>>33052214I just had a great idea for the Gen 8 starters: make them vaguely similar to the Gen 1 starters in the same way a lot of Gen 5 pokémon were designed as regional counterparts to Gen 1 pokémon.
The Grass starter could be a toad with toadstools on its back, that just gets bigger in its second stage, but then its third stage is a beautiful bipedal frog prince.
The Fire starter could be a snake with a flaming tail, that gains arms in its second stage, then gains legs with flaming feet in its third stage.
The Water starter could be... fuck I don't know. Another kind of turtle would be pushing it, but any other reptile would look more like a counterpart to Totodile than to Squirtle. Maybe a marine iguana?
