Displayed to the right are this region’s three starter pokémon. Tepig, the Fire-type pig; Snivy, the Grass-type serpent; and Oshawott, the Water-type otter. The standard formula since Generation I, nothing changes here. All of them have relatively balanced stats and will help complement any team that the players choose to build. And as usual, the Unova region’s pokémon professor, Juniper, will be the one to give them to you. Pictured to the right, Professor Juniper is the first female Professor in any of the main generation games. And along with your starter pokémon, she will ask you as always to complete a pokédex. The difference this time is that the entire region is filled with all brand-new pokémon, with not a single one from previous regions.
Of course, what would a journey be without a little bit of trouble? Everything starts when you enter Accumula Town. Once there, you’ll run into Team Plasma as they just finish a speech, and the mysterious trainer N. He’ll challenge you after the ne’er do well’s speech is over. During and after the battle, it quickly becomes apparent that while N is also a trainer, he dislikes the slave like nature pokémon endure. Throughout your adventures, the player will meet N again and again and do battle as the story unfolds. But along with that, the dubious Team Plasma is this region’s Rocket counterpart. Like all the other Teams, they to seem to quest for pokémon to control and use for their own purposes; howevaer, their leader, Ghetsis, seems to wish for people to release their pokémon, setting them free. Planning to liberate pokémon from their trainers just what is Team Plasma’s real goal?