>>31661213To be honest I kind of doubt if we'll ever get a bipedal starter of any type again. Firstly, bipedal starters have always been the most popular. Charizard, Blastoise, Typhlosion, Greninja, Blaziken, Infernape, Sceptile, etc.
Secondly, bipedal designs are obviously a lot easier to anthrompomorphize (the main reason why Greninja, Blaziken, etc, are so popular in the first place).
It's also a lot easier to create interesting and original concepts with bipedal, humanoid Pokemon than quadrupeds. First and second gen starters were of course just "animals with fire/plant parts" or simply just an aquatic animal for water. In third gen actual themes greater than "just an animal" started happening with Blaziken.
The popularity of Blaziken probably spurred Gamefreak to create more starters like that, and all of the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th gen starters embody this. None of them are "just animals", they all have some greater concept and theme. They either represent mythology, a human occupation, or capitalize, expand, and anthropomorphize some interesting aspect of the animal's anatomy or behavior. All of these are much easier to represent with humanoid, bipedal starters, as evidenced by the fact that only 4 out of these 12 starters haven't been fully bipedal. Samurott is partially bipedal, however, and while Primarina and Serperior aren't bipedal they at least stand somewhat upright. Torterra is the only quadruped of the bunch.
Basically bipeds are easier to anthropomorphize and represent interesting concepts with, which in turns makes them the most popular starters, which in turn means Game Freak tends to design bipeds for starters.
