A new year, a new Pokémon game! With Pokémon Sun and Moon having just been revealed a few weeks ago, it’s once again time to catch ‘em all. Yet again, for the seventh time in a row. Crippling addiction to having an entire zoo worth of monsters that cock-fight it out in a society whose entire infrastructure is based on capturing and battling with creatures that have the power to bend reality and transcend death itself, I’m naturally amped up.
The hardest choice you’ll ever have to make in a Pokémon game however, is always which starter Pokémon to choose. The trio of starters have always been simple: Choose either a water, fire or grass type pocket monster, and watch your rival pick the one that has a natural advantage to your decision, because they’re bastards like that. There’ve been a couple of great starters over the years, such as the adorable Tepig, the not-shrubbish at all Turtwig and an actual ninja frog that Froakie eventually evolves into.
So what does Pokemon Sun and Moon have on the way then? You might have seen this tweet floating around lately:
It is of course, a massive fake. There’s numerous hints here of course. For starters (HA!), new Pokémon are usually announced in the Japanese kid-friendly CoroCoro Comic magazine, while the character artwork looks a tad bit off. According to Kotaku, there’s also the matter of the actual font used, which is usually simplified for kids as well.
And that’s not even mentioning the strange punctuation present, something unheard of in a nation that has insane quality control and heavily-overworked media studios. That, and CoroCoro has already promised a first look at Pokémon Sun and Moon critters in their upcoming April issue. Or special features to be precise, with monthly info dumps.
Although I will miss the chance to rise a fire-type bear starter whose special ability hands out movie awards to actors who truly deserve it.
Last Updated: March 14, 2016
Ghost In The Rift
March 14, 2016 at 15:16
My best starters are Charmander and Totodile the last time i played FTW!!!!
Allykhat
March 15, 2016 at 08:20
Bro. Cyndiquil and Torchic. I’ll take my Typhlosion and Blaziken any day of the week.
HairyEwok
March 14, 2016 at 15:28
These pokemon evolved so much to a point where they look like a plushie toy. I still love my first gen pokemon and how they looked.
iscmarkiemark
March 15, 2016 at 09:58
I wish these newer games provided generation filters… so I could play with just gen 1 when in the wild except for like the pokemon in the story, for ex. Luigi in Silver or Yveltal in Y
Randall J Murray
March 15, 2016 at 15:51
Yea catching Luigi is cool but Mario has a better movepool.
Jeremy PutoTyra Combo
March 15, 2016 at 18:43
It’s Lugia not Luigi… Why would you want to ever catch Luigi in pokemon for? When he is a Mario character…
Yatzui
March 15, 2016 at 22:17
You just killed the joke man, next time just hush and laugh at it, but Randall is right, Mario has a better movepool than Luigi, so catching mario would be better then after you get the good moves, evolve Mario into Fire Mario with the Fire Stone, or Penguin Mario with the Water Stone
Devoid
March 16, 2016 at 00:43
You guys are crazy Luigi’s special Stat is through the roof. His stats are better than Luigi and he can defeat ghost types in a breeze.
Calamity
March 22, 2016 at 23:03
man idk, with luigis physical defense that low, i just need to throw out my baby bowser and tell him to do his shell spin attack. boom otk ftw!!!
iscmarkiemark
May 14, 2016 at 02:49
lmao hilarious typo on my end. good laugh
Lord Jacob
March 16, 2016 at 01:50
Fennekin and Oshawott are my favorites. Oshawott because of my breastly lv 100 Samurott I used to have. And Fennekin is so cute =3
Anubis Lucario
March 17, 2016 at 12:33
OH MAN THAT TYPO
Is that Samurott a female? xDDD
Lord Jacob
March 16, 2016 at 01:50
I mean BEASTLY lv 100 Samurott
OOOOOOOD
March 16, 2016 at 13:16
i never keep the starter pokemon as my partner, i usually use another pokemon that i have traded in to my game like the noibat that i trained to a level 100 noivern, who is still my favourite pokemon ever
Dio Brando
March 30, 2016 at 20:47
Gen 1: Charmander
Gen 2: Totodile
Gen 3: Mudkip
Gen 4: Chimchar
Gen 5: Snivy
Gen 6: Froakie
All my favorite starters of ALL Gen’s. But I like Squirtle, Bulbasaur, Cyndaquil, Fennekin, Chespin, Torchic, Treecko too.