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Meet Your Pokémon X And Y Starters

Catching 'em all is certainly a big part of the Pokémon lineage, but even the most successful trainer starts small. The October release of Pokémon X and Pokémon Y seems far away, but it's not too early to start planning. For instance, which of the three starter creatures are you going to be picking?

The three Pokémon below fall under the reliable fire-, water-, and grass-type starter templates. It's tough to analyze them from just the images below, but the fact that Froakie is one of the three candidates it much easier. Froakie it is.

What do you think? Do any of these guys jump out at you?

 

 

Look for Pokémon X and Pokémon Y on the 3DS this October.

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Comments
  • They all look cool, but I'm going with fire because I ALWAYS go with fire.
  • I actually think they are all pretty cool. Besides gen 1, there has always been one starter that I just thought was stupid. Hopefully this is a good generation. White was the first game I played for less than 80 hours.

  • at least the names are creative. Cant wait to see their evolutions!

  • I usually go for the one that looks the coolest, which in my opinion is the fire type. But don't worry, your choice was a close second.

  • For me, it's right now between Chespin and Froakie (that's saying a lot since I never pick the grass-type). But I'll probably have to see their evolutions before I make my final decision.

  • Fennekin: cross between Vulpix and Eevee... Definitely Fennekin.
  • since i hate internet explorer ill have to go with firefox
  • So... Froakie sucks, huh? :)

    That is one terrible design. Guess I'll be going Plant- or Fire-based with this one!

  • There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Ken Sugimori has been kidnapped by Gamefreak, and is in their basement where they flagellate him all year until he creates 150 more character designs.

    An artist conveys emotion through their work, and his is all too clear. It's pain. Stop it, Gamefreak, you're killing him!

    (That said I'm still really excited to play these)

  • NEW POKEMON????????? I don't know why but I just got a surge of adrenalin. I am super Stoked for this, this is the game I think most people have been waiting for.

  • All 3 looks appealing. Can't wait to see their evolutions.

  • I like all of them, but I hope Fennekin's second and third forms don't have fighting as a second type, please, three in a row is enough. We don't need more Fire-Fighting puns. I'm going with Froakie, it's a tradition of mine to go with the water starter.

  • I love them.

    So cute !

  • I love them.

    So cute !

  • Fennekin, nuff said.

  • I really like the starter designs for their simplicity and would like to see what their evolutions look like very soon. For me, I go with the fire and grass type starters in no paticular order in every Pokemon game, and tend not to use the water type starter since water type pokemon are usually available earlier on compared to the other starter types. I did use the water type starter in Black though.
  • Neat.

  • actually for once all three starters look good to me every Pokemon game i play i always pick the fire starter but grass and water look pretty good

  • Jesus, those things look awful.

  • This is sad Nintendo. The frog is bad Chespin is trying to hard to be cool and the fox looks like a girl just like you guys with Snivy. I hope at the end of the day though I can say these will be better than Black and White's Pokemon.