honestly i don't really wanna look at base stats for new pokemon until the game is over. just kinda wanna go in cold and pick the pokemon i like the most/think are the silliest looking pokemon around (ALOLAN EXEGGUTOR) instead
The only way to play if you ask me.
I went with owl and he's cool. Its a bit too talky in the beginning for my tastes but I think its starting to open up now.
The slow start is probably the number one complaint I hear about the game, you'd think they would've done something similar to the third gen games for tutorials where it was an optional handbook you could open anytime instead of outright forcing it on the player.