>>27296457>designs deviate from themes of the starters (powerful kicks, bubbles+acrobatics, burning fur) and the overall circus theme in general>thinking all starters stay consistent when they evolveYeah, because looking at Torchic and reading it's Pokedex entry, we totally knew it was going to be a humanoid chicken martial arts master. I bet if Blaziken leaked before Ruby and Sapphire came out, you'd say it was fake.