#POKEMON UNBOUND STARTERS PC#
#POKEMON UNBOUND STARTERS SERIES#

#POKEMON UNBOUND STARTERS SERIES#

I know why the main series games do it a type trio is an easy way to set up rivals as immediate stronger or weaker than the player (assuming everyone keeps the starter on their team as their ace). This opinion isn't very popular but I don't think type triangles with the starters are necessary. But if I get to pick from a set of uncommon pokemon, even if they're not ones I'd normally use, I have more fun with the experience! If the game just has a set of starters like Charmander/Bulbasaur/Squirtle I just can't get invested because I've played them so much, even if I get to pick one of my faves like Cyndaquil, it feels like I've done this all before. I like an original set of starters the best! If it fits your game, these would be interesting to see! I'd assume #3 would be something similar to the Safari Zone (no need to make yourself a Pokémon!) Give them the had some pretty interesting suggestions (#2 and #3), and ones I've toyed around with before.

Fakemon starters are also great! If your game has Fakemon, I think it's pretty important for the starters to be Fakemon too.

I love all those starters the same so it's always hard to choose!

Personally, my favorite sets of starters are Sinnoh and Alola.

If you want to put your own spin on it, maybe give custom megas a try!

Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, or Alola starters are A+ to use, in my book.They're probably the worst balanced set of starters for reasons I'll go into if asked. If you use the Johto starters, please consider rebalancing them.We've kinda seen them before already a lot as starters so they're a bit overdone. Also not a fan of just using the Kanto starters.It also doesn't seem like it has much thought put into it- just 'okay, lemme just throw all of them on a table' I'm not really a fan of the whole 'choose from all 21 starters' thing because it's too cluttered and not really balanced.I like the idea of, if your game isn't the usual 8 gym formula, there being a single starter with a role in the game (SPEE for example with Eevee).But if you do, make sure the types are balanced. The usual type triangle of Grass, Fire, and Water is good, and you don't need to change it.Ghost, Rock, and Steel are generally big no-nos for starters because they resist (or are immune to) most of the early game attacks.So to sum it all up, starter choice is important, and you want to give the player a decent Pokemon, no matter which one they pick. A Camerupt sounds like something that I could use for the whole game, same as Whiscash and Gogoat.

I've seen a ton of fan-games use the official starters, which isn't really that big an issue, but it's so much more nice to have something different to start off with. I've never actually used a Numel, come to think of it. Barboach, Numel, and Skiddo? (made that up in a rush, so it's a little unbalanced) But that's a bit more interesting right there. Expecially if you're using official Pokemon. III : I find that it helps if it's a Pokemon that the player probably wouldn't normally pick, but not one that they'd just ditch in the PC. You could almost hear the lazy professor walking up and saying 'Oh hey, I caught these last night at two in the morning on Route 1. If the starters are found commonly throughout the game, it ruins how special they are. Starters are supposed to be can use and would want to use until the end of the game. It really undermines the player's choice if they find their starter in the wild in their very first encounter. What you want to aim for is to have starters that can compete with each other across their evolutions.Ģ: They need to be fairly unique and rare in that game - You shouldn't give the player something that they can find on Route 1. Not to mention that Bagon is slow to evolve, Weedle is quick to evolve, and Budew needs happiness and a stone, if I recall correctly. It evolves into a powerful dragon that can Mega evolve and most likely take both Roserade and Beedrill on at the same time. If you have a Bagon next to a Budew and a Weedle, you can be safely assured that almost everyone would pick Bagon. In my opinion, starters need about three things in order to really work out well.Ī: They need to be balanced - they should all be similar in stats and evolutions and be able to hold their own against each other.

#POKEMON UNBOUND STARTERS PC#

For me, I think that the 'success' of a starter is if the player keeps using that Pokemon through the entire game, rather than dumping it into the PC for something better.

Pokemon unbound starters