>G1 - Dragon
>G2 - Echidna/Porcupine/Badger (called Mouse in the Pokedex)
>G3 - Rooster
>G4 - Monkey
GF employee: psst, hey, I've noticed 3 of the 4 starters are from, the chinese zodiac, should we continue making them based on this?
Masuda: sure, why not
>G5 - Pig
>G6 - Fox (Canidae)
>G7 - Tiger
Zodiacfags: oh, most of these fit, there must be some kind of pattern here. Cyndaquil can be shoehorned as the Mouse/Rat, the pattern didn't exist yet. Foxes are canines, so they can fit as the Dog, they don't need to be the exact animal. This is fun, I wonder if we can predict future starters?
Anti-Zodiacfags: fuck off, they're not the literal animals, all of it is just a coincidence
Years later...
>G8 - Snake that evolves into an eastern dragon
>G9 - Rabbit
>G10 - Minotaur
Anti-Zodiacfags: It's all a coincidence, C-cyndaquil, Fennekin and Shenlong don't fit!
>G11 - Another dragon
Zodiacfags: Oh, it's over. That was fun
Anti-Zodiacfags: HAHAHAHA ZODIACFAGS BTFO I KNEW IT THEY'LL NEVER RECOVER HAHAHAHAHAHAAH