Chespin is interesting. No one could really tell what he was at first (chipmunk? Mole? Beaver?) and you can kinda see why. Plus, this guy took the idea from Sewaddle. And he should be Ground type. He should so be Ground type. That aside though, Chespin is probably the best of the basic-stage starters (I hate all of them, don't worry) because he looks kinda cute... I guess.
Best design of the starters this gen. He looks kinda derpy but the good derpy - something like Stunfisk or Dunsparce are made to be the "derpmons" but Quilladin isn't, he looks kinda serious (a Pinocchio nose! :D) but in all honesty he is the perfect middle-stage design. Chespin is skinny, short, and doesn't really have spikes. Quilladin gets taller, bulkier and has "horns" that imo count as the beginnings of the spikes.. because that's what they are. Still looks like a Ground-Type though...
It was going so well... Chesnaught is the worst of the fully-evolved Kalos starters for me. He reminds me of a plane. His head is the cockpit at the front of it, his huge-ass arms can be the wings and his spikes the engines. Or something. Anyway he doesn't look like a Grass-Type any more... actually he doesn't really look like a Pokemon any more. If I had to give him a type it'd be normal, actually, because he is covered in
beige and is quite bland. Except that his proportions are waaay off. WAAAAAY OFF!
The Fennel fox Pokemon, Fennekin (imaginative I know) looks like a Fire-Type without having Fire on him, which I like. The same can't be said for Chimchar, Cyndaquil or Charmander... and Tepig doesn't even look like a Fire-Type so this is shared only between Fennekin and Torchic. Anyway, like all starters it is a basic design showing off some pretty normal animal traits of a fox; Quadruped, Nimble, giant tuffs of hair in it's ears, you know all the things a fox would have. Wait wha--
OH MY GOD THIS THING IS BLAND AS FUCK!!! Seriously Braixen has some kind of transitions i.e: Quadruped --> Biped, pretty sure he gets the stick at this stage but I hate the design really. Plus, I swear he has less hair now? Or is that just me? Probably... but anyway I don't like this design due to the simplicity Braixen has and because it's wearing a mini-skirt.
Best fully-evolved starter, no doubt in my mind. Like at all. Delphox isn't a santastic design but it gets what it needs to across, that being it's a witch, so a psychic, it's completely red, so it's fire, and the tufts of hair are p cool now. She also looks quite rugged, which I quite like actually! Downside would be the giant dress is really bland but... that's kinda minor to me.