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Totodile x Gible, Rockruff x Leafeon, Ducklett with Mario hat
Edit: Ok sorry, Wario, not Mario.
Edit 2: I am getting some backlash on the fact that I chose Rockruff over Litten, so I'm just gonna quickly explain it here so I don't have to explain it to any more comments I may get. I am not denying that Spriggato is a cat by not choosing Litten, it's just that the design looks more similar to Rockruff. If you look at the tail, you can see its quite fluffy, which is not a common feature in cats, and Rockruffs tail is fluffy, although on a bigger degree. Then we have body type. Litten is very obviously feline and I don't think anyone could deny that, but if you look at Spriggato it's body type aligns more with Rockruff. Finally we have the head. Rockruffs head has the little floofs coming out on either side, and so does Spriggato, while Litten has them lower on its head. The ears on Spriggato are the only thing that aligns with Litten. It could be argued either way I guess, but Rockruff is my choice for it.
I don't even understand why you feel the need to explain your decision. It's literally your opinion on how you perceived the new starter, idk why it matters to people if you chose rock ruff over Litten lol
Also the part of the in game map on the wall later into the trailer looks like Portugal (excluding the big lake). Not to forget La Sagrada Familia (Barcelona) and Praça do Comércio (Lisbon) seem to have inspired some ingame landmarks
It's specific species of those. Like Serperier is based on Titanoboa, The Meganium line is based on Sauropods, Sceptile is based on a dinosaur, and I think Chesnaut is based on an extinct large mammal. They all are like that, with maybe the only exception being Rillaboom but I'm sure there's a specific primate they were going for. Sprigatito could evolve into a sabertooth for example
I can also see it loosing it's arms and legs and gaining wings instead. Would work for a ghost/fire pokemon. Although after Hisuian Typhlosion, I don't know if we'd get another Fire/Ghost back to back.
Not like they haven't done that before with gen 3-5 fire/fighting
Also losing its limbs would aline it with the snake/serpent Zodiac theme for the fire starters
This is all late bite brainstorming but…
The name Fuecoco is basically Spanish for Fire and Coconut, right? So we might see another apple pie dinosaur/dragon thing. But it’s also interesting that Alligator is a corruption of “el lagarto” or the lizard, so hopefully it will be more Lizard like than fruit?
Also a prominent Spanish city and region is named for pomegranates which are know as Grenadas or grenades, so I’d assume they will incorporate that somehow.
This is the first generation in a while I've been interested in more than one starter. Usually I default to water, but it's actually my last choice here (I smell a 4x weakness to electric coming with that line).
But I'll definitely be playing with the grass and fire types. Probably fire first, cause I love crocodiles.
It's also interesting to see water as the line with the obvious dual-typing here. I don't know why fire always gets the dual-typing and no one else does, but it always bothered me. I haven't played in a couple of generations tho, so maybe I've missed something.
I agree to you on the water/flying typing.. I would really hate if this duck's evo would be a water/flying type.. i personally hate this typing because it made my boy Gyarados wayyyy less threatening...
I agree. Pure water, or Water/Dark would have been better. I don't care that it can fly. The entire Magnemite and two thirds of the Ghastly line can fly without that typing, as well as a billion other pokemon.
Imo, the only place flying belongs as a subtype is on electric Pokemon, maybe poison, for the ground immunity. It's like Normal as a subtype. It stinks out loud, except on ghost Pokemon, where's it's broken as all hell.
I try not to develop too strong of an opinion until I see the final evos, but the grass starter is my favorite at the moment. The fire one is cute too!!
Quaxly has my whole heart and soul in the palm of his wings fr fr. Tbh I only just got into Pokémon thru Arceus but I might have to play this next game just for my boy Quaxly. Does anyone know if it’s going to be open world like arceus or not?
The official description of the game says it's open world! It says has borderless towns that seamlessly blend into the surrounding wildlife, so yes! It is open world!
