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From the corocoro leak announced this morning, I am fairly sure that chespin will never evolve into that green pignite knockoff while owned by a trainer on the main cast. Froakie evo looks sort of like an aquatic grovyle but since its a water type all bets are off. As for Fennekin I am completely sure it will evolve as it doesn't look hideous, isn't water, and adds hands to a formerly quadrupedal pokemon.
 
My God! These evolutions is worse than the last three. I always wondered why Ash's pokemon didn't evolve and if he does get either one or three I hope to never see these in Ash's hands. I mean look at Chespin's evolution. It looks like a chubby Jolly Green Giant.
 
I think Frogadier totally fits Ash's style, being sort of a Water-type version of Grovyle, so I can see Ash having one in the future. I wouldn't mind he having a Quilladin either, as long as it doesn't suck like his Torterra. I don't think Quilladin is a Pignite rip-off, but if that means that a hypothetical Ash's Quilladin would be his main starter and also strong, then I am okay with the comparison. Lastly, while Braixen is my favorite Kalos starter, I am hoping Ash doesn't put his hands in the Fire-type starter this time. Leave it for the rival or someone else.
 
You can't judge whether they will evolve or not from the design -.-
 
If you can't be 100% certain, how can there be "dead giveaways"? But I get your drift.

Based on Chespin replacing Oshawott as the mascot costume guy on Smash, I'm expecting the main cast Chespin to be a non-evolver like Oshawott and Piplup before it. The Froakie that's apparently Ash's seems to be a fierce fighter, so I can see it evolving all the way. Not much to go on about Fennekin yet.
 
I think Froakie may have a chance to get to his last evolution. Once a generation Ash usually catches a Pokémon that eventually evolves into the badass of the group and after seeing both the trailers and Greninja I think Froakie has great chances of becoming that Pokémon. His last form looks like something Ash would use and the trailers seems to imply he and Ash will develop some kind of bond right into the first episodes, he may very well turn out to be a secondary Pokémon protagonist.

I can't see Chespin evolving completely for a single reason. Do you know this Pokémon that is usually reserved for comic relief and never evolves because it would detract the character from the role? Well, Chespin seems to be tailor-made for doing exactly that. After seeing both him and his profile he just screamed Oshawott ver 2.0 for me.
Quilladin may eventually get a pass for being goofy looking, but I can't see him ever evolving into Chesnaught. If my predictions about his role are correct, then I can't picture him ever evolving into that because the changes from his second to third forms are just too drastic.

The only one I am unsure of is Fennekin. Personally, I don't see a problem with evolving it into Braixen, but I will have to wait for the official art to see if Delphox sounds appealing enough.
 
Magma Bomb said:
I think Froakie may have a chance to get to his last evolution. Once a generation Ash usually catches a Pokémon that eventually evolves into the badass of the group and after seeing both the trailers and Greninja I think Froakie has great chances of becoming that Pokémon. His last form looks like something Ash would use and the trailers seems to imply he and Ash will develop some kind of bond right into the first episodes, he may very well turn out to be a secondary Pokémon protagonist.

I can't see Chespin evolving completely for a single reason. Do you know this Pokémon that is usually reserved for comic relief and never evolves because it would detract the character from the role? Well, Chespin seems to be tailor-made for doing exactly that. After seeing both him and his profile he just screamed Oshawott ver 2.0 for me.
Quilladin may eventually get a pass for being goofy looking, but I can't see him ever evolving into Chesnaught. If my predictions about his role are correct, then I can't picture him ever evolving into that because the changes from his second to third forms are just too drastic.

The only one I am unsure of is Fennekin. Personally, I don't see a problem with evolving it into Braixen, but I will have to wait for the official art to see if Delphox sounds appealing enough.
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You never know, there could be an Axew waiting in the wings ready to take Chespins crown, just like Iris' Axew (love it) stole Oshawott's (also love it!)
 
I can see Greninja coming to be on Ash's team. It's like a Water version of Sceptile and Infernape: light, speedy, strong, and eager to battle (interestingly, if it evolves to its final stage, then Ash will have at least one of each Starter type that's fully evolved). So I can see it reaching its final stage while with Ash. It'll be the second time Ash EVER had a fully-evolved Water-type (Kingler was first), while being his first evolved Water-type Starter. So I can see it fitting with Ash's style, since he likes speedy, maneuverable Pokemon with powerful attacks. So Ninja Froggie would fit nicely.

Fennekin, since it's pretty safe to say at this point it'll go to Serena, I would like to see her evolve her Starter to Delphox. We haven't had a fully-evolved Starter in the main cast (outside of Ash) since May's Blaziken, since Marshtomp stopped at mid-stage, and Piplup refused to evolve at all. So it would be a nice change of pace if Serena evolves her Fennekin to its final stage.

As for Chespin, that's a toughie. We don't know yet if it'll even GO to a main cast member, so it's hard to say. But for argument's sake, let's map it out.

