I Will Choose My Gen 9 Starter Before the End of This Video 

Oh yeah, I've been reminded that Fuecoco is a pepper like fifty times and for some reason I just CANNOT remember. That darn apple in that one clip has permanently thrown me off LOL A big pepper thing wouldn't be much less weird than a big apple thing though, unfortunately. Or maybe it would? Still much to ponder...

Arlo really went from "which starter should I pick", to "we don't have much time left on this planet"

You should record your reaction whenever they evolve, and just ask your friends to let you know what level they’ll evolve at to avoid spoilers!

It's so fun watching those who haven't spoiled themselves with the evolve forms! I'd love to watch your reactions to them once they evolve!

Arlo, I also am starting with Fuecoco! My wife is taking Quaxly since she always picks water type, and my daughter is picking Sprigatito since she loves cats, wolves, and dogs. Between all of us we'll be able to see all the starters. It should be pretty fun.

I still love how Arlo has so much personality and expressiveness despite having a static muppet face.

I'm going with Quaxly, originally because it had the least amount of drama, then I sat the leaked final and it just cemented the whole thing because of just how FABULOUS he is

I've been in the Quack Pack since day one. I love Quaxly. He's adorable and confident. So hyped to see what he becomes.

Immediately as I saw the little buddy that was Fuecoco, instantly loved the little guy. After seeing his final evo, definitely my favorite out of the 3, runner up being Sprigatito.

The deciding factor to me is the final evolution. Realistically it's the one I'm gonna stick with the longest. We have the same choices for starters too! Haven't been this stumped sinced gen 4!

I caved and looked at the spoiler for Sprigatito's evolution I adore cats and the idea of a cat friend had me so enamored, but like you said, Fuecoco feels like Totodile, so I was torn between the two of them I feel very confident in my choice after seeing sprigatito's evolution, and that's all I'll say

Arlo staring in silence and then breaking the silence with "fraggle rock" was both hilarious and it reopened memory I forgot I had

Watching this knowing what the final Evos look like is exceptionally funny.

Ever since delphox, the final evolution has been the deciding factor for me. I need to see what the design looks like in order to make a decision, even if it's just a glance. I was set on picking sprigatito before I even saw what the final evolution was and now that I saw just a small glimpse of it I got so excited it made me even more hype for the game now. Also as soon as you picked Fuecoco after hearing all your reasonings, i smiled. I was like thank god he made the right choice

In the end, I turned to the pokemons' personalities when I found myself in a similar situation. Fuecoco's description said "This pokemon is laid back and likes to go at its own pace, and loves to eat". This described me almost perfectly, so I knew we would get along very well

Welcome to the Fuecoco family, where no matter your final evolution, it's all about the journey :)

Honestly, Fuecoco was already my favorite from the start, and it has hands-down my favorite final form, so I'm definitely choosing it.

This discussion is so interesting knowing what the evolutions look like (Edit: Wow this blew up. Spoilers in the replies for any who don't want them)

I think what made it harder to choose for me is when they started letting the starters walk around like arceus and how they showed the starters in shield. Cause now I see their personalities.

I picked Fuecoco as soon as I saw him back in February lol. The design immediately caught my eye. I already saw the final evolution and not gonna spoil anything but I’m definitely more than excited to play Gen 9 now lol

Honestly, you’re advice with focusing on your priorities instead of focusing on your desired outcome is like exactly what I needed to hear (non-Pokémon related). Thank you Arlo!!

I was wembling between Fuecoco and Sprigatito. I love fire starters and Fuecoco is as cute as a butt! Sprigatito is also appealing to me because - cute as heck - but after having seen its final evolution form, I think that is certainly my favourite and I like its typing. All that said, after initially disregarding Quaxly and instead applying my priorities - which is too have a team with as much type spread as possible so I can use loads of new mons on my first playthrough - takes it!

I'm not gonna spoil anything, but I'm VERY interested in your reaction once you find out what the final evolutions are for the starters.

