Highlights
- A Pokemon fan on Reddit has given Starter Evolutions that were previously single types a secondary element that suits their design and nature.
- This reimagining includes giving Blastoise the power of Water and Steel, Meganium Fairy abilities, and Typhlosion a secondary Dark element.
- While some Starter Evolutions already have dual types in later forms, the choices made in this reenvisioning align logically and could potentially fit into Pokemon canon in the future.
A creative Pokemon fan has reimagined several Starter Evolutions that were previously classified under a single element as dual-types. At the beginning of every mainline Pokemon game, players are given the choice between one of three different creatures to serve as their first Pokemon, each one embodying a base element of Grass, Fire, and Water. In the original Pokemon Red and Blue for the Nintendo Game Boy, this choice also served as a difficulty option for the first two Gym leaders, and this would set the standard format for the Pokemon series that continues in the recent Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.
The Starter Pokemon in every generation are also the first stage in an evolutionary line, giving the players a sense of growth as their original creature gains newer and stronger forms as they journey across the world of Pokemon. Bulbasaur, the Red and Blue Grass/Poison Starter that is also the very first Pokemon in general, begins its line as a dual-type, but later Pokemon games would have their Starter Evolutions gain new types as they transform - which in turn grants them new strengths and weaknesses to go along with their altered appearance and enhanced attacks.
A Pokemon fan by the Reddit handle of mrjnebula has now gone through every Starter evolution trio that retains at least one solo-type creature in its final stage and has given them a secondary element befitting their design and nature. For the simplicity of the list, mrjnebula skips the Pokemon generations that already have dual types for all three Starters, such as Scarlet and Violet. Hence, while Red and Blue’s Venusaur retains its Grass/Poison typing and Charizard is still a Fire/Flying Pokemon, Blastoise is granted the power of Water and Steel.
This reimagining then continues to Pokemon Gold and Silver’s Starters, granting Meganium Fairy abilities to go with its regular Grass typing, the fiery Typhlosion a secondary Dark element, and Feraligatr a mix of Water and Dragon powers. While Ruby and Saphire’s Blaziken is already a Fire/Fighting hybrid and Swampert a Water/Ground mix, mrjnebula gives Sceptile the Grass/Dragon typing of its later Mega Evolution. Likewise, Black and White’s Emboar keeps its Fire/Fighting nature as Serperior becomes a Grass/Dragon mix and Samurott a Water/Steel fusion. Finally, Sword and Shield’s Rillaboom and Cinderace are made into Grass/Ground and Fire/Rock types respectively, while the Water Starter Inteleon gains a Dark element.
Many of the Starter evolutions featured in mrjnebula’s reenvisioning already gain a secondary type in a later form, as is the case when Charizard becomes the Fire/Dark dual-type Mega Charizard X. All the same, the choices they make for the ones that retain their single-type nature are logical for the most part, and could very well fit into Pokemon canon should Nintendo decide to retcon one of these Starter evolutions in the future.