Let's say it goes to Ash: Reflecting on Ash's past Grass-type Starters we see that Sceptile and Torterra evolved into their final stages, Bayleef is in her middle stage, while Bulbasaur and Snivy are in their base stages. So three out of five evolved at least once, while two out of five didn't evolve. So, if it goes to Ash, it's possible that it'll evolve at least once, as three regions in a row, Ash has had a Grass Starter evolve at least once. Bulbasaur refused to evolve, while Snivy didn't even bother in that department. So, I predict that, if it does go to Ash, it'll probably evolve at least once. And, truthfully, I can see him with Chespin/Quilladin, as their natures are almost identical to Ash. Chesnaught is so-so at this point. I could probably follow the path of Torterra, getting serious after its final evolution. So, for now, I will say if Ash catches a Chespin, it'll evolve at least once.

If it went to Clemont, then I can see a more Brock/Mudkip situation, where it'll only evolve once, but after a much longer time frame, then stop. Then there's a chance it won't evolve at all, like Piplup, so the two of them together seems bit of a mismatch to me. But we know very little about Clemont, so for all we know he could train it more (since, unlike Brock, he's still a Gym Leader, so he may train more for future battles) and evolve it into its final stage just as easily as Ash.

So my final verdict is: Froakie fully-evolving with Ash, Fennekin evolving at least once with Serena, and Chespin evolving at least once with Ash/Clemont.
 
At least 1 of the starters will evolve for certain. It just will happen after they take advantage of the merchandising capabilities of the unevolved starters as much as possible just like they did with Chimchar.
 
Given that Serena's goal seems to have something to do with Pokemon racing, she might pick out a starter she'd be able to ride later. The only one that seems suited for carrying a human is Chestnaught... Greninja maybe, but it seems to be Ash's.
 
YamiiDenryuu said:
Given that Serena's goal seems to have something to do with Pokemon racing, she might pick out a starter she'd be able to ride later. The only one that seems suited for carrying a human is Chestnaught... Greninja maybe, but it seems to be Ash's.
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If that was the case I wouldn't be surprised if she picked Fennekin with the belief that it would end up a racing eligible Pokemon only to be proven wrong when it evolved.
 
Ray Koya said:
YamiiDenryuu said:
Given that Serena's goal seems to have something to do with Pokemon racing, she might pick out a starter she'd be able to ride later. The only one that seems suited for carrying a human is Chestnaught... Greninja maybe, but it seems to be Ash's.
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If that was the case I wouldn't be surprised if she picked Fennekin with the belief that it would end up a racing eligible Pokemon only to be proven wrong when it evolved.
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That is also a possibility.

It's too bad Braixen didn't evolve into a witch on a broomstick- that would have made for an awesome ride. :p
 
Here's who I think is going to who. Froakie to Ash (obviously), Fennekin to Serena, and Chespin to Ash.

Now out of the 3, I think Froakie is the most likely to Evolve, water curse be damned. And I think it will go all the way. Its giving me Sceptile/ Infernape vibes. Greninja for Ash would be sweet.

Chespin could go either way. This one's giving me Oshawott vibes, and I hate that haha. If it does evolve ever, I hope it evolves twice, only because I hate Quilladin's design, but I think Chestnaught looks absolutely boss. Sadly I doubt this will happen. It'll probably stay in it's base form.

Fennekin is another toughy, since Its pretty cute and very very marketable, so they'll prob want to keep it in its base form for as long as possible. I don't really mind what happens to it. It all depends on what Serena's goal ends up being.

But please writers, make Greninja happen
 
Froakie will break the pattern and evolve all the way to Greninja.
Serena will get a Braixen/Delphox.
Clemont will get Chespin and it will not evolve although I hope it does. Its final form is so awesome!
 
Change of plans, I've warmed up to Chesnaught a great deal in little time. I'm really glad Clemont got Chespin over Ash, that bamf looks better with Clemont much better anyway than Ash would with it and there's so much more it could offer from a personality standpoint. I really hope it fully-evolves into a Chesnaught, so far I could care less what happens to Fennekin. I'm not pining for Ash to get a Greninja but I wouldn't mind I guess and could be a large asset and contributor to his team in the long run. Really liking the final form design of Chespin and I could easily see it going all the way and sort of playing the role of a protective giant for Bonnie and its trainer. I'd like it if Chespin started out as a slightly standoffish Pokemon who would rather not be bothered to a Pokemon who enjoys playing with Bonnie and Dedenne and is protective of them.(This idea goes back to the Chespin lines knight/warrior/fighter motif in its design.) Even Chesnaught's Dex nature, "These gentle Pokémon care deeply for their allies. When one of its companions is in danger, Chesnaught will risk its own life to protect it." hints at the warrior style. Bunnelby could be the strategy, Chespin could be the power and Dedenne could be the speed of Clemont's team in those regards.
 
It wont matter if Somehow a mega chesnaught comes to the cast so long as clemont owns it. He will be shafted and ignored and will barely ever see the light of day and will be glad to win one battle. The only way for it to gain decent screentime is if ash trades one of his pokemon over in exchange.
 
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