I’m going to be playing both games, so I decided to go with Sprigatito in Scarlet and Fuecoco in Violet. It’s a shame because Quaxly is my favorite of the first stage starters, but I really don’t like it’s final evolution from what I saw. I will admit that the official art where Juliana in the scarlet outfit and Florian in the Violet outfit with sprigatito and Fuecoco respectively did a good amount of the deciding for me, since I plan on playing as a boy in Violet and a girl in Scarlet.

I've decided for Fuecoco being my starter for Scarlet since the first time I saw it back in february due to having a soft spot for crocodillians in general and it gave off Totodile vibes. When I saw the leaks for Fuecoco's evolution, it solidified my choice.

Weirdly enough this video kinda helps me to view my own situation from a different perspective. I am thinking about quitting my job and finding a better one. It's a risk I need to take because I'm not happy at my current workplace right now. But which career path should I follow? I need to figure out my priorities, it'll definitely help! Congrats on choosing Fuecoco! :)

Fuecoco... good choice! I'm doing my very first run with sprigatito (It's adorable and I love cats- have one myself, gonna name sprigatito after her like I've done with littens), but I will most likely do another playthrough with fuecoco because I also really love fire types and have chosen them in most other games. I have seen the leaks for the final evos and these are still my choices. Quaxly is still cute tho.

My biggest factor is the final evolution. After seeing all 3, Sprigotito is my choice. It just fits my vibe and the inspiration is clear to me.

While I'm personally leaning towards Sprigatito I love all of them and fuecoco is definitely awesome

As someone who saw the leaks I am going for Sprigatito, absolutely loved the design and how it looks in motion. And judging by Arlo’s logic, I think he is making the right choice by going with Fuecoco

Quaxly was my fav by far when I first saw them, and its final form is also by far my fav. Cant wait to see what you think of all of them once you see!!!

It was easier back in the day because you could immediately look at the Starter's first form and have a decent understanding of how it's final evolution would look. Bulbasaur was going to evolve into a bigger dinosaur thing. Tododile was going to evolve into a bigger alligator thing. It felt simple. But man, Sun and Moon _REALLY_ soured my trust in Starter evolutions. Nothing about Litten screamed "heel wrestler". Nothing about Sobble screamed "secret agent sniper". So you really have to first see what weirdly human archetype GameFreak decided to slap on them at the very end. That being said, yeah, Fuecoco is definitely my go-to for this generation. In fact, probably my favorite final Fire Starter evolution in _ages._ The other two give off _huge_ "the worst of Sword and Shield" vibes to me...

Fuecoco gang rise up

The final evolutions are everything to me so I couldn't resist peeking. I won't spoil anything so to keep it vague, while I didn't get exactly what I was expecting I think I like where Sprigatito is going. Sadly I don't really like the other starters' final forms at all. But as I was watching the video, even before you got to the priority-based choice system I just had the feeling you would probably enjoy Fuecoco and it's evolutions the most. Great pick!

These starters are the hardest choice for me since Gens 3 and 4. - My starters over the years were: Red: Bulbasaur Yellow: Pikachu Silver: Cyndaquil Crystal: Totodile Ruby: Treecko Emerald: Torchic LeafGreen: Bulbasaur Pearl: Turtwig Platinum: Chimchar Diamond: Piplup HGSS: Cyndaquil White: Oshawott Black 2: Tepig X: Chespin Alpha Sapphire: Mudkip Sun: Rowlet Ultra Sun: Popplio Shield: Scorbunny Legends: Rowlet Scarlet/Violet Day One was always Fuecoco!!! You show me a Fire Breathing Lizard on Day One, that’s it, you have my attention!!!

11:00 As soon as you said "Fraggle Rock" I knew you were going to bring up Wembley lol

Arlo you have already been my favorite youtuber for a very long time now, so knowing your a Totodile fan (the whole Totodile line tie for my favorite Pokemon) makes me very happy!!!

