Pokemon Scarlet and Violet’s Starter Types Should Break Tradition

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The Pokemon franchise is no stranger to changing the way its games are played. Some of the information about Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet already points to a true open world, which could drastically change the series' future. This could be just a start as there are bound to be more changes once the games are released. When it comes to starter Pokemon though, the series has stuck to its roots, especially for its mainline games. This likely means that while the starters for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet already look interesting, they won’t do anything revolutionary when compared to the previous eight generations of games. This isn’t a bad thing, but with over 25 years of history and nine generations of Pokemon games, it feels like the right time for some subtle changes to be made.

This specifically could be done by addressing the typing of the starter Pokemon for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. Following the reveal of Gen 9’s starter Pokemon, fans already know the primary typings of Fire, Grass, and Water that Fuecoco, Sprigatito, and Quaxly have. This has been the norm since Gen 1.

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The secondary typing that many starter Pokemon have helps to diversify them, but they’ve also followed a tradition in their own right. As a whole, they change the resistances, immunities, and super effective moves that the evolutions of starter Pokemon are subject to, but in recent generations, they also reinforce what’s already super effective and each starter’s assigned counter. This is best seen in the final evolutions of the Gen 6 and 7 starters, who all gain secondary typings in their final evolutions that are weak to each other.

In Pokemon X and Y, Chestnaught is Grass and Fighting, Delphox is