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Obligatory Starter Speculation Thread

All starters should have a unique dual-type. For example, Grass/Electric or Grass/Psychic. Fire/Electric, Fire/Ice (unlikely), Fire/Steel, Fire/Poison, Fire/Bug, or Fire/Fairy. Water/Bug, Water/Fairy, Water/Electric, or Water/Ghost. As for their evolution theme, it should be based on the region's main inspiration. Preferably ancient.
 
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Digimon Kaiser said:
For a "theme" I would like to see ancient civilizations. Greco-Roman, Egyptian, Mesoamerican, etc.
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I think that could a nice concept for a unifying theme with the starters. I know Sinnoh, Unova and Kalos's starters all had a theme among all three starters. It would be more cool if there's unique type combinations as well.
 
There are lots of interesting things you could use to make a set of three.

Stages of life: childhood, adulthood, old age
Ages of exploration: sail, air, space
Types of rock: igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary
Personality: Id (defensive oriented), ego (balanced), and superego (offensive oriented)

And for me, if the trio are going to have secondary types that also follow the rock-paper-scissors idea I'd like to see Fire/Rock, Grass/Flying, and Water/Fighting. Something like that wouldn't upset the balance of the starters. The Water-type is still strong against the Fire-type, and so on.
 
I really, really can't see, nor want to see a change in the starter types. It isn't really that it is a staple type choice, but in fact, that the types themselves are the best contrasts in the game.. They are the best contrasts, and ultimately are the best types to have a choice from.

As for inspiration, if they are going for something to go with the region (i.e Froakie, while frogs aren't only native to France, does go with the theme), and if the region is Hawaii, then I guess at least one may be based on a native animal. After a quick search, there is a native bat, but considering bats have been done a lot at this point, I don't really want that. A starter needs to be original, or at least original looking anyway
 
Well before Fennekin we had a Fire Fox, Fennekin was a Fennec Fox tho. I imagine a Grass/Flying Bat starter now.
 
Hikamaru said:
I think that could a nice concept for a unifying theme with the starters. I know Sinnoh, Unova and Kalos's starters all had a theme among all three starters. It would be more cool if there's unique type combinations as well.
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Unfortunately that's impossible because both Water and Grass have been paired up with every other type (except for Grass/Fire). So there are no more unique type combinations that can be used for the starter trio, at least for the Water and Grass starters.
 
Superfox said:
Unfortunately that's impossible because both Water and Grass have been paired up with every other type (except for Grass/Fire). So there are no more unique type combinations that can be used for the starter trio.
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I wasn't exactly going down that route. I mean type combinations that have been not been used by a starter yet, even if it was used by another Pokemon.
 
Hikamaru said:
I wasn't exactly going down that route. I mean type combinations that have been not been used by a starter yet, even if it was used by another Pokemon.
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Ooooooohhhhhhhh. Well, then, I could definitely see something like this:

Fire/Fairy Rabbit
Water/Psychic Dolphin
Grass/Flying Parrot
 
How about a Dolphin water starter? It's been my dream for so long.

As for Grass type, I'm not sure what I want for that one, maybe a scavenger?

For Fire, I agree with the rabbit sentient.
 
Maybe we'll get a mammalian trio with sky, sea, and land having a representative. We can get a Grass/Flying bat, a Water dolphin, and a Fire/Ground Bull. In a way the water and fire recreate the weather trio... seeing how Orca's are close to Dolphins, and the behemoth (Groudon's inspiration) is depicted as a bull in ancient art. Perhaps the Dolphin can have Fairy as a second typing so they'll all have immunity's.
 
It's most likely that the water starter will be one that has legs and can walk around on land. So a dolphin starter doesn't seem too likely.

Also I doubt they will ever stop doing the fire-water-grass starter trio typing, even if fighting-dark-psychic would be cool c:
 
We need a Rock/Flying/Fighting trio since it's the second most balanced triangle. Fire/Rock is only used by Magcargo, Water/Fighting is only used by Keldeo and Poliwrath and Grass/Flying is used by Tropius, Jumpluff line and Shaymin, also each type counterpart well with their weakness since they got a counter versus the weakness of their first type.
 
I want a grass Koala starter, it better be Grass/Dark. (: A Fire/Fairy or a Fire/Poison wouldn't hurt.
Last but not least, a Dolphin Pokemon with the Water/Psychic or Water/Electric typing please. (:
 
MarinoKadame said:
We need a Rock/Flying/Fighting trio since it's the second most balanced triangle. Fire/Rock is only used by Magcargo, Water/Fighting is only used by Keldeo and Poliwrath and Grass/Flying is used by Tropius, Jumpluff line and Shaymin, also each type counterpart well with their weakness since they got a counter versus the weakness of their first type.
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Or we could get another Grass/Rock since Cradily's line is the only one with that type. Then Water/Flying or Fire/Flying and Fire/Fighting/Water/Fighting. Though we already have had our Fire/Fighting and Fire/Flying starters...

Maybe we'll get a starter trio who share one type like the Bird, Creation, and Tao trios. Maybe a trio of Fairies. Or a trio of dragons.
 
A grass type Kiwi that is a mix of the Kiwi bird and Kiwi fruit.
 
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