Nigel said:Am I the only one that finds it racist that the game takes place in a France-inspired area, and one of the starters is a frog...?
It wasn't racist when one of the starters in the USA-inspired region was a pig, was it? Gamefreak isn't trying to tell us something bad about other cultures trough Pokémon ('Americans are fat!', 'The French eat frogs, disgusting!')... I'd say they are inspiring us to investigate other cultures and the world around us.
This news really excites me. I think the new direction Gamefreak is headed will either make or break this game (and the rest of Pokémon) and so far I'd say it's doing great!