Unova Region Discussion/Speculation Thread [Read First Post]

[matt0044]

So... I guess it's safe to assume that Unova is somewhere around south/southwest/west of Sinnoh.

It's meant to be FAR from Sinnoh or Kanto or Johto or Hoenn. Maybe the cave is based on the myth that if you dig deep enough, you'll reach China or something. Or you're teleported by the Lake Trio.

[Endoplasmic Reticulum]

Yeah I think Unova is nowhere near the rest, not even remotely touching. It's like US to Japan

[R_N]

It's meant to be FAR from Sinnoh or Kanto or Johto or Hoenn. Maybe the cave is based on the myth that if you dig deep enough, you'll reach China or something. Or you're teleported by the Lake Trio.

It could also be a very, very long tunnel that stretches across the ocean

[Wishing Star]

It could also be a very, very long tunnel that stretches across the ocean

Normally, I'd say that this is blasphemous, but seeing the Marine Tube, I don't think that making such a tunnel is an impossible feat.

[Endolise]

Yeah I think Unova is nowhere near the rest, not even remotely touching. It's like US to Japan

Just go off the west coast :P

In fact, that could be how R_N's tunnel is set up.

[Wishing Star]

Just go off the west coast :P

In fact, that could be how R_N's tunnel is set up.

Hmm. If Unova is east or west of the other four regions--or whether or not the Pokémon world is flat, even--we don't know.

[Endolise]

Hmm. If Unova is east or west of the other four regions--or whether or not the Pokémon world is flat, even--we don't know.

I'm gonna go ahead and assume that it's round.

Otherwise, all that stuff Cynthia said about the world being a giant, metaphorical egg would make no sense.

[Wishing Star]

I'm gonna go ahead and assume that it's round.

Otherwise, all that stuff Cynthia said about the world being a giant, metaphorical egg would make no sense.

Yeah. That, and the fact that the anime depicts the world as being round.

(Yes, the anime and the games are two separate continuities, but nothing in the game contradicts the depiction of the world in the anime.)

[Endoplasmic Reticulum]

I highly doubt even in the games the world of Pokemon is flat... Don't be absurd

[Excitable Boy]

I highly doubt even in the games the world of Pokemon is flat... Don't be absurd

If the world is round, why is gravity so easily manipulable?

[Streetlight]

If the world is round, why is gravity so easily manipulable?

The move Gravity is just a game-play mechanic. Plus Pokemon are powerful beings. If they can create energy to shoot out of their bodies in various ways, I don't think a few Psychic types would have any problem manipulating the gravity in the arena around them.

[Aurath8]

If the world is round, why is gravity so easily manipulable?

Roundness if the world doesn't affect how easy it is to manipulate Gravity. Besides, pokemon are powerful things and gravity is a very weak force considering that an entire planet's gravity can be overcome by an air pressure difference on a planes wings.

Anyway, besides the anime there's no evidence as to how the pokemon world is shaