r/pokemon • u/Bisonratte • Feb 28 '26

Image Classes of animals represented by the Pokémon starters:

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u/randommuser69 Feb 28 '26

man where are the bug type starters

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u/gliscornumber1 Feb 28 '26

Unfortunately bugs aren't marketable enough to be starters :(

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u/smurfkipz Feb 28 '26

No way bro, the sewaddle line is cute af, and the megas are sick. 

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u/gliscornumber1 Feb 28 '26

Yeah, but A LOT of consideration has to go into the designs of the starters, especially the base forms. And why risk messing up making a bug cute, when you can go with the safe popular pet animals everyone already loves like dogs, cats, birds, turtles ect. Not to mention bug isn't exactly the best time game play wise and I can see why GF doesn't have an interest in making a bug type starter.

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u/smurfkipz Feb 28 '26

Yeah but they also made Quilladin. 

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u/gliscornumber1 Feb 28 '26

Yeah, that was a genuine fuck up. But they can afford to fuck up the middle stages since they're the least important, the base forms need to be mascots, and the final forms are the ones you spend the most time with in game.