saw claimed it was a gator, and I am still struggling to see that. Also, I'm very very certain that this pretty much kills the zodiac theory for good. That is unless somebody can tell me it's somehow supposed to be a snake, I think I've given up on the theory even though as cool as it was, I prefer to see variety in fire starters and not just randomly guess which of 4 options it'll be. I mean basing all three starters of a theme I personally feel is already limiting.
That said, the cat and the waterfowl (unsure whether or not it is specifically a duck) are most likely my picks when Iget the games, I personally have the most belief that they will have the best looking final forms. I mean I do still like the Fire starter though. Maybe the Fire starter is actually supposed to be like a hornless goat or something?