This is the FINAL design and Pokedex page for my Grass type starter, Cactee.

"Before venturing out to explore the Arolinac Region you'll have to choose a Pokemon to be your partner. Which will you choose? The grass type Cactee, perhaps?"


Arolinac Pokedex #001

"Cactee. The Spine Ball Pokemon.

Fond of arid environments, it wanders it's desert homes in search of water."

Type: Grass
Height: 1'9"
Weight: 10.7 lbs.

Abilities: Overgrow
Chlorophyll

Cactee evolves into Centree at level 16.

((One thing I was guilty of when I first began creating this region way back when was not basing the pokemon on the real plants and animals and things actually found here in the Carolinas. I was just coming up with ideas for types and evolutions without really thinking about whether they fit into a Carolinas inspired region or not. Fortunately, while cacti are not the most well known plant here in the Carolinas, they do grow here, as do the plants that Cactee's evolutions are based on.

You'll also notice that none of the starters I came up with follow the traditions of the real game starters. The grass starter is not based on extinct mega fauna. This is because 1.) Back in the days of Gen 2 many of the traditions of the real games had not yet been established, and 2.) I'd rather not limit myself too strictly when it comes to creating Pokemon. I may try to adhere more closely to the traditions in my next region, but mostly I'm just having fun. That's also why I'm not bothering with established base stat totals for any of my pokemon. That's just way too much math for me.))