Frogger on 26 April 2015
| tbone51 said:
You come up with scenarios that wont happen, why do you do this to yourself? Also tutorial pokemon? :0 |
That's all starters are. Training wheels for people who don't know what they're doing yet, just like the gyms and Elite 4 are just one giant tutorial on types. That's the only reason they exist.
If Pokemon XY can give you two starters, theres no reason that they start you with any normal Pokemon you want instead and just give you your starter after, or vise versa.
EDIT: Plus starters are tied with legendaries for the least unique Pokemon in the game they debut in. Why would anybody want to play with a group of pokemon that 99% of all players will have on their final in-game team? Beyond me.
