If You Could Pick a Starter Pokémon from ANY Type

If there was a game with a starter choice for every type, which Pokemon would the starters?

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[redstonianemboar]

17:27 fun fact in gen 5 speedruns, it's actually a pretty common strategy to ditch the starter for a Lillipup because it weighs less than the other starters but is close to starter stats and level up, so the animation when you send it out is faster with minimal difficulty raise.

So people have already been using Lillipup as a normal type starter in Generation 5 Speedruns

[lotuskeksic]

honestly friendship evolution with starters would be a cute idea that really shows how close you get with your starter across your journey

[DaltonIzHere]

Technically speaking, the Friendship evolution really _isn’t_ that big of an issue when you remember that… _it’s your starter._ You’re gonna be using it throughout your playthrough and building up the friendship.

[ChaosLierLen]

I have to argue against any trade evolutions. A starter should be a pokemon that can stick with a trainer for life, so trade evolutions should be instant disqualifiers.

[meatflail]

13:30 Imagine: You get whatever gym badge matches the mid 30s. Suddenly you’re interrupted by an old woman who tells you about her past. She talks about how she once pranked a trainer years ago by giving her haunter an everstone before trading it. She then gives the player a link cable to atone for her sins. Mindy redemption arc.

[Lacobi-on]

Dude, friendship evolution is PERFECT for a starter, could even do a plotline where the rival is like Paul, also has one, and fails to evolve his starter, then something like Oaks line to Blue is amazing

[lukewantstosing]

Me when I try to justify not liking someone even though they've done nothing to me personally: "Wait! Vibes!"

[EnderKai]

7:45 Not to mention, Haxorus had a Static Shiny encounter in Black and White as well, as if it were a pseudo-legendary.

[rossrumph]

I love how you unintentionally(?) set up the fairy starter trainer to have an eternal grudge with the flying starter trainer lol

[wolfinatorplayz]

Would arguably say that Sandile wins the vibes for ground, based on the cute starter turning to a grumpy teenager, then to a badass final form

[DramaticCrossroad]

22:41 If given the option, I'd make a spinoff-game in an alternate Pokeverse that makes more sense (better types, evolution methods/levels/stats etc.)

[dylanzlol]

Shinx being the electric starter makes sense since litten and sprigatito already exist, so the starter cat quartet is only missing a water type cat

[corey]

The fact that there's no 3 stage fighting types that evolve solely through leveling is insane!

In 9 gens, not 1 single Pokémon?! How?!

[agentdon]

This is actually something ive wanted to see in a pokemon game.

Just imagine the replayability if you have 18 types of starters to choose from

[Froggies]

always hate when someone yapps in my ears irl but somehow cant stop playing your videos in the background while i grind xp in pokemon shield

[supersasukemaniac]

So the Dragon type starter is just Salamance. The Salamance type meme is still alive.

[kenidur]

As someone interested in game design, I LOVE how you actually consider all the elements of balancing and making it fun for the player.

[DUDEBRUHMICE]

“VIBES… TRAPINCH” I’m dead, great choice tho
“Or it’s Slaking being as strong as Groudon but with a garbage ability” I don’t know why, but I just find that funny

[odinson]

'Can you guess how many fighting types start at base?'

Jokingly: Three

"Its three."

😮😮😮

[thenerdbeast]

I love how some of these are already kind of "psuedo starters" of being exceptionally strong early route Pokemon that can really bolster your team.