Why Chespin is the Best Starter.

quote Official Nintendo Magazine UK

I've never picked a Grass Starter Pokemon before but that's not the main reason I'm going with Chespin. I think he is the best Pokemon of the three simply because I don't know what it is. Fennekin is a fox, admittedly not a fox you'd see rummaging through your rubbish in your front yard, but a fox nevertheless.

But I prefer Fennekin to Froakie who really is just a frog. Game Freak isn't even trying to hide the lack of inspiration for this Pokemon, its name being a combination of frog and croak.

At least you have to dig around a bit for the creature that inspired Fennekin - it's a Fennec fox, a really cute small nocturnal fox from the Sahara desert with big ears like Fennekin.

I do like Fennekin but I prefer Chespin because it is the creature who looks most like a Pokemon. What is it? Now Bulbapedia has some interesting info on the origin of its name which gives away a few clues as to its identity.