Pokemon Needs More Fire-Fighting Types

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Back in 1996, Pokemon Red and Blue were launched with 15 types for the titular creatures found in the games. Two of these were Fire-types such as Charizard and Fighting-types such as Mankey. While the types would eventually be expanded to be as many as 18 over the years, Fire-type and Fighting-type would become rather infamous for an interesting reason.

In the third, fourth, and fifth generations of Pokemon, players who chose Torchic, Chimchar, or Tepig as their starter would be left with rather interesting options around the middle point of the games. All of these Pokemon would evolve into a Fire/Fighting-type at the end of their evolutionary line. Due to how some fans choose one starter type in every new release out of loyalty, players who have dealt with all three have had to support their choice the same way across three new titles in a row. This has made many fans hate the idea of any future Fire/Fighting types being added to the game, but times have changed since Pokemon Black and White.

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After having three generations back-to-back feature Fire/Fighting-type starter Pokemon, many people have grown to dread the potential of the games including any others down the line. Incineroar and Cinderace in particular had many fans scared that they would be yet another critter to join the ranks of Blaziken, Infernape, and Emboar. The Fire-type starters of Alola and Galar would turn out to be Fire/Dark and purely Fire-type respectively, but many players joke that if it wasn't for the stigma around Fire/Fighting-types, that's what they would have become.

However, the negative reputation that these generations have given to the Fire/Fighting dual-type combination has led