Salt Grain Mill - The next starters?

(EDIT) Yes, this is fake. The artist was found just recently. Anyway, as I was saying below, congrats to you, you devious sunuvagun. But if you're curious on what this is about, then read below anyway.


Have I got a doozy for y'all today!

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These concept arts allegedly display the starter Pokemon of the next generation. Now I don't plan to believe it 100%. In fact, at the time, there's already LOTS of debate on their validity. And yes, that debate is already bordering on volatile. From both sides.

...Now then, the details.

-= GRASS-TYPE STARTER =-
- A small green bear. Has thick fur around its face, the opening shaped like a large fanged mouth. Also has two small marks up top. By lighting up its face in the dark, these openings glow out to look like the scary face of a large monster.
- Would evolve into a Grass/Electric-type.

-= FIRE-TYPE STARTER =-
- A tan-colored pony with a large red mane, dark-brown legs and nose, and a black ring around each eye.
- Would evolve into a Fire/Steel-type.

-= WATER-TYPE STARTER =-
- A gray creature that resembles coral, with two tall stalks like horns and two leaf-like arms.
- Would evolve into a pure Water-type.

If these are following another leak that says the starters follow a theme of past (Grass), present (Water), and future (Fire), then here's my guess on what the evolutions are meant to be: the Grass starter gets a caveman look, the Water starter becomes more like a skyscraper, and the Fire starter becomes some rocket horse.


...Anyway, that's just theorizing based on what these leaks suggest. Like I said, debates over their validity are heated. Details on these pictures suggest fake, but people are also wary of jumping to conclusions as they have with some previous leaks that they didn't want to believe (Gen-5 rosters' names and types, Gen-6's Greninja, and Gen-7's starters' final stages). If these are indeed fake, then congrats to the devious sunuvagun that drew them, but MAN how badly I want at least that Grass bear to be real...!

Anyway. If the Pokemon Switch games are coming out this year (most likely December-time), then we may see its announcement within the next two months. Probably. So if that happens, then we'll see which leaks are real and which ones...well, tried.