As the newest Pokemon Sun/Moon is around the corner, we will have a seventh set of canon starters. That made me think about starter pokemon in general and the qualities they have, and what fan games have either adopted, adapted, or overwritten. My question is, what makes a good starter? Some topics of investigation would be: * Should starters be powerful enough for you to keep the whole game, or should they everntuallybe replaced? * Should starters be obtainable in the wild? * Should more fire starters be secondary fighting type?
* Should starters be fire, grass, water? Should they even relate at all? Some are more serious than others, but they all fair-game... My observations: All starters are fairly cute, and almost pet-related, as in most starter pokemon are based on animals people have as pets. They tend to have awkward stage ones, with powerful stage twos. They tend to be strong enough to last your journey to the end of the game without too much difficulty. I'm sick of fire/fighting. I dislike that they are always fire, grass, water. Things I think would make a good starter: While I do like that you can effectively keep your starter the entire game, I feel like it would be interesting to have to make a choice to do so. I wouldn't mind a slight cut-back on power level simply because it might draw players closer to their pokemon. Do you want a more powerful pokemon, or a pokemon that has been with you since the beginning? I wouldn't cut back the power too much obviously, but just enough so that the question arises more often. I would love for there to be non-fire, grass, and water starters. While I appreciate the trifecta created, I personally would love if they were connected in some other them other than the rock/paper/scissors. Things like, have them all be the same animal but with a different elemental connection. Have them all come from the place only accessible post-game. Have one that can surf, one that can fly, and one that can ... rock climb, (punch boulders) just something else. I wouldn't care about which one beats the other, and just gofor whatever types may come from that. I also think that they should all have three stages is kind of a waste. While I like that they should all have the same number of evolutions in their generation, maybe have it so they don't evolve, or have only two stages. Just something to strike up discussion... what do you guys think makes a good starter, versus a bad starter?