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title: "Generation 8 Starter Pokémon?"
url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/rumors/nintendo-switch/generation-8-starter-pokemon/"
description: "Some speculation has started on Twitter recently after some images showing potential Pokémon designs, rumored to be the Gen 8 starter Pokémon, have come to the surface."
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2018-02-12 15:00:24"
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Generation 8 Starter Pokémon? | Nintendo Switch Rumors | NintendoReporters

 [![Generation 8 Starter Pokémon?](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/generation-8-starter-pokemon.jpg "Generation 8 Starter Pokémon?")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/generation-8-starter-pokemon.jpg)Some speculation has started on Twitter recently after some images showing potential Pokémon designs, rumored to be the Gen 8 starter Pokémon, have come to the surface.

The images, including a grass/electric type bear, a fire/steel type horse and a pure water type, were posted by Twitter user @SkinnySnubbull earlier. It’s worth noting that there is no official source tied to where these have come from.

## [](#but-is-there-more-to-it)But is there more to it?

Apparently the original thread and images mysteriously got deleted, which are also unsearchable via a reverse lookup.

> RUMOR ALERT: Gen 8 starters for Pokémon. The cave bear is rumored to evolve into Grass/Electric typing, Pony into Fire/Steel, and Coral Pure Water. Thread mysteriously got deleted and images weren’t linked anywhere after reversing which is hype. Could this be Gen 7 leaks all over [pic.twitter.com/dRDzEa3rIG](https://t.co/dRDzEa3rIG)
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> — SkinnySnubbull (@SkinnySnubbull) [January 31, 2018](https://twitter.com/SkinnySnubbull/status/958734030668812290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

As with all rumors, this should be taken with a pinch of salt and is by no means a confirmation of what the Gen 8 starter Pokémon will look like. But still discuss away because that is what we do.

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