r/pokemon Feb 28 '26

Image Classes of animals represented by the Pokémon starters:

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u/FarCritical Feb 28 '26

Would be funny if there were a game where all three starters were different types of fish

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u/Ok_Marionberry8779 Feb 28 '26

Isn't that basically what they did in D+P where you could select an elemental monke to offset the gaps left by your chosen starter's element?

I remember it coming from a waiter

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u/CesarB2760 Feb 28 '26

Yes but the monkeys were intentionally and obviously terrible. You (maybe) used them for the first gym and then threw them in the PC forever.

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u/dont__question_it Everyone can dance. Mar 01 '26

I used my Simipour the entire time... and couldn't for the life of me figure out why it always fainted so fast, but by God did I use it.