Splatoon 3’s Splatfest results: Pokémon’s best starter type picked

Splatoon 3’s Splatfest results helped settle one of the biggest questions in Nintendo history this weekend. Which starter Pokémon type is the best?

Three possible responses to this question are fire, water and grass. The Splatfest allowed players to pick a side by choosing a team and competing on that type’s behalf. While the popularity contest between the three types has been raging as long as Pokémon itself, we finally know once and for all which is best, because Team Water won the competition in an absolute landslide.

The water-type tsunami wasn’t a shoo-in. A mid-event report revealed that there was a tight race between all threeTypes, and less than 3% between them. The results seemed to encourage Team Water. They won the final game with 45 points leaving no points for the two other sides.

The event happened just before the release of the next set of mainline Pokémon games, Pokémon Scarlet VioletOn Nov. 18, Because of this, the results could be interpreted as a referendum on the three starter Pokémon for the upcoming games. We have Fuecoco, Sprigatito and Quaxly this year.

Every option is great. According to leaks, Fuecoco’s final evolution isn’t bipedal, which fans praised because so many fire type starters have historically evolved into humanoid monsters. The cat Sprigatito has the fact that it’s a purr-fect baby that the stoner community embraced with open arms.

Quaxly was victorious over Team Water despite the fierce competition. While we can’t say for sure why water-types have such a strong appeal, there are at least a few likely reasons that contributed to its overall popularity as a team. Team Water’s representative was the adorable mantaray Big Man. He is a new addition to Splatoon.

But let me propose one more theory: Quaxly’s fabulous design transcended all competition. Last week, leaks allegedly showed Quaxly’s final evolution, to which fans responded in widespread excitement. Although bipedal in appearance, the final evolution retains the posture and look of a drag queen and a peacock. It absolutely slays and I’d like to think that’s what gave Team Water the edge it needed.