Low key I'm on board with the bird becoming a cassowary but it won't be a fighting type
Its a bean sprout, the pun will be between cassoary and castor beans and it becomes a poison type

>>59000537
Maybe they'll lean into the Mythological / Spiritual side of the country's culture?

Gecqua's bindi being its "third eye" could lead it to take on the role of a spirit medium or fortune teller?

Pombon could reference how in some myths dogs could see and scare off bad spirits. Not to mention iconic canines like the Cerberus and Anubis have ties to the underworld. So perhaps it'll turn into some kind of a temple guardian?

As for Browt I'm not too sure. If it becomes a poison type then it could reference the connection between medicine and spirituality. If it becomes a fighting type then it could reference the connection between martial arts and spirituality. Maybe it'll turn into a fighter monk or temple doctor?

>>59000537
I can see bird getting a big long neck and the leaves growing to resemble the helices on a windmil, wind power
dog is thermo/solar energy
Gex would be hydro/waves

>>59000537
THEAM IS EARLY 2010S NOSTALGIA

>>59000537
I don't know much about South East Asian culture but I'd like to guess that maybe the starters will have a theme being tied to holiday traditions?

Pombon could be a reference to certain bonfire festivals, cooking, and maybe fireworks

Gecqua gives me the feeling that it will turn into a dancer with a vibrant outfit (know that geckos can change colors)

Browt could become a glutton to reference major feasts or since it's a bird it could also reference singing and music.

>>59000537
They are jihad themed. The dog is clearly a bomb and the top of its head is a fuse and the bird looks like a mushroom cloud. I don't know what slutty fish is

Fairy tale themed
>Browt gets themed after Jack and the Beanstalk. Becomes a giant ogre like chicken with big beanstalk brows and shoots gold beans resembling gold eggs
>Pombon gets themed after Red Riding Hood. Becomes a wolf with a red fire hood and an axe tail
>Gecqua becomes a dragon with princess elements. Though cannot think of a specific fairy tale with a dragon despite the stereotype

>>59000537
>Pombon = Pomeranian + Bonfire,
I think it's more Poneranian + Pom-pom". Pombon looks like a pompom from the front.

>>59003697
>Though cannot think of a specific fairy tale with a dragon despite the stereotype
There’s St. George and the dragon, can’t think of any others off the top of my head so made that’s the one that originated the trope