>In interviews with Junichi Masuda during 2009, he stated that starter Pokémon are the Pokémon from each game that the most work goes into, and usually take significantly more time than other Pokémon in each generation.

That's actually rather interesting to me, because a lot of people tend to say that most starter Pokemon seem under-designed and bland compared to most Pokemon in their respective generations. But according to Masuda himself, they take the most effort to design.

I ask you all then, what are your opinions about the starters? Yes, you can even talk about the Kalos middle evolutions too.