Ugggh I feel you Arlo, these guys have me pulling my hair out too. It really doesn’t help that, just based on these first stages, these feel like the best starters we’ve had in a looooong while. Like, maybe the best, most holistically good trio since Sinnoh. For me, I’m so torn between Quaxly and Fuecoco, but I could easily see Sprigatito being an unexpected dark horse in this race. I think, in a vacuum, Fuecoco is my favorite, and the idea of it evolving into some Fire/Ghost day of the dead ghost pepper is just 10/10. My only issue is that I already have some plans for fire types on my team. Lechonk might evolve into some kind of Fire type roast ham, and I’m dead set on having that cute boy on my team, and, with me missing the Sword and Shield boat, I was really looking forward to rediscovering my inner Thomas the Tank Engine love and training up a Coalossal. Quaxly is probably my second favorite in a vacuum, but it’d definitely fit on my preliminary team much better. Water types fit my tastes a lot more readily, and I could see myself being content with his evolutions if they drop the ball on Fuecoco’s. Plus, there’s the potential of him evolving into some kind of matador warrior duck, and, me being a huge Persona fan, having a matador on my team would be an 11/10 to just barely edge out a Ghost ghost pepper stompy boi. That’d be a huge lark though, and I feel like Fuecoco is a much easier evolution to do well, even if it’d be harder to do Quaxly’s poorly. That leaves Sprigatito at the bottom, and I don’t really see her climbing far from there. I’m not a fan of her design, she’s probably has the easiest evolutions to fumble, and I’d already love having a Smoliv on my team. There definitely is that possibility of her evolving into some cool Puss in Boots style warrior cat though, and that would probably salvage the design if they did take the sexy humanoid route… But aggggh like I said, I don’t know. I think I’m leaning towards Quaxly, but every time I think about committing I get a pang of regret at not enjoying a journey with that stompsy little pepper boy

It’s been Sprigatito for me since day 1, I love cats, I love grass types, it’s perfect

I want to take a moment to appreciate Arlo's character in this video. I love it! You're such a great writer and actor and puppet master.

Definitely getting sprigatito! I love cats, and while I don't know what the final forms are, it's Pokédex entry strongly suggests to me it's going to gain Dark, my absolute favorite type, as it's secondary type. So... that made that choice really easy!

Well, that actually helped me. I really wanted Sprigatito but I never pick a grass starter, so I was kinda scared. But, you're right I should try something new. Heck yeah.

Great video! Im excited to see the starters as well. Ducks are hands down my favorite animal but I am nervous about the final form😅

Welcome to the Fuecoco club my friend ^^ Looking forward to these games they look to be so much fun ^^

This video really helped me decide as well. I’ve never put this much thought into a starter in a long time. I usually just see them for the first time in the game or game cover art and just pick on a whim

I’ve loved Quaxly ever since I’ve seen the lil guy. At first, after seeing his final evo, I was kind thinking of choosing Sprigatito instead, but i’ve warmed up to him! His final evolution is stunning, and man have you seen the idle animations??? I know what you are. By far my favourite!

What an intuitive tool for decision making. I did not expect a candid life advice lesson from this video!

Fueccoco was so close to being one of the greats of starter history but that final form throws away the cuteness and charm of the first two forms it's kind of neat but I wish it kept the sombrero. Quaxly has got to be the winner of this gen it's got a lot of personality and water fighting is cool though I don't get why it's fighting type

Man, I just woke up this February and saw a cat and said "Oh, I like cats." People out here are having a crisis over this and I decided my choice back when I thought the Region was Italy! ...Making a Team is INSANELY hard though, everything I love is weak to Fire or Ground! I think having three squads for each "branch" would work.

What a fun video! And hey, Yoshiller, if you read the comments--- absolutely did a phenomenal editing job! I already plan to get all 3 starters!

