Pokemon Sun and Moon Starters Revealed!

You don't know how long I've been waiting for this. All through 2015 I watched Nintendo Directs, waiting for the announcement for the next Pokemon game. None came. That is, not the next main series game. There were spinoffs and a rerelease, though. Then, they announced in February that there was gonna be a Direct specifically for Pokemon with the words "big news" attached. I watched the Direct. I was really excited. They announced the all-new games Sun and Moon. Though all they had to show was glimpses of vague concept art and a CGI model. Last month, there was an announcement that Japanese comic magazine CoroCoro would reveal new "big news" about this mysterious game. All that came was color of boxart and type reveal of a Pokemon revealed a while ago. I was waiting for game footage. Then finally, Junichi Masuda (director) announced that there was going to be big news for this game on Tuesday at 8 am. I got up, waited an hour... and it came.

Watch this trailer before anything else.



YEAH!!!!!!!!! I could ramble on and on about the quick shots and glimpses of new characters and stuff we know nothing about, but let's talk about the biggest part of the trailer: The starters! At first glance, they didn't look right. They didn't seem like what Pokemon should look like. But that happened to a lot of people when they first saw the Black/White starters. But then 5 minutes later, they grew on me! These starters actually look pretty great! Let's delve into my thoughts for each of them.
                     
Rowlet, the Grass Quill Pokemon! This is a Grass/Flying type that has the Overgrow ability and knows the new move Leafage! I wouldn't think that the move would be anything special, though. My problem with this one is that Grass-types have a lot of weaknesses. Even though it's also Flying-type it still isn't a very great type. At least it can learn the HM Fly...

Litten, the Fire Cat Pokemon! This is a Fire-type that has the ability Blaze and knows Ember! Well, that part was obvious. All Fire-type starters know Ember. I love cats, and I used to have a black cat named Patches that I miss having around to snuggle with me. For that reason, I think that's what I'm gonna choose for my first playthrough!

                             

And last but not least, Popplio, the Sea Lion Pokemon! This is a Water-type that has the ability Torrent and knows the move Water Gun! That part was also obvious. Just look at it! It's so adorable! On the website it  shows that it likes to show off its acrobatics. I was pretty torn between this and Litten but for the reasons I've explained, I think I'm choosing that one.

EDIT: Oops! After I published this I realized I forgot something! The main legendaries! Well, here they are! Of course, it was obvious that the Sun one was going to be a lion. Kinda actually reminds me of Aslan. But the Moon one....... That just looks... off, in my opinion. Unless I hear Moon has any better content, I know I'm picking Sun because of its main legendary.

Well, I can't wait for this awesome game to release. I'm excited! I'm hyped! Throughout the year I'm gonna go through a lot of the new reveals and stuff for this game. Well, see ya!