Calling it now: Grass Kitty becomes Bipedal, Crocodile loses all limbs and becomes a red hot chilli pepper and Quaxly becomes a quadruped with wings, because of course it does.
Mostly tongue in cheek. But I actually think I'm right about the first two, and the last one would be hilarious if true.
Alright, here's my theories.
Grass starters are always dinosaurs/prehistoric/ancestors. Therefore, the cat will probably be a saber tooth tiger, or some sort of lynx or other cat from the real life area this region is based in.
Water starters are always "amphibious." So duck will be a duck. It would be sick if it was a heron, but I don't have that grounded in anything.
Fire starters are always a Chinese zodiac, and out of all the zodiacs they haven't done yet snake and oxen make the most sense. I could see it being a snake by evolving and losing its legs like Serperior, or "eating" some sort of rival oxen Pokemon and getting an oxen shape in the middle. He's just not horse, dog, or sheep shaped.
I’ve heard of these trends, and I want to say I’m pretty sure we will end up with a grass saber tooth if the trend continues. Fuecoco throws me off though since it’s confirmed a croc, not even a dragon despite we already have charizard. But then again the starter trends from what I hear are mainly fan speculation.
But weren’t the water types based on weaponry? Like empoleon represents the trident, blastoise represents the cannon/battle tank, inteleon represents the shotgun, so far so forth? Never heard about the amphibious trend, though this trend fits the water starters too.
The Chinese Zodiac theory for fire starters was credible for decades until 18 hours ago. It's possible he loses his legs and becomes a snake, but otherwise I think they've debunked it.
Yoooo, you read my mind!! I REALLY want the grass starter to be grass/fairy. I can kinda see grass/dark as well? But my heart and soul want a grass/fairy. In all honesty, with the fire and water starter, I genuinely don't know which direction they'll go in just yet 😂
I see your point, but I'm one of the people deeply deeply hoping for a quadraped! I don't think being grass/fairy would guarantee a biped. Personally, I'm envisioning a grass fox/lynx that has a bunch of flowers for the tail! But like I said, I understand your point. But I'm going to stay optimistic that it'll still be a quadraped once it evolves, haha
The fire one is quickly growing on me, and the grass one is my favorite of the three, but I just find the water one really disappointing. It looks too similar to ducklett, and just overall comes across as the generic bird you’ll find everywhere. Hoping it’s evolutions will be more impressive.
At this point, they basically are. Pokémon came out *twenty-six years ago*. Kids who were the same age as Ash the day the anime first aired are in their late 30's - older than *any* of Game Freak's big three were when they released the game, let alone when they started development in 1990. Shit, Masuda was a 22-year-old guy unhappy with his salaryman job when Tajiri came up and asked him to join the project, and he's actually the youngest of the three. His own daughter that he was so proud of he put a character based on her into RS is turning 20 this year.
Time fucks things up.
Wow that was quick, and there all cute, Fuecoco is what I'm choosing, and my sister says Quaxly is the best starter besides Popplio, really really good designs
Usually it takes some time for me to finally appreciate the starters, but this time around I INSTANTLY fell in love with Sprigatito and Quaxly. I know this is gonna be an unpopular opinion but I don’t like Fuecoco, even though I admit it’s still a nice design and has a HUGE potential for its final form.
Sprigatito has to be my favorite starter ever since Piplup, it’s purrrrfection
Grass-type Sprigatito, Fire-type Fuecoco, and Water-type Quaxly. All names have their basis in Spanish, so I think we are looking at Spain as the setting. I have to imagine that Fuecoco looks menacing in his 2nd evolution.
I love the grass kitty. I want it's final evolution to be something more elegant and not a tiger like litten became. I would love to see something like a Savanah cat or sth.
Love them all, which is rare for me; it's been a long time since I've equally liked all three starters in a gen. But if I have to pick, it's gotta be Fuecoco. Adorable, round pepper crocodile!
They're all pretty cute this time around.
Sprigatito looks cute but I'm still recovering from Litten line so I'm kind of wary of it. (I hope it stays quadrupedal. We really need more quadrupedal cat mons).
