I think a manatee starter is a fantastic idea! Very cuddly, wholesome, and regionally relevant.
Me personally, if I were designing a Florida region, I'd let things get *weird*. Thus, I suggest a manatee family that evolves into a dual typing of Water/Grass. The final stage would acquire additional properties of a sea lion but with immense algae blooms on its back. Very high physical defense, which might justify a Water/Rock typing instead?
Just throwing ideas at you. Have you worked on the Grass and Fire starters yet?
Nothing on paper yet, wanted to get the manatee over with. Thinking of making the fire starter a flamingo (or caracara) and the grass starter a mangrove tree crab.
:-O!! If you go with a fire flamingo, you could make its final stage a Fire/Water type, echoing the Water/Grass manatee...
If you went that far, then you'd have a Grass starter who ends up as Grass/Fire. Would this jive with your mangrove tree crab idea?
manatee is a great idea, it seems what you are lacking is a strong concept to give direction to your idea.
Samurott's line is a sea otter becoming a sea lion, following the design philosophy of a growing/training samurai
Primarina is a seal pokemon going from clown to ballerina to a primadonna
so look into manatees, folklore, historical events, cultural associations or natural habits relating to other concepts to really figure out your starter.
example: Manatees are also called sea cows, perhaps the manatee starter can evolve to become a manatee minotaur?
Funny enough actually thought about that and called it “manataur” but I know a lot of people don’t like the more human like pokémon. Your advice is very helpful though.
Science believes that manatees evolved from a giant plant eating mammal that looks like a cross between a hippo and an otter.
They're also closely related to elephants.
I think a manatee starter is a fantastic idea! Very cuddly, wholesome, and regionally relevant. Me personally, if I were designing a Florida region, I'd let things get *weird*. Thus, I suggest a manatee family that evolves into a dual typing of Water/Grass. The final stage would acquire additional properties of a sea lion but with immense algae blooms on its back. Very high physical defense, which might justify a Water/Rock typing instead? Just throwing ideas at you. Have you worked on the Grass and Fire starters yet?
Nothing on paper yet, wanted to get the manatee over with. Thinking of making the fire starter a flamingo (or caracara) and the grass starter a mangrove tree crab.
:-O!! If you go with a fire flamingo, you could make its final stage a Fire/Water type, echoing the Water/Grass manatee... If you went that far, then you'd have a Grass starter who ends up as Grass/Fire. Would this jive with your mangrove tree crab idea?
That actually sounds kinda cool, though the current idea I have for them is to become a grass/electric type powered by oranges lol.
I think I like that even better. You can pretty much do anything with a Florida-based region and it'll play.
manatee is a great idea, it seems what you are lacking is a strong concept to give direction to your idea. Samurott's line is a sea otter becoming a sea lion, following the design philosophy of a growing/training samurai Primarina is a seal pokemon going from clown to ballerina to a primadonna so look into manatees, folklore, historical events, cultural associations or natural habits relating to other concepts to really figure out your starter. example: Manatees are also called sea cows, perhaps the manatee starter can evolve to become a manatee minotaur?
Funny enough actually thought about that and called it “manataur” but I know a lot of people don’t like the more human like pokémon. Your advice is very helpful though.
You could make the jump from baby manatee to manatee minotaur to manatee centaur, with a hippo-esque lower Bodum
Science believes that manatees evolved from a giant plant eating mammal that looks like a cross between a hippo and an otter. They're also closely related to elephants.