I'm with you so much on this Arlo, I've had my fair share of tough decisions when it comes to choosing a starter. It happened with Gen 3, 6, and 7 for me, and now I'm having the same situation with Gen 9.

Good job picking a starter! I still haven't managed to choose. I spoiled myself with the leaks to try and make up my mind and now I'm just stuck between the one I like most in first form and the one I like most in last form.

If it helps, Fuecoco's face isn't meant to look apple-like, but more like a skull. I still haven't seen the evolutions, but I assume the bone/skeleton theme will be expanded on.

this is my feel good channel, sometimes i see drama on other channels but with arlo we have this! thanks for the relaxing content man!

I've never played a grass starter before, so the moment I saw the cute cat I was sold. Excited to join the Grass-lovers club for the first time!

Welcome to the Fuecoco Fleet (or friends if you’re so inclined) Arlo, glad to have you onboard!

Its really nice to have a tough choice because they all are good. rather than choosing which one you dislike the least. Looking at you Galar

Remember everyone! You don’t have to evolve your starters :) it solves the “difficulty issue”

In this video, Arlo does his best impression of Chiddi from The Good Place.

Quality is one of me favorite. Is so cool little dude... and I'm not big on its water type but I love it.... I can see it be fun in battle and it's love of its hair. 😁💙

I was so unsure at the start of this but after hearing Arlo bash this out I agree I have been playing since the start and in the last few games I really have tried to play through with mons I haven’t used before to try out new things. I’ll take the grass cat because I haven’t really picked grass since Bulbasaur and I don’t usually vibe with Cats. I was leaning into duck town because I usually go for water starters and he was doofy but I always choose that way so not this time! 🎉so glad to have this off my mind!🎉

Now’s our time my fellow sprigatito lovers rise up

Oh i love the snorlax on your desk. :3 Target snorlax!! Such a good plushie

This was a great video idea, I’d like to see more thought processes broken down like this

From the teaser trailer I was eyeing for the kitty or that duckling.. & i was like that fire type looks weird. But Fuecoco is very unique form the 3 starters. So I'm definitely gonna pick the Chilli Cocodrillo 🔥🌶️🐊

I never look at the final evolutions! I always go for which one I like the most in base form. Sprigatito seems like my choice, but I'm also known for flipping when I'm actually playing the game 😂

I love this style of video. I'm not sure what style it even is, but I love it.

If you told teenage me that as an adult i would enjoy watching a blue muppet monster discuss pokemon and animal crossing i may have fought you. And yet here I am.

I'm not sure why but every Pokémon game I play my favorite starter is always either the water one or the grass one, never the fire one, ever since my first Pokémon game Black & White and it looks like that won't be changing

I saw the leaks and absolutely ADORED Sprigatito final evo. All 3 of them really appeal to me so it was a hard choice. THEY ARE SO GOOD!

It's nice to hear someone take almost 20 minutes to break down and get to the hows and whys of a decision that took me 11 seconds

this is the first video i have watched from you and your voice fits SO much

For every single gen, I've always gone with the water starter. I just really like that type. But I think for the first time, I'm actually going to go with fuecoco. Having an alligator monster thing sounds more appealing to me than a duck. (I don't dislike ducks mind you)

Just transfer all three into your game and use all three. Problem solved!

Istg when I heard you talking about taking risks I knew you were going with Fuecoco! I'll be getting them too! The main reason I'm going with Fuecoco is it has become tradition for me at this point to choose the fire starter, and they usually appeal to me the most anyway. I hope you enjoy their evolution and the game too of course!

After looking at the final evolutions, I am also going with Fuecoco. It just feels like the first starter in a while that isn't based on a human occupation.

I wasn't crazy for the SW/SH starters, but Scorbunny/Cinderace have been some of my favorites for some reason. Super cute. I think im going Sprigatito or Quaxly. Ceruledge is taking my fire spot.

Fuecoco is definitely the one I’m picking! His evolutions could be real bad tho so we’ll see!