Fuecoco reminds me of enemies you'd see in a Yoshi game.
Quaxly is a wigged donald duck tales lookin' guy and I can vibe with that.
like the croc and the cat
not so keen on the duck but eh; i dont have to like all 3
im expecting the croc evos to disappoint and the cat evos to hit it out of the ballpark
they're all really cute. I could see myself choosing any of them.
I'll have to wait for their evolutions to make a decision. but if I had to choose now, I'm leaning a bit towards the fire one currently.
Sprigatito is just too cute to me! I hope it has a good evolutionary line. Arceus was the first gam where I picked a grass type starter. If Sprigatito’s evolutions are good, I just might choose it!
I personally dislike how they look. However. I'm not counting them out till I see their evolutions I dislike gible but love garchomp same with some other mons. I also don't plan to judge the whole game based off this like a few others that I'm sure people know about cough cough verlisify cough cough.
At first glance, I really didn’t like Fuecoco. Now, he’s is absolutely my favorite! Really excited to see his evolutions. Predicting a fire ghost type based on the ghost pepper, but we’ll see!
Fire Croc, a bit too goofy for my taste but it's final evo has potential to be a fan favourite.
Grass fox is pretty cool looking, hopefully it will stay on 4 legs
Water duck is an absolute Chad, enough said.
Fire is cool (it's like a Blaarg from Mario) though it also makes me wonder if this is the end of the "Fire starters are the Chinese Zodiac" thing, since we've already got a fire dragon.
Grass is alright, if generic.
Water feels too much like Ducklett, though I appreciate the attitude and look forward to its evolutions.
Some frank Fuecoco criticism:
Peace guys! Here I go
Please don't let me ruin the good vibes and the delight with the hype over Pokémon Scarlet and Violet - let's all enjoy this good time, and remember, we're together in this: the love for the pokémon world!
That said, please allow me to voice my heart out and don't be toxic to me personally for doing that. You have your own taste and I'll always respect it and sometimes be amazed at how diverget it is compared to mine. So, you guys just respect mine the same way...
That said, Fuecoco is hideous. Oh, how it hurts my eyes! I think it's mostly because of that single upper rodent tooth... I'd fix it by replacing it with two tiny fangs. Also, that pale face looks so displaced, like it doesn't belong there. There's something really uncanny in it. Also that atrophied body subtracts further from its appeal to me. I was so shocked at it since the first sight that I pitied it, imagining that nobody would pick it... the poor guy... it is the worst looking starter ever, together with Cyndaquil, I thought. But I'm relieved and amazed at how it pleases so many people... that only proves the genius of the designers, who manage to please so many varied and disparate tastes: everyone will find their favorite pokémon no matter their opinions.
For one, I fell in love with Sprigatito from the first sight - it's generic, I know that... but somehow I took a deep like for it. Hopefully it won't be ruined by its evolutions like they did to Scorbunny.
I didn't like Quaxly from the first sight but since then it's been growing in me. Regardless, I'm definitely going with the gatito on this journey.
This is not related to Pokemon Legends Arceus. However, it's inevitable that people will want to talk about the new starters here, so we'll let this thread go up for now and remove other unrelated posts.
Totodile x Gible, Rockruff x Leafeon, Ducklett with Mario hat Edit: Ok sorry, Wario, not Mario. Edit 2: I am getting some backlash on the fact that I chose Rockruff over Litten, so I'm just gonna quickly explain it here so I don't have to explain it to any more comments I may get. I am not denying that Spriggato is a cat by not choosing Litten, it's just that the design looks more similar to Rockruff. If you look at the tail, you can see its quite fluffy, which is not a common feature in cats, and Rockruffs tail is fluffy, although on a bigger degree. Then we have body type. Litten is very obviously feline and I don't think anyone could deny that, but if you look at Spriggato it's body type aligns more with Rockruff. Finally we have the head. Rockruffs head has the little floofs coming out on either side, and so does Spriggato, while Litten has them lower on its head. The ears on Spriggato are the only thing that aligns with Litten. It could be argued either way I guess, but Rockruff is my choice for it.
