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>First We Came Up With Tepig
>Unno: “In the beginning we decided on Tepig’s design, right after that we created Snivy, then Oshawott was the last design.”
>Sugimori: “We always struggle a lot with the Water type.”
>Unno: “We come up with all kinds of ideas, but if the motif isn’t well suited to a Water type, it’s easy for the the creature to end up looking strange. It can also happen with the Grass starter — for example, it’s weird if we end up with a Pokémon that’s just a dog with leaves growing out of it.”
