As we've seen in D/P, Dawn's Piplup is more than just her starter Pokemon, it seems to be the secondary Pokemon star of D/P right after Pikachu. It appears in almost every episode where Dawn battles and is used a hell of a lot more than the rest of her team, and Piplup gets MUCH more screentime than the other two starters.
Do you think the writers may keep Dawn and Piplup as a team as they are throughout all of D/P rather than going the cliche route and evolving it? I'd usually be for Dawn getting a fully evolved starter, but Piplup is too cute and full of personality that I can see why the writers may choose not to evolve it, possibly a reason why Corphish never evolved either in AG.
What do you think the odds of Piplup staying the way it is as Dawn's version of Pikachu moreso than her getting a Prinplup or Empolean later on during D/P?
Do you think the writers may keep Dawn and Piplup as a team as they are throughout all of D/P rather than going the cliche route and evolving it? I'd usually be for Dawn getting a fully evolved starter, but Piplup is too cute and full of personality that I can see why the writers may choose not to evolve it, possibly a reason why Corphish never evolved either in AG.
What do you think the odds of Piplup staying the way it is as Dawn's version of Pikachu moreso than her getting a Prinplup or Empolean later on during D/P?