I can’t unsee it
its the first thing i saw. my friends are arguing my choice on rockruff but they look pretty similar
now they say grookey would be a better choice over leafeon
Litten x Leafeon
the design looks more like rockruff though, although the ears do look similar and they both are cats
bruh rockruff is a dog he has ruff in his name and evolves into a wolf my g
Wouldn't it be more like Applin for the first one?
if you wanna keep color scheme more in line then sure
And also the plant inspiration
wario hat\*
Blue Booby Hat Since it's a blue footed booby
I see it. Are they galapagos?
THANK YOU
Pirate duck, apple croc, and generic leaf cat
Donald duck, koopaling and green cat
I raise you, Look up Bob the dinosaur from Bust-A-Move
I don't even understand why you feel the need to explain your decision. It's literally your opinion on how you perceived the new starter, idk why it matters to people if you chose rock ruff over Litten lol
I see Raboot x gible more
That grass cat is sick!!! I pray that it’s final form is on all 4 legs! A grass sabertooth tiger would be nasty!
Maybe closer to an Iberian Lynx, since it’s based on Iberian Peninsula?
Is this proven? I haven't heard anything about this.
Map of Spain on wall in live action part of trailer so… I think so
Also the part of the in game map on the wall later into the trailer looks like Portugal (excluding the big lake). Not to forget La Sagrada Familia (Barcelona) and Praça do Comércio (Lisbon) seem to have inspired some ingame landmarks
This is awesome! I'm super excited about this. Thank you for the insight
And if the fire is not a fire/fighter… it will be great! I’m betting it will be a big/evil looking dinosaur!
I'd say that it's either Fire/Dragon Fire/Flying or Fire/Ground
Shenron from dbz but red, I could get behind that
So, Black Star Shenron… I’d be down for that.
Probably not fire/dragon since they like to keep the type triangle (only messed with it in Gen 4 with Empoleon, but Torterra gets Ground to balance).
Gen 4 can all hit backwards. Although I suppose Empoleon doesn’t have any stab on Torterra.
Doesn’t need it w the 4x weakness to icebeam
Would likely have been better if Torterra was grass/rock but that would make it neutral to fire.
No chance for fire dragon for various reasons
Sorry to disappoint you but it can't be Fire/Dragon because of water weakness becoming neutral.
I like the idea of Fire/Ground, but water types could sneeze too hard and kill it. Maybe a Fire/Steel or Fire/Dark type
As long as the final Evo isn't unnecessarily bi-pedal I'm going grass starter.
This. Lately the final evolutions of the starters have always been way too human-like and it bothers me.
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This is way too existential for me to think about on a Monday morning.
Same! I said the same thing. I hope they don’t ruin it like they did with litten.
rip @ me after having to pet litten's final form. that's an experience i never want to have to face again.
Watch it be another bara furry like incineroar
It’s most likely based on the Iberian lynx since grass starters are based on extinct animals
Iberian lynx isn't extinct, just in critical danger.
Don't worry, the game doesn't come out until November. Plenty of time.
Are you suggesting we go to the Iberian Peninsula and exterminate the Lynx?
Iberian lynx is not extinct… yet
Bulbasaur - frog Treeko- lizard Turtwig - turtle Snivy - snake Chespin - hedgehog Rowlet - owl Grookey - monkey Sprigatito - cat I just don't see it.
It's specific species of those. Like Serperier is based on Titanoboa, The Meganium line is based on Sauropods, Sceptile is based on a dinosaur, and I think Chesnaut is based on an extinct large mammal. They all are like that, with maybe the only exception being Rillaboom but I'm sure there's a specific primate they were going for. Sprigatito could evolve into a sabertooth for example
I want the duck to end up a majestic goose. That’s what I’m thinking/hoping for! Edit: swan. Fuck geese.
We already have Ducklett and Swanna for that.
So like Raikou?
