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Will gen 8 make grass starters great again?
>Bulbasaur line: The main aspect of its design is the bud on it's back which grows into a big ass flower in its final stage. Every evolution in this line is a stage in the growth of that flower.
>Chikorita line: It's main characteristic are the seeds on its neck which evolve into buds and eventually into flowers, as well as the leaf on its head which eventually becomes a couple of stamen when the buds become flowers. Meganium's head and neck also represents the carpel of the flower on its neck.
>Treecko line: A leaf tailed gecko with actual leafs as a tail that eventually grow to a full blown bush when it becomes a sceptile. It also grows leaves on other parts of its body as a Grovyle and Sceptile which resemble the feathers of early dinosaurs, which fits with the raptor design it has in its later evolutions.
>Turtwig line: Inspired by the myth of the turtle that carries the world. The twig on its head becomes a bush and eventually a tree, growing alongside the pokemon with every evolution. The tree is an important part of the lore of this pokemon as it defines its behavior.
>Snivy line: Just green snakes with leafs stuck to it.
>Chespin line: A green and brown pikaclone that evolves into a green and brown circle that evolves into a brown mess of a design. We wouldn't even know it's supposed to be based on a chestnut if not for its name and grass typing.
>Rowlet line: Literally just an owl with leaves shoehorned in its design. And those leaves can easily pass for being green feathers, so if not for its grass typing we wouldn't even know they are leaves.
Ever since gen 5 we've gone from grass type starters to "random green/brown animal with leaves stuck to its design" type. The grass part of the starter simply doesn't appear to be important in the design anymore, it's just shoehorned there because of tradition, and usually it's done badly.
>Bulbasaur line: The main aspect of its design is the bud on it's back which grows into a big ass flower in its final stage. Every evolution in this line is a stage in the growth of that flower.
>Chikorita line: It's main characteristic are the seeds on its neck which evolve into buds and eventually into flowers, as well as the leaf on its head which eventually becomes a couple of stamen when the buds become flowers. Meganium's head and neck also represents the carpel of the flower on its neck.
>Treecko line: A leaf tailed gecko with actual leafs as a tail that eventually grow to a full blown bush when it becomes a sceptile. It also grows leaves on other parts of its body as a Grovyle and Sceptile which resemble the feathers of early dinosaurs, which fits with the raptor design it has in its later evolutions.
>Turtwig line: Inspired by the myth of the turtle that carries the world. The twig on its head becomes a bush and eventually a tree, growing alongside the pokemon with every evolution. The tree is an important part of the lore of this pokemon as it defines its behavior.
>Snivy line: Just green snakes with leafs stuck to it.
>Chespin line: A green and brown pikaclone that evolves into a green and brown circle that evolves into a brown mess of a design. We wouldn't even know it's supposed to be based on a chestnut if not for its name and grass typing.
>Rowlet line: Literally just an owl with leaves shoehorned in its design. And those leaves can easily pass for being green feathers, so if not for its grass typing we wouldn't even know they are leaves.
Ever since gen 5 we've gone from grass type starters to "random green/brown animal with leaves stuck to its design" type. The grass part of the starter simply doesn't appear to be important in the design anymore, it's just shoehorned there because of tradition, and usually it's done badly.
