What We Know About Pokémon Scarlet / Violet’s Gen 9 Starters

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s Gen 9 starters have been revealed they usually embrace a cat, a child croc, and a duck. Do you may have a favourite? I definitely do and it’s not my standard kind.

The shock reveal of the following mainline video games within the Pokémon sequence comes just a bit over two years since Sword and Defend got here out. Whereas some individuals really feel that’s too early, others are able to dig in and begin planning who to journey with by way of the new video games’ Mediterranean-inspired costal country-side. I, for instance, will likely be selecting Fuecoco as a result of he’s lovely and in addition I’m morally against utilizing grass Pokémon that aren’t greens or being seen with a duck cosplaying as Donald Duck.

Right here’s what little arduous data we at present have concerning the new starters:

Sprigatito

Class: Grass Cat Pokémon

Peak: 1′4″

Weight: 9 lbs.

Kind: Grass

Means: Overgrow

The capricious, attention-seeking Grass Cat Pokémon.

Fuecoco

Class: Fireplace Croc Pokémon

Peak: 1′4″

Weight: 21.6 lbs.

Kind: Fireplace

Means: Blaze

The laid-back Fireplace Croc Pokémon that does issues at its personal tempo.

Quaxly

Class: Duckling Pokémon

Peak: 1′8″

Weight: 13.4 lbs.

Kind: Water

Means: Torrent

The earnest and tidy Duckling Pokémon.

What can we glean from these modest Pokédex entries? Nicely for one, Fuecoco is an absolute mini-unit at almost the double the load of the opposite two. “capricious” and “attention-seeking” sounds about proper for a cat-based Pokémon, although hopefully Sprigatito’s feline instincts will make it an unusually aggro grass kind. In the meantime, Quaxly is “earnest and tidy.” Seems like a cop to me.

As you’d count on, the Pokémon fanart neighborhood is already having a subject day. The entire starters appear to be getting loads of affection, although I get the impression Fuecoco is a slight favourite for the time being. In some methods it virtually looks like Charmander 3.0. Hopefully it stays as lovable by way of all of its evolutions.