Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Fans Hope Games Avoid Fire-Type Starter Cliche

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Whenever a new main series Pokemon game comes out, one of the most exciting things about it is seeing the new Pokemon. So far, Nintendo and Game Freak have kept most of the new Pokemon that will be featured in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet secret, with the exception of the three new starter Pokemon. Fans have yet to learn what the Pokemon Scarlet and Violet starter Pokemon evolve into, but it seems many are hoping that fire-type starter Fuecoco avoids a fire-type evolution cliche.

In the Generation 3 of Pokemon, fire-type starter Torchic eventually evolves into Blaziken, a dual fire/fighting-type Pokemon. Then Generation 4 fire-type Chimchar evolves into fire/fighting-type Infernape. This continued with the Generation 5 fire-type starter Tepig, who becomes fire/fighting-type Emboar. And while Cinderace and Incineroar are not fire/fighting-types (Incineroar is a fire/dark-type and Cinderace is a pure fire-type), visually, they look similar to fighting-types. In fact, Incineroar is designed to look like a professional wrestler.

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So three out of eight fire-type Pokemon starters wind up as fire/fighting-types when they reach their final form, and two others resemble fighting-types thanks to their humanoid shapes. It seems many Pokemon fans are hoping that Scarlet and Violet fire-type starter Fuecoco avoids this cliche, with a recent meme on Reddit gaining 13.9 thousand upvotes by expressing interest in a couple possible dual-typing combos, but disappointment in the potential fire/fighting-type it could become.

At the time of this writing, fans have no idea what Fuecoco's final evolution will be, and it's possible that they won't know until Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's release date