VGResource Pokédex Project: IDEA PITCH

[mutantyoshi]

I was thinking that the evolution to the marine iguana should stay an iguana, since most water starters stay the same species excluding the oshawatt line.

[Chaoxys]

Going off of a theme doesn't have to change it's species. It could still look like an iguana while having various details that link it to an overall theme. Either way, I'm not saying this like it's something we should do, just that, if anyone can make a design that works with it well, then we should go with it.

[SchAlternate]

If the water and fire types have a common theme then we'd probably need one for the Kiwi as well. Not like it'd have to by something major.

Personally, the common theme I had in mind was that each starter would resemble an extint animal in the end.

Something like:
Kiwi - Elephant Bird
Tiger - Sabretooth
Iguana - Ouranosaurus?

[Chaoxys]

That would be interesting, but it also seems a bit basic. Gen 6 had an interesting theme what with it being RPG classes and what not. Then again, as long as the designs are good it won't really matter.

[SchAlternate]

We could also go with the power of the Triforce:

The grass type could represent courage.
The fire type could represent power.
And the water type could represent wisdom.

Or something along those lines.
(I'd say wisdom for grass and courage for water, since Ganon captures Zelda and is defeated by Link.)

[psychospacecow]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feng_shui#F...n_theories
The foundation theories of that geomancy thing?

[SchAlternate]

You mean for the tiger? Sounds cool.
That'd make him a Fire/Electric or Fire/Steel type, right?

[psychospacecow]

Yeah, maybe fire steel. Then, the kiwi could be grass ground and the water be water rock.
How's that sound?

[Baegal]

It seems like grass designs are leaning more to grass/flying, which would be more unique because there already IS a grass/ground starter.
Any way to work in a flying/fighting/rock trio?

[psychospacecow]

There's 3 fire/fighting starters too. What's your point?

[mutantyoshi]

Kiwi, Emu, and Cassowary (I think the last one), like to Ostrich don't fly.

[Phantom Killah]

Dodrio is flying type even though it's based on a flightless bird

[SchAlternate]

Then again, we have both Doduo and Dodrio, so...

Blast it! Cursed ninjas!

But still, I think there could be better, more convenient types (as Grass/Flying has a plethora of weaknesses)

How about Grass/Dragon?

[Koopaul]

I was thinking the final form of the iguana could be a Water/ Dragon?

[Zadaben]

How about instead of flying/rock/fighting subtypes we do flying/ground/electric
they arent as perfect but they allow us to avoid another fire/fighting
and I can see the iguana following in Swampert's footsteps and being a water-ground, and an electric-fire tiger would be pretty dang awesome.