This does look pretty promising! And yes, I am growing on Clemont superfast. He had me at the moment he did the Conway/Anyone who's ever worn glasses before GLASSES GLINT OF CREEPINESS. And being a crackshot inventor looks like it'll have a lot of entertainment potential. Considering I liked Max a lot, I don't see myself having any real issue with Bonnie.

Hah, I honestly wouldn't mind Serena crushing on Ash either (though I'm still going to assume Ash will be oblivious as always). There should definitely be more to her than that; it's a shame we've not really gotten much specific info on her besides the fact that she knows Ash and that she likes fashion (and that she's getting Fennekin now)... I guess it'll come in due time! Considering the only Ash/Main Girl 'ship I ever liked beforehand was Ash/May, which by far is the LEAST likely thing that would happen thanks to Drew, I'm more than willing to give Serena a chance at that.
The preview makes me hopeful for Ash, too! He's still his goofy optimistic self but not to the point of overkill and it looks like he has much better common sense in battling from what little we saw. I'm gonna give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he won't forget how to capture a Pokemon or give the middle finger to type advantages like he did nearly ALL THE TIME in BW.

I'm really happy for the one-starter-per-character thing too. I knew from the get-go Ash getting all 3 in BW was gonna be bad, even worse when he went overboard in catching other Pokemon. I'm just gonna assume the staff has learned from their experience and Chespin/Clemont won't be doomed to what Mudkip/Brock were. Plus, this SHOULD mean Ash will actually evolve his damn Froakie... good god HE MIGHT ACTUALLY GET A FULLY EVOLVED WATER STARTER FOR ONCE HOLY CRAP