>>36037280One of the themes of the those games was past and future. They kinda have that theme in a lot of games, especially gens 4 and 5. Like old traditions mixing with new technology. Ho-oh is like rebirth and change, and Lugia represents unchanging old ways. I don't know if I'm explaining it well but anyway, the starters tie into this theme. You have Meganium a dinosaur, Typhlosion resembles a volcano with it's body shape and it's a mammal like the animals that survived the meteors and volcanic eruptions that killed the dinosaurs, and Croconaw vaguely resembles a caveman. Crocodiles are also an animal that has remained largely unchanged over millions of years. If any of that made sense.