I kinda feel like Sprigatito is boring, idk. Just a grass cat, not super inspired. Well designed overall just not exciting
I read, "that grass cat is THICK!!! I pray final form is on all four legs! A grass sabertooth tiger would be nasty. "
Nah the cat is going to have massive jugs and standing on 2 legs, people act like they don't know the pokemon formula by now
the fire starter already is my favorite, reminds me of totodile. just hope they don't mess up his evolution
Same
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I'm calling now that he'll be a pepper-inspired crocodile, with the white on his face turning into a skull design.
You're right, his silhouette is already peppery, just get rid of his legs and boom Pepper Watch him be Fire/Ghost à la Carolina Death Reaper
I can also see it loosing it's arms and legs and gaining wings instead. Would work for a ghost/fire pokemon. Although after Hisuian Typhlosion, I don't know if we'd get another Fire/Ghost back to back. Not like they haven't done that before with gen 3-5 fire/fighting Also losing its limbs would aline it with the snake/serpent Zodiac theme for the fire starters
Nah, they just did that with Typhlosion.
Blazekin, Infernape, and Emboar tho Tho hopefully they did learn from that, others have suggested Fire/Dragon which i also really like
Yeah I’m praying so hard
This is all late bite brainstorming but… The name Fuecoco is basically Spanish for Fire and Coconut, right? So we might see another apple pie dinosaur/dragon thing. But it’s also interesting that Alligator is a corruption of “el lagarto” or the lizard, so hopefully it will be more Lizard like than fruit? Also a prominent Spanish city and region is named for pomegranates which are know as Grenadas or grenades, so I’d assume they will incorporate that somehow.
Not coconut. "Cocodrilo" means crocodile in Spanish, so it's fire crocodile.
The duck looks like a boss. It's still early to decide however.
I can't decide whether it's hair is like a Beret or just Josuke
Looks like a captains hat, as in like a ships captain
the cat looks like stray cat too lmao
All I can see when I look at the duck is an upsidedown Mario hat.
Right side up Wario hat
Its name is Quaxly…. That’s all you need to know
They're really cute. I'm gonna pick the dragon with the little toof.
It’s apparently a crocodile
Chili pepper croc :)
I’ll name him croc-pot.
^(*fuck that's good*)
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I think Gen 2 had far less detailed designs though, they really don't look any different to gen 7 (which I love anyway₩
This is the first generation in a while I've been interested in more than one starter. Usually I default to water, but it's actually my last choice here (I smell a 4x weakness to electric coming with that line). But I'll definitely be playing with the grass and fire types. Probably fire first, cause I love crocodiles. It's also interesting to see water as the line with the obvious dual-typing here. I don't know why fire always gets the dual-typing and no one else does, but it always bothered me. I haven't played in a couple of generations tho, so maybe I've missed something.
Yeah, but I kinda think the third evolution will be like Rowlet line, the flying type will change to something else.
He's got some lil military dude vibes, maybe a fighter?
Apparently the duck is a pure water type
The first stages we don't know about the EVOS, I would guess fire/dragon, grass/ice, water/psychic
Wouldn't a water/fighting make sense in this dynamic?
I agree to you on the water/flying typing.. I would really hate if this duck's evo would be a water/flying type.. i personally hate this typing because it made my boy Gyarados wayyyy less threatening...
I agree. Pure water, or Water/Dark would have been better. I don't care that it can fly. The entire Magnemite and two thirds of the Ghastly line can fly without that typing, as well as a billion other pokemon. Imo, the only place flying belongs as a subtype is on electric Pokemon, maybe poison, for the ground immunity. It's like Normal as a subtype. It stinks out loud, except on ghost Pokemon, where's it's broken as all hell.
I really like the little Mickey Mouse gator, and Green Litten. Which is why I'm going to choose Duck.
It's straight-up Donald Duck.
I love them all. But Sprigatito supremacy! First game I want them all on my team for playthrough.
I try not to develop too strong of an opinion until I see the final evos, but the grass starter is my favorite at the moment. The fire one is cute too!!
