>>57899530Not that anon, but
>falling for that one R*ddit space meme imagePrimo newfag behavior, that's not how spacing works on Reddit anyway.
>>57899520I mean technically they always did that a bit in each game, it just got more popular over time and it spread to the starters.
Speaking of which, I've always been super annoyed that the starters in particular became locked-in to "jobs" as the starters should be the most generic of them all so players can headcanon personalities for them since they're meant to be YOUR special buds, but no, now your seal is an opera singing mermaid (male) and it can't be anything else, or your fire cat is now a heel wrestler and it can't be anything else.
A Charizard could be anything. A Meganium could be anything. A Serperior is loosely based on a French king, but it could still be anything. Empoleon, same thing, but there's no rule for how it should act or what it should "be". Even Blaziken is a bit flexible in that all Pokemon fight, so "chicken that kicks good" doesn't really lock it into a "job".
The list goes on, but your little water duck with the funny hair? Nah, you're getting a flamboyant peacock dancer and it can't NOT be a flamboyant dancer.
Your little fire rabbit? I sure hope you like soccer, because that's all you get.
Haha funny weed cat? Now it plays with a yo-yo because ???, also it's now a cumslut magician with my dick in her pussy, and the only thing it does outside of taking my dick is doing stage magic and doing magician things.
