Guys, I am 99% sure that one of the starters gains Ground, and another gains Fighting. Contrary to what Genius_idiot might tell you, this is pretty much confirmed now. All hail the Ground owl (or the Ground cat, but I would love the Ground owl troll)!
I can't believe I just wrote all that out...
Pretty much this. I think it's safe to say the starters will get these types in some way. I'm all for the Ground Owl.
So that Reddit post was removed for some kind of rule violation, I think? Anyway, I saw a YouTube video on this, so let me quickly fill everyone in on what's going on.
Something was found in the Japanese Pokemon website. I actually found a quicker way to figure this out than the guy in the video. So follow these steps and enjoy:
Go on this page of the official Japanese Pokemon website. This is the official page for Sun and Moon - you can translate it if you want, assuming your browser has the function.
Scroll down and click on a starter to go on it's page.
Scroll down on this page and you will find the Pokemon's typing. It shouldn't be hard to find, it is in a typing with the regular format of the type name (in Japanese) in a box coloured to represent that type. Right click on one of the type icons, and open the image in a new tab.
Here are all of the possible links you could be lead to:
Click on them to see if you like. You might notice that the image files are named icon01 (grass), icon02 (flying), icon04 (fire) and icon05 (water).
So first off, you might be asking yourself, where is icon03? Then you might begin to ask, is there an icon06? An icon07? Well, see for yourself! You might notice that those links are all completely identical except for the icon number. So why not just go ahead, take one of those links, and switch it to icon03:
Yeah, that's right, the icon is SAVED ON THE JAPANESE POKEMON WEBSITE, it's just not actually on any of the pages yet. Sure, you might not be able to read Japanese yet, but if you can see colours you can tell that's the Ground type. So, what above icon06?
Mate, that is absolutely the Fighting type. So you might be thinking, "NO WAY! That's a LIE. They have all the types saved as icons, don't they? Obviously! It doesn't mean anything." Well mate, you're WRONG. Those 6 icons are the only icons saved. There is no icon07, no icon08, no icon67. None.
So what does this mean? Let's review the icons we have here:
GRASS (icon01)
FLYING (icon02)
GROUND (icon03)
FIRE (icon04)
WATER (icon05)
FIGHTING (icon06)
Those are the only icons. There are no more. None whatsoever. Which means, it is 99% confirmed that one of our starters will gain the Ground type, and another will gain the Fighting type. Judging by the order the icons are saved in, many are making the obvious assumption:
Grass/Flying
Fire/Ground
Water/Fighting.
That works. They're saved in that order, right? Seeing as they literally saved the starters icons as Grass, Flying, Fire then Water, it makes sense that since Fighting is right after Water, we've got Water/Fighting. Because Rowlet is already Flying and the only type left is Ground, we assume that Litten becomes Fire/Ground. It's kind of weird that the Ground is saved before Fire, but most have let that slide.
Unless.....
A less popular theory is that they are saved in the exact correct order. What if, as a mad plot twist, the types were:
Grass/Ground
Fire
Water/Fighting
Just imagine it. That would shock everyone. A master troll. From Flying to Ground would be hilarious. Plus, it might have the Fly move! But then you ask "BUT GAMELORD, THAT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE! IT'S AN OWL, IT'S WINGS WON'T JUST FALL OFF!"
Well they don't need to!
This is the burrowing owl. It burrows. It literally lives in a hole in the ground, like a mole. So there.
Guys, I am 99% sure that one of the starters gains Ground, and another gains Fighting. Contrary to what Genius_idiot might tell you, this is pretty much confirmed now. All hail the Ground owl (or the Ground cat, but I would love the Ground owl troll)!
I can't believe I just wrote all that out...
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I don't feel like all of you poor, misinformed children quite understand. Litten and Rowlet are horrible. Popplio is the only acceptable design. Allow me to show you an image I worked very hard on to make this point clear, assuming you missed it before:
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There is absolutely no way they will make a Fire/Fighting starter in the foreseeable future. It would get so much hate, and GameFreak can do so much better with Litten's design. You are, to put it bluntly, absolutely insane to think they even just might do Fire/Fighting this Gen. You can quote me on this and put it in your signature if it happens. If it does happen, I may not be alive to see it, though. It will literally kill me.
If you want a more 'factual' response - the icons are ordered based on what Pokemon they are associated with, seemingly. It seems a bit random to put Fighting right at the end of the list after Water like that.
I'll 1v1 you right now. Your Pooplol against my Litten mate. Easy game.
No, naughty, you need to wait for school to finish before you do Pokemon battles. I'll pick you up from kindergarten, since there are no Litten fans above that age (well documented fact).
I promise this is as edgy as I will go. No flame wars here, nu-uh.
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Pretty much this. I think it's safe to say the starters will get these types in some way. I'm all for the Ground Owl.
The last picture is so not true, imo. I instantly fell in love with Oshawott and he's always been my favorite Unova starter.
Popplio is cool too, but Rowlet is more awesome.
He's ugly and he's proud: https://vine.co/v/i2blxHXZZM9
Oh yeah, and have a new image:
In other news, literally every starter has its own meme.
Rowlet has a head turn. Apparently that's a meme now?
Litten has a name that makes edgy 13 year olds like it. Like its edgy emotionless teenager design, I guess.
Popplio. Everybody hates it so much it's a meme now.
And now, Popplio evolution fanart.
The only design that would make me pick Rowlet. Even then, that would just be a maybe:
Yeah, I'd choose it:
I WANT IT NOAW:
Poppilo>Water/Fighting confirmed.
That seems like a sarcastic comment, but ironically, it kind of is. Did you see the long post I made earlier? Here:
Maybe it'll be like gen 3 and Litten will be fire/fighting and Popplio will be water/ground.
I really don't want another fire/fighting though.
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And last one
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No, it won't happen.
I don't feel like all of you poor, misinformed children quite understand. Litten and Rowlet are horrible. Popplio is the only acceptable design. Allow me to show you an image I worked very hard on to make this point clear, assuming you missed it before:
Why not?
My avatar is not made by ThePiDay, but I'm too lazy to remove this link so it can stay he
There is absolutely no way they will make a Fire/Fighting starter in the foreseeable future. It would get so much hate, and GameFreak can do so much better with Litten's design. You are, to put it bluntly, absolutely insane to think they even just might do Fire/Fighting this Gen. You can quote me on this and put it in your signature if it happens. If it does happen, I may not be alive to see it, though. It will literally kill me.
If you want a more 'factual' response - the icons are ordered based on what Pokemon they are associated with, seemingly. It seems a bit random to put Fighting right at the end of the list after Water like that.
fight me irl
No, naughty, you need to wait for school to finish before you do Pokemon battles. I'll pick you up from kindergarten, since there are no Litten fans above that age (well documented fact).
I promise this is as edgy as I will go. No flame wars here, nu-uh.
Popplio used Bubble. Dextrous was trapped! Popplio started doing the bubble nose thing like a performing sea lion!
That's it, Yveltal, use Oblivion wing and end this nonsense
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FOR THE HOLY LOVE OF ARCEUS AND HELIX COMBINED PALADINS IS NOT AN OVERWATCH CLONE. tf2's the true king anyways
-Let's make some noise
Silly peasants fighting over Litten and Popillo, when everyone knows TRUE fans pick Rowlet.
I mean look at this:
As you can see, it is shooting it's own feathers as weapons. not only that, it can turn it's head in ANY direction.
Your move.