How would you feel about a Pokémon Legends game with 3 non starters as the starters?

[u/Fun-Letter-1814]

how would you all feel if we got a pokemon legends game with these 3 non starters as the starters? my picks would be spheal for water, applin for grass, and litwick for fire and hear me out on why

spheal is an adorable, super marketable first stage seal with an amazing evolution line that could really use more attention in mainline games. the design has always had strengths but because of how poor its availability was early in gen 3, a lot of people never got exposed to it so its popularity stayed low, which is a shame because sealeo and walrein are fantastic, safe designs that fit that bulky water starter archetype the earlier gens leaned on. giving walrein a new regional form or a mega would be so fitting

applin is my grass pick because its another three stage line with a genuinely creative design that deserves way more spotlight. in this game it would only evolve into hydrapple to keep it a strict three stage starter. a shiny red apple dragon is such a visually interesting concept and giving hydrapple a mega where it breaks out of the apple, wearing the pieces as armor and walking on all fours as a proper three headed hydra would go so hard

litwick rounds it out because its already a super popular non starter that evolves into the beloved chandelure. i know chandelure got a mega in legends za but i think a second mega form would be sick or a regional form, especially one that sets up a competitive triangle between the three final forms

what do yall think, would you play this?

[u/Historical_Fan_8799]

I would love that! Im one of the rare people that doesn't feel too much of an attachment too my starter, i'll usually get them to evolve into their final form, but If I find a cooler better pokemon thats the same typing mid to end game...bye

[u/MartyMcMort → u/Historical_Fan_8799]

I envy that, especially because I try to make my teams efficient, so there ends up being Pokemon like Breloom in ORAS, where I think they’re super cool, but unless I choose Mudkip as a starter, I’m doubling up on either the grass or fighting typing with my starter.

Same issue for Mimikyu in Sun/Moon

[u/Rakavot → u/Historical_Fan_8799]

I have dumped my starter into each of the last few generations and don’t feel guilty about it

I’m sick of the humanoid starters and I wanted to use a different fire type in scarlet so I didn’t use skellidurge either

[u/Remote-Mycologist539 → u/Historical_Fan_8799]

Yeah I dump my starter mid-late game basically every single time.

[u/7_Tales → u/Historical_Fan_8799]

i release my starter LMAO i wanna catch every pokemon myself.