Pokémon Sword and Shield - Good luck Scorbunny

Can you imagine if, after all of these jokes and speculations, it turned out to be just a pure Fire type..? That would be the ultimate "fuck you" ever.

I'm curious how much of this is a joke and how much is people still pissed at the devs for giving us three straight gens of Fire/Fighting starters (and what was looking for a time like a fourth, only broken up by Delphox).