SwSh Starters Discussion

[PocketMonster]

Gyms Leaders don't really have anything to do with Starter pokemon though.

 

[Knightwolf09]

Gyms Leaders don't really have anything to do with Starter pokemon though.

Well Gardenia had a Turtwig

 

[nickdt]

Ghost, poison, steel, electric, fairy and people still think we will get fire/fighting?
Give a break. I think fire/electric seeing water gym as second one.

Taking its a rabbit then bullet seed and grass knot against Drednaw also are possible. Flying move like Bounce.

But still the spark on the energy factory and the yellow battery symbol would suggest electric that will learn magnet rise and parabolic charge. Maybe even Energy Ball?

I doubt we ever get a Part Electric starter, since it potentially can steal Pikachu's thunder, who is the mascot and i doubt Gamefreak and the Pokemon Company want that.
Fire/Electric because Water is the second gym is also a weak argument, since that would mean Sobble would beWater/Ice because of the Grass type gym being the first instead of Pure Water (This one alone already destroyed your argument).
When you hammer Fire on Steel, you also get sparks, because of the Steel that gets Heated. As such, that also means nothing, despite it pointing towards Scorbunny staying pure Fire or becoming Fire/Steel.
Scorbunny learning Bounce is a given, since both Bunnelby and Buneary learns it.

Pure Fire, Fire/Normal or Fire/Steel seem the most likely based on Scorbunny's colorscheme being mainly white.

 

[Parissong]

Pure Fire, Fire/Normal or Fire/Steel seem the most likely based on Scorbunny's colorscheme being mainly white.

Doesn't see Fire/Fighting

Smiles

 

[nickdt]

Doesn't see Fire/Fighting

Smiles

Trust me, i see it, but i doubt Gamefreak will go with Fire/Fighting again. They also know the hate the line will get if we get another Fire/Fighting.

 

[PkmnTrainerV]

They also know the hate the line will get if we get another Fire/Fighting.

Kind reminder- we’re talking about the creators of Incineroar...

 

[nickdt]

Kind reminder- we’re talking about the creators of Incineroar...

Even a Pokemon that is pure Fire or Fire/Steel can have the fighting theme without the fighting typing.

 

[swiftgallade46]

Ghost, poison, steel, electric, fairy and people still think we will get fire/fighting?
Give a break. I think fire/electric seeing water gym as second one.

Taking its a rabbit then bullet seed and grass knot against Drednaw also are possible. Flying move like Bounce.

But still the spark on the energy factory and the yellow battery symbol would suggest electric that will learn magnet rise and parabolic charge. Maybe even Energy Ball?

All of those types save for Fairy existed in gen 5 and yet...?
Gyms really don’t have any bearing in starter type. If anything, they affect what moves they will learn.

None of our other rabbit-Pokémon (Azumarill, Lopunny, Diggersby) learn Bullet Seed so that’s out. Grass Knot has pretty random distribution so we’ll see. Energy Ball is really only learned by Fire-types via TM and I doubt you’d get access to it before the second gym as it’s a 90 base power move.

 

[Rexgon]

I bet Scorbunny's Final Evolve Form will be Fire/Fariy or Fire/Electric

 

[Parissong]

I bet Scorbunny's Final Evolve Form will be Fire/Fariy or Fire/Electric

Ugh, I want Fire/Electric so bad. But with that SR weakness, one can only hope.

Many are believing it will be Fire/Steel based on coloration

 

[nickdt]

Part Electric starter is problematic (For every combination), because of special Snowflake Pikachu. Gamefreak and The Pokemon Company don't wanna let another same typed 'starter' overshadow Pikachu in terms of popularity and usefullness.

 

[Parissong]

Part Electric starter is problematic (For every combination), because of special Snowflake Pikachu. Gamefreak and The Pokemon Company don't wanna let another same typed 'starter' overshadow Pikachu in terms of popularity and usefullness.

What a compelling argument. This makes me sad that Pikachu is indirectly stopping creativity flow freely.

 

[PocketMonster]

Idk Maybe fire/electric may be a good rival for pikachu. At least that is the feeling I got with Riachu, an evolution of pikachu and was electric only. that could have overshadowed him

 

[Knightwolf09]

Not really sure how Pikachu argument works. Pikachu was only a starter for one gen, and literally no electric type threatens it's spot of popularity. So an electric starter is by no means off the table

 

[BigBadButterfree]

If it's such a problem competing with Pikachu, then I feel like Scorbunny would just remain unevolved in the anime (the only place that should even matter).

I hope Scorbunny is either pure fire or fire/electric. If it's anything else, it better be darn creative to justify. And if it's fighting type them I've lost all hope in their level of creativity.

I just really want another pure fire starter.

 

[Joker901]

What about the leak that till now has been 100% accurate?

"It becomes Raboot, but I don't remember the final evolution, except that it looks like a fighter. It looks humanoid"

It's not that impossible that the fighting gym leader has Scorbunny evolution. We know Milo and Nessa signature pokemon are gen 8 pokemon. So probably, Bea and Allister signatures won't be Hitmontop and Mimikyu. They may have used those in the trailer because we don't have a single fighting or ghost gen 8 pokemon revealed yet.

 

[Sakuraa]

I just really want another pure fire starter.

Same, I thought I was the only one

 

[prog rocker]

It's not that impossible that the fighting gym leader has Scorbunny evolution. We know Milo and Nessa signature pokemon are gen 8 pokemon. So probably, Bea and Allister signatures won't be Hitmontop and Mimikyu. They may have used those in the trailer because we don't have a single fighting or ghost gen 8 pokemon revealed yet.

I have the feeling that those are the first Pokémon they are going to use in their respective battles.

 

[nickdt]

What about the leak that till now has been 100% accurate?

"It becomes Raboot, but I don't remember the final evolution, except that it looks like a fighter. It looks humanoid"

It's not that impossible that the fighting gym leader has Scorbunny evolution. We know Milo and Nessa signature pokemon are gen 8 pokemon. So probably, Bea and Allister signatures won't be Hitmontop and Mimikyu. They may have used those in the trailer because we don't have a single fighting or ghost gen 8 pokemon revealed yet.

If i recall correctly, they even didn't show us Nessa ace, but Goldeen instead. Only during E3 we got her ace.

 

[PkmnTrainerV]

Scorbunny-3 will not compete with Pikachu because the fully evolved starters are not marketed with Pikachu, only the base stages are. Also, the Scorbunny evolution will have an entirely different design from Pikachu, and will be much larger than Pikachu, so they won’t compete. Pikachu is small, cute and some parts cool, whereas Scorbunny-3 will be going for powerful, cool and majestic.