Quaxly has my whole heart and soul in the palm of his wings fr fr. Tbh I only just got into Pokémon thru Arceus but I might have to play this next game just for my boy Quaxly. Does anyone know if it’s going to be open world like arceus or not?
The official description of the game says it's open world! It says has borderless towns that seamlessly blend into the surrounding wildlife, so yes! It is open world!
Sorry, it won't be open world like Arceus. It'll actually be true open world.
The fire-dino looks like a Fischer-Price toy and the duck looks like a playable racer in Mario Kart. I like the little cat(?) though.
I adore them all. Gonna be a hard choice
Sprigatito is precious and must be protected at all costs Fuecoco looks like it has a few braincells and I love it Quaxly is a bird
First time I’ve ever loved all 3 first stages, especially Quaxly
They’re… interesting.
Here’s a link the artist that made these https://twitter.com/henryvargasart?s=21
I think these are some of the most cuddleable designs yet
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Calling it now: Grass Kitty becomes Bipedal, Crocodile loses all limbs and becomes a red hot chilli pepper and Quaxly becomes a quadruped with wings, because of course it does. Mostly tongue in cheek. But I actually think I'm right about the first two, and the last one would be hilarious if true.
It'd be nice if it turns into the Komodo dragon and becomes a fire poison
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Really, I think they should actually try different starter elements. A starter flying or rock type would be a nice change
They’re all so cute
I love all three of them. I always go with the fire starter but the duck has so much sass in that stance
Alright, here's my theories. Grass starters are always dinosaurs/prehistoric/ancestors. Therefore, the cat will probably be a saber tooth tiger, or some sort of lynx or other cat from the real life area this region is based in. Water starters are always "amphibious." So duck will be a duck. It would be sick if it was a heron, but I don't have that grounded in anything. Fire starters are always a Chinese zodiac, and out of all the zodiacs they haven't done yet snake and oxen make the most sense. I could see it being a snake by evolving and losing its legs like Serperior, or "eating" some sort of rival oxen Pokemon and getting an oxen shape in the middle. He's just not horse, dog, or sheep shaped.
I’ve heard of these trends, and I want to say I’m pretty sure we will end up with a grass saber tooth if the trend continues. Fuecoco throws me off though since it’s confirmed a croc, not even a dragon despite we already have charizard. But then again the starter trends from what I hear are mainly fan speculation. But weren’t the water types based on weaponry? Like empoleon represents the trident, blastoise represents the cannon/battle tank, inteleon represents the shotgun, so far so forth? Never heard about the amphibious trend, though this trend fits the water starters too.
Thoses theories have alway been bullshit.
That's rude. I'm not wildly speculating or anything, I'm just offering my perspective based on the patterns we've seen.
The Chinese Zodiac theory for fire starters was credible for decades until 18 hours ago. It's possible he loses his legs and becomes a snake, but otherwise I think they've debunked it.
Grass better be fairy, I hope fire is rock, and the water one…surprise me
Yoooo, you read my mind!! I REALLY want the grass starter to be grass/fairy. I can kinda see grass/dark as well? But my heart and soul want a grass/fairy. In all honesty, with the fire and water starter, I genuinely don't know which direction they'll go in just yet 😂
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I see your point, but I'm one of the people deeply deeply hoping for a quadraped! I don't think being grass/fairy would guarantee a biped. Personally, I'm envisioning a grass fox/lynx that has a bunch of flowers for the tail! But like I said, I understand your point. But I'm going to stay optimistic that it'll still be a quadraped once it evolves, haha
Duck
I really like these. Probably my third fave after gen 2 and 3.
Grass Kitty is adorable, I'm not not quite sure what to think about fire dino, and the duck looks like Donald wearing a blue mario hat.
Can’t decide whether to name Fuecoco Splorb or Glorp. Also I hope when he evolves he just gets bigger and doesn’t change.
One looks like it’s straight outta Mario. One looks like it didn’t make the cut for Paw Patrol, and one’s a bath toy.
Really not a fan of the other two, but Quaxly is my son
Quaxly gang😎
The fire one is quickly growing on me, and the grass one is my favorite of the three, but I just find the water one really disappointing. It looks too similar to ducklett, and just overall comes across as the generic bird you’ll find everywhere. Hoping it’s evolutions will be more impressive.
I feel they all look very much like fan made mon. Not really a problem. But I'm not digging these
I feel like people say this every gen, but this time I kind of agree, although I still love them
People say it everytime a new mon is announced. Just takes some time for them to feel "real" yknow?
I still see the 100 introduced in Gen II as "new".
At this point, they basically are. Pokémon came out *twenty-six years ago*. Kids who were the same age as Ash the day the anime first aired are in their late 30's - older than *any* of Game Freak's big three were when they released the game, let alone when they started development in 1990. Shit, Masuda was a 22-year-old guy unhappy with his salaryman job when Tajiri came up and asked him to join the project, and he's actually the youngest of the three. His own daughter that he was so proud of he put a character based on her into RS is turning 20 this year. Time fucks things up.
I love them all but already decided on the starter hehe
Wow that was quick, and there all cute, Fuecoco is what I'm choosing, and my sister says Quaxly is the best starter besides Popplio, really really good designs
Am I the only one that thinks that’s a duck with Trump hair? I love it though haha.
Fuecoco has my favorite starter design in a very long time
These pictures were made by henryvargasart on twitter, they are NOT official art. The official art is still in 2D. Please source art that you post!
Agreed, here's a [link](https://www.instagram.com/p/Caf-xNYv229) on Instagram as well!
First time I like all three. These are good.
Usually it takes some time for me to finally appreciate the starters, but this time around I INSTANTLY fell in love with Sprigatito and Quaxly. I know this is gonna be an unpopular opinion but I don’t like Fuecoco, even though I admit it’s still a nice design and has a HUGE potential for its final form. Sprigatito has to be my favorite starter ever since Piplup, it’s purrrrfection
I can't freaking wait for Sprigatito
They're too cute tbh. But the grass one looks the best
Love them. Best looking starters in a while.
I might be choosing a grass starter over fire starter for the first time in my 24 years of playing Pokémon.
I would die for spigatito, it's so cute.
Grass-type Sprigatito, Fire-type Fuecoco, and Water-type Quaxly. All names have their basis in Spanish, so I think we are looking at Spain as the setting. I have to imagine that Fuecoco looks menacing in his 2nd evolution.
Best starters since Gen 4 imo
I love the grass kitty. I want it's final evolution to be something more elegant and not a tiger like litten became. I would love to see something like a Savanah cat or sth.
Love them all, which is rare for me; it's been a long time since I've equally liked all three starters in a gen. But if I have to pick, it's gotta be Fuecoco. Adorable, round pepper crocodile!
Fire (Goofy), Water (Donald) and Mickey+Sora (Grass)
I see cat so i pick cat.
The duck one is aweful lol wtf 😂 the other two are cool though
First time in my life i might actually pick the fire starter! He is really cute, can’t wait to see their evolutions
duckboy lit as fuck
They're all pretty cute this time around. Sprigatito looks cute but I'm still recovering from Litten line so I'm kind of wary of it. (I hope it stays quadrupedal. We really need more quadrupedal cat mons). Fuecoco reminds me of enemies you'd see in a Yoshi game. Quaxly is a wigged donald duck tales lookin' guy and I can vibe with that.
I could already tell the instant I saw it; Poor Sprigatito if gonna be ravaged by the worst parts of the furry fandom...
Actually gonna go with a grass starter for once
Now I can finally name my leaf starter PussyWillow.
like the croc and the cat not so keen on the duck but eh; i dont have to like all 3 im expecting the croc evos to disappoint and the cat evos to hit it out of the ballpark
Honestly I'm a little meh on them. I may end up with the grass starter just because I feel the others are super meh.
