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People are losing their minds over Pokémon’s new starters

Sprigatito, Quaxly, and Fuecoco have captured the people’s minds and memes.

The new Pokemon starters
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If you somehow missed it, two new Pokémon games were just announced: Pokémon Scarlet and Violet will come to Nintendo Switch later this year.

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But right now, the internet is more interested in the new starter Pokémon, Sprigatito, Quaxly, and the ever-chomping Fuecoco.

Cherri_doodles

Fuecoco in particular has been the subject of a lot of discussions, because of a fan theory that says that the fire starters correspond to the Chinese Zodiac.

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He doesn’t look like a horse, snake, ox, or sheep to us — more like a gator — so we guess that fan theory is cooked. Oh well, it was a nice run.

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Not everybody is thrilled, though.u/lowkey_sapien
It’s a serious concern.@passionpeachy

Some are speculating about what their evolutions might look like.

This one’s particularly... creative.

@atra_25
@MathiassJB

Some people are just here for the memes.

u/TheYisusOne

@cloudmancy

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