The cool thing about the Mudkip line is that after the 5th badge, you can go ahead to that ship, get Ice Beam, and pretty much beat everything in the game using only Swampert. It's too bad Swampert is just... well, the game sprite makes it looks worse than how it really looks, but I think it's about time we got a not-so-bulky water starter. Atleast they made Grass fast this time. Treecko is just lacking in really good special moves (a problem with most grass types). I mean, drgaon claw and crunch are good additions, but nowhere near as good as flamethrower and ice beam. It's also odd that the other starters get secondary types upon evolution except Treecko. I could see it being part dragon, but they'd never make a starter a dragon type.