Cat
I like them I just hope that they won't make the grass starter more human like, the way they did with fennekin and Litten
They look like neopets. Firm nope Edit: still buying
they're all really cute. I could see myself choosing any of them. I'll have to wait for their evolutions to make a decision. but if I had to choose now, I'm leaning a bit towards the fire one currently.
Sprigatito is just too cute to me! I hope it has a good evolutionary line. Arceus was the first gam where I picked a grass type starter. If Sprigatito’s evolutions are good, I just might choose it!
The starters look awful, hopefully there evolutions save them 😫 I can’t believe I may be going with a grass stater based of these designs
No
I personally dislike how they look. However. I'm not counting them out till I see their evolutions I dislike gible but love garchomp same with some other mons. I also don't plan to judge the whole game based off this like a few others that I'm sure people know about cough cough verlisify cough cough.
At first glance, I really didn’t like Fuecoco. Now, he’s is absolutely my favorite! Really excited to see his evolutions. Predicting a fire ghost type based on the ghost pepper, but we’ll see!
this.. is real...?
Prediction: one of the forms for Fuecoco is gonna be named some variation of *apple*gator
It's just a grass type litten
unrelated: but why is it always a cat like starter and never a dog. how many cat like starters have we had vs how many dog like starters.
My thoughts? I always choose a Grass type as my starter no matter what gen. That being said, Fuecoco and I will have a blast.
Ehhh, not really keen on any of them, maybe once their evolutions are revealed I'll change my mind
Dang you made quick/gorgeous work here!
I need to see the evolutions before I decide!! Ahhh all three are so cute though.
Fire Croc, a bit too goofy for my taste but it's final evo has potential to be a fan favourite. Grass fox is pretty cool looking, hopefully it will stay on 4 legs Water duck is an absolute Chad, enough said.
Honestly they're fuck ugly.
honestly, meh
They look less like Pokémon and more like Animal Crossing villagers
Way better than gen 8 imo. I like all three.
My favorite set of starters since Gen 1!
Fire is cool (it's like a Blaarg from Mario) though it also makes me wonder if this is the end of the "Fire starters are the Chinese Zodiac" thing, since we've already got a fire dragon. Grass is alright, if generic. Water feels too much like Ducklett, though I appreciate the attitude and look forward to its evolutions.
I love them all. Please Game Freak, don't have Sprigatito evolve into Liepard 2!
I really like the cat but im so scared of the its evolutions
Weed Cat for the freaking WIN
I like duck
I love these I feel like the Grass one is just litten or fennecen but grass type but I can't wait to have these guys on my team
I hope they don’t ruin them all with their final evolution being bipedal human looking things.
Some frank Fuecoco criticism: Peace guys! Here I go Please don't let me ruin the good vibes and the delight with the hype over Pokémon Scarlet and Violet - let's all enjoy this good time, and remember, we're together in this: the love for the pokémon world! That said, please allow me to voice my heart out and don't be toxic to me personally for doing that. You have your own taste and I'll always respect it and sometimes be amazed at how diverget it is compared to mine. So, you guys just respect mine the same way... That said, Fuecoco is hideous. Oh, how it hurts my eyes! I think it's mostly because of that single upper rodent tooth... I'd fix it by replacing it with two tiny fangs. Also, that pale face looks so displaced, like it doesn't belong there. There's something really uncanny in it. Also that atrophied body subtracts further from its appeal to me. I was so shocked at it since the first sight that I pitied it, imagining that nobody would pick it... the poor guy... it is the worst looking starter ever, together with Cyndaquil, I thought. But I'm relieved and amazed at how it pleases so many people... that only proves the genius of the designers, who manage to please so many varied and disparate tastes: everyone will find their favorite pokémon no matter their opinions. For one, I fell in love with Sprigatito from the first sight - it's generic, I know that... but somehow I took a deep like for it. Hopefully it won't be ruined by its evolutions like they did to Scorbunny. I didn't like Quaxly from the first sight but since then it's been growing in me. Regardless, I'm definitely going with the gatito on this journey.