Starter Pokemon Will Never Be the Same

Wanted to echo what I said in the video that starters becoming more humanoid and more like characters is NOT necessarily a bad thing, I’m just making the point that we may never see starters that don’t have that trait again which makes me a tad sad. I love some starters of newer generations, especially Decidueye, Greninja, and Rillaboom and think they are amazingly designed Pokémon. If you’re new here and like Pokémon though feel free to subscribe and check out the channel! I’ve got a nuzlocke on the way that I can’t wait for everyone to see! And be sure to like the video if you did enjoy it!!

I’ve had these exact thoughts for years now. Ever since Gen 6, starters have stopped feeling like species and started feeling like characters. I agree that it would be great to see them go back to something that feels more like a believable species of animal, and that yeah the starters with the best balance between species and character is definitely Gen 4.

Remember when squirtle was just a cute turtle but the anime decided to turn him into a delinquent in charge of a group that terrorised a community? You could do that “because” there wasn’t a pre established character.

I personally don’t mind the second role they have to fulfill. I just really hate the fact that most of them are becoming humanoid less animal like.

The reason why the bird is with skeledirge is due to it being excess energy from the starter line itself. In crocalor it's an egg. Some birds have a co dependency on crocs in real life to get food from their teeth and by doing so clean the crocs teeth in the process. Same thing here

Emboar is meant to be a Chinese warlord, not a wrestler.

Just popping in to say as always be said a million times before: The Gen 3 starter trio is as absolutely perfect as you can get.

I miss the starters being chunky. These skinny starters don’t do it for me

Inteleon actually isn't based on "guns." Its based on James Bond and super spy films in general. XD

I appreciate gen 5 starters for basing their designs on different cultures as Unova is based in America and America is a melting pit of cultures.

Gen two failed mostly because they had awful movesets

You know something always bothered me about the starters the past few years and after watching this, your thoughts perfectly explained what I was feeling. They feel overly complicated while being too simple as well. Makes sense why Bulbasaur/Venasaur are still my favorite.

While I don't necessarily hate the new approach taken for starter Pokémon I'd like to see less humanoid designs. I remember someone interpreting these design as the Pokémon taking traits from it's trainer upon evolving, but I prefer my starter to just be a pet that becomes cooler looking upon getting stronger. There are some animals with which the antropomorphic design works like frogs, which have a similar anatomy to humans, or birds which are bipedal by default but you know, a goat that for one is just a goat that happens to spit fire just works. It also helps convey more than one single personality rather than the one you're going to assume from a design like that of more recent starters. And before someone accuses me of disliking the new generations' starters know Emboar was my first starter and I love all of the Alola trio

I don't like the humanification, at what point do we have to give them the right to vote

decidueye's the only starter i've really clicked with in the entire 3D era, aside from Hisui's variations of old favorites. it's not so much the simplicity vs complexity (i love the johto trio) as it is how intensely humanized they are - galar doesn't have a starter trio, it has a panel at ConFuzzled.

the water type starters have been wack as hell last couple of years

Emboar is based off of the Pig demon Zhu Baije that Sun Wu Kong encounters along his journey and a chinese general Zhang fei from the romance of the 3 kingdoms. Unova's starters were supposed to be melting pot of eastern and western designs as seen with their designs which makes me like them alot compared to the other gens.

I think people are forgetting they're Pocket Monsters and not actual animals, meaning ofc the starters are based on real life species but will always have a monster form of twist to them

I find it easier to bond with my starter when their design isn't telling my what their personality and traits are supposed to be like. The design doesn't have to be simple, but it does have to feel neutral, to give space for its identity to grow as our journey together progresses. I want a pet that feels like a creature, rather than a humanoid with animal features (and a profession for some reason). Then again, I am pretty much a boomer when it comes to this topic, and I guess the good folks at the Pokemon Company know what the kids want, and what will sell the most lunchboxes.

They basically became less animalistic and more human like