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	sepiamagpie 2013-01-09 03:51 am UTC (link)
	One water/fighting. That's all I ask. I can't believe we got a samurai-based starter and it didn't evolve into a fighting pokemon. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sneer 2013-01-09 04:34 am UTC (link)
	I've heard the Fire starter evolves into Fire/Psychic, the Water one does evolve into Water/Fighting, and the Grass one Grass/Dark, I think? Take that with a grain of salt though. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	deliciouschaos 2013-01-09 05:13 am UTC (link)
	Oh jeez. I was going to watch this from a distance, but if that comes to pass, I may have to subscribe to this newsletter. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	staroverthebay 2013-01-09 06:56 am UTC (link)
	That would be majorly kickass. I still want to know what the Grass type one is based on, though, cuz I don't quite see what it is -- a mole with a green hood? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	maverickz3r0 2013-01-09 07:10 am UTC (link)
	A chestnut + a hedgehog, I believe. The English name invokes chestnuts and the French and a couple others invoke hedgehogs. It's kinda neat. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	phosfate 2013-01-09 02:19 pm UTC (link)
	Hedgenut! Chestnog! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	staroverthebay 2013-01-09 09:32 pm UTC (link)
	HEDGEHOG!! OMFG that's awesome! Thanks! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	themadscientist 2013-01-09 02:27 pm UTC (link)
	I kind of think it is a chipmunk? Although maybe it will grow into a porcupine? I don't think there has been a porcupine yet... One person made the case that the frog has a collar / motif like a generic JApanese thief. Now THAT might be interesting (Reply to this)(Parent)

	tez 2013-01-09 06:23 pm UTC (link)
	I hope to god this is a thing that happens. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	soc_puppet 2013-01-09 08:27 am UTC (link)
	I can't believe it went from two stages of bipedal to quadrupedal. Maybe they'll give us an alternate form for it, where it's a bipedal fighter. Probably the same time they give us a fire/flying alternate form of Emboar, but a gal can dream, right? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

staroverthebay
2013-01-10 11:47 pm UTC (link)

Even weirder, the Musketeer quartet Legendaries are also quadrupedal, yet they get "Sacred Sword" -- in fact, they are the only ones who get it. (I understand that the Three Musketeers were swordsmen despite the name, but still... for the Pokemon derived from them to all be quadrupeds just seems really odd to me)

A samurai-based Pokemon, with a horn on its head, and the only "Sword" move it gets is Swords Dance, a stat-boosting move. It doesn't even get Horn Attack or Horn Drill!

So much missed opportunity.

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	phosfate 2013-01-09 02:17 pm UTC (link)
	THIS IS MY FRUSTRATION. Brompton evolved into a giant scary bristling swordy behemoth that...squirts water. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tez 2013-01-10 02:59 am UTC (link)
	Great Oshawott name, or greatest Oshawott name? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	phosfate 2013-01-10 03:46 am UTC (link)
	:D D'awww. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	tez 2013-01-09 06:21 pm UTC (link)
	I can't believe we got a samurai-based starter and it didn't evolve into a fighting pokemon. So many different shades of this. Huge opportunity wasted. (Reply to this)(Parent)

sneer
2013-01-11 05:53 am UTC (link)

Okay, I think what I heard was based on the attacks the starters are shown using in the trailer.

Though they don't give names for these shiny newfangledly-animated attacks, they do show Chespin using something that looks like a Dark move (Night Slash, maybe?), Fennekin using Psychic or at least a purple and squiggly move that looks it, and Froakie using something that sure as hell looks like a Fighting move.

So no idea what the hell any of them actually evolve into, but they seem to at least have the ability to use the moves so... it's still a possibility, I hope!

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	themadscientist 2013-01-13 02:38 pm UTC (link)
	If it's purple and squiggly could it be Wil-O-Wisp? Not that I would mind a Fire/Psychic - I WANT one, but I have a sinking suspicion that these are going to be pure starters. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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