I feel like with online trading and everything, picking a starter has become a lot less "important" and stressing ( to me at least) compared to let's say Gen 1 or Gen 2. Back in the day, I didn't have any friends who played Pokemon so picking a starter was much more of an important life decision. Today's like "ah, I can get them all eventually" and then I pick the one I vibe with at the time.

Then there's me who KNOWS that I'm going to love one of the three Starters for each Generation I play. Chimchar for Gen 4, Oshawatt for Gen 5, Popplio for Gen 7 and now Sprigatito for Gen 9.

I was originally going for quaxly, but after seeing the final evolutions, I'm already set on fuecoco

Congrats on the decision, I chose Sprigattito for my starter since 1. I lean to water for most starters and wanted to choose a different type this time and 2. I spoiled myself and chose based on evolution. Also if it hasnt been said before Fuecoco is a combination of 2 spanish words. Fuego for fire and Cocodrillo for crocodile.

My curiosity made me look up the end evolutions. I liked all of the 1st forms but I was leaning toward fuecoco. Now with the evolutions out I'm undoubtedly picking ya boi fuecoco

Congratulations on the big decision! I'm something of a "wembler" myself, but Pokemon is usually one thing where decisions of preference are pretty easy for me. Quaxly is my starter of choice and has been since I first saw the starter reveal. It's a duck that looks like it wears a beret and it reminds me of Donald Duck. I love water types & Kingdom Hearts, so I was sold instantly hehe I may end up liking the others more by the time I've played the game, but that's part of the fun.

Where’s my quaxly squad at?

Quaxly for me, I have ducks at home and just feel that bit more of a connection to it on that level. I love the exuberantly feathered basilisk lizard that is Koraidon over Miraidon the Metallic Motorbike so it’s Pokémon Scarlet for me (1st at least as I pre-ordered the dual edition where I will pick Fuecoco or Sprigatito (probs Fuecoco))

Yeah that's where I came to on Fuecoco; I pretty well know what the others will turn out like, but Fuecoco is like an older style early Gen Pokemon that's not so predictable. And funnily enough this makes the first time I'll be picking Fire since Charmander.

LOVE the Arlo meme thumbnail, hopefully we see it used again in the future

The game leaked earlier this week, I played it for a little while, I'm VERY excited for your first impression video lol

Fuecoco is the play It’s adorable Supposedly, the final form looks good It’s moveset is solid It’s bulky It’s perfect I think

I love the thumbnail! It’s too perfect

Very well edited video!

Fuecoco is going to be my starter, I love the design and for it to be a pepper alligator or crocodile, I think its a perfect choice. 🥰

Sprigatito has been my pick from almost hour 1 of seeing the first trailer. I am really exited for midnight tomorrow and for the first time being in the same room and playing a Pokémon game with my partner. He has been team Coco all this time as well, even more so after he spoiled himself. I am still going in blind but hearing his reactions to the new mon we are getting makes me so exited to play.

Man, you threw me back in time with brining up Wemble-ing and Fraggle Rock, haha. I've been in the same boat as you, going back and forth on which Starter I want to go with. It was easy for me with Sobble in SwSh, but all the ScarVio Starters have thier appeal. Even the final form spoilers haven't swayed me! Also, I don't blame you for keeping calling Fuecoco an Apple Lizard. His face is DEFINITELY Apple-y, even if the rest of him is supposed to be a pepper.

What a nice video to watch while preparing for work

I don’t know if I can even pick. I feel like I have to pick Sprigatito though. Just too cute. I don’t even care about it’s evolutions; I just want another cat Pokémon. I really don’t like Fuecoco for some reason. Maybe Quaxly would be a good medium.

fuecoco seems like a good decision, but me personally i always look to see what the upcoming evolutions are. i mean if i am gonna choose it and be with it for a while i wanna know what it'll change into..

This is a challenge for me as well. The cat is cute, the duck is cool, and I love fire starters.

The thumbnail gave me a good laugh. Thank you!