Thinking of that muscle-bound bro of a tiger, Heath sucked in a cold breath. It felt like adopting a stray kitten off the street, expecting it to stay that adorable forever, only to discover as he raised it that the damn thing was a Siberian tiger. One could imagine how that felt.
"What does that Sprigatito's final evolution look like?" Heath asked Cynthia. He felt this was a crucial question. If it turned into another muscle-bound tiger, only Grass-type this time, that would be terrifying.
Still, the designs of starter Pokémon were actually fairly distinctive and followed certain patterns. Fire starters were generally the imposing, powerful sort, and perhaps the designers liked the Fire/Fighting combination, because many Fire starters were Fire- and Fighting-type, such as Blaziken, Monferno, and so on.
Water starters, meanwhile, went to two extremes. Either they looked bizarre and attracted fans with their distinctive style, or they were relatively beautiful, like Primarina from the Alola Region. It and Milotic were known as the Pokémon world's two great beauties, and it was an extremely popular Pokémon.
As for Grass starters...
Heath thought of the gorilla he had seen while playing Pokémon Sword and Shield in his previous life. He had to admit that Grass starters were generally less popular, especially compared with the other two. Their popularity tended to be relatively low, and only a handful of distinctive Grass starters had won everyone's approval.
If Sprigatito became a little cuter and prettier after evolving, it might restore the Grass-type's glory. Sprigatito was duty-bound to do so.
"Hm? I haven't looked into it, but apparently it's pretty cute." Cynthia paused, then waved a hand with little interest and went back to gnawing on her pig's trotter. That really was her style. After all, Cynthia paid more attention to her