>>13256089I'm having difficulty parsing your grammar in that second sentence, but my opinion was that if I'm going to be playing a game as a Pokemon, I'm not interested if I can't be a Pokemon that I like, or at least can tolerate.
Nothing against the Unova starters, Pikachu, and Axew, naturally. I just personally don't like them at all, so the prospect of spending all (most?) of the game as one of them isn't terribly exciting.