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Now, I had no idea what anyone would turn into when I started playing. I stopped looking at pokemon news right after they showed us the starters, so this was almost an entirely blind playthough. So yeah.
I went with Rowlet, because I tend to favor grass types. Dartrix kinda worried me when he evolved, I thought he looked kinda dorky. Decidueye has a really cool typing, but I don't particularly care for his design much. The wing cloak thing is neat, but his head, glasses markings and little... star patch with dangly vines thing just looks too busy to me, and honestly kinda dorky. Plus I'm not really a big fan of archer types, so I ended up regretting my choice a little. He's been boxed.
Litten I almost chose instead. I love cats, but I don't really care much for fire types, so he was passed over. If I could choose again though, I'd have gone with him. Litten's adorable, Torracat isn't a big divergence but he looks fine, and Incineroar has an amazing design and a decently useful typing. I think I might have preferred it if he had been a hulking quadruped, but wrestle tiger's not bad. The belt kind throws me off, admittedly, but other than that I think he's great. I haven't used one yet, so I can't say anything about his battling abilities, but as far as aesthetics go he's my favorite this gen hands down.
And finally, Popplio. Oh my god, Popplio. I remember seeing that concept art for Primarina right before I left here for my long spoiler-avoidance hiatus and thinking there was no possible way that was going to be it's final evolution. It was way too girly for a primarily male species. And yet, here we are.
Now, while I was surprised that they went with something so feminine, I don't actually think the Popplio line is bad. Fairy type is still kinda new and shiny to me, and the simple fact that it IS fairy makes the design a lot more understandable. I don't have much of a desire to train one, but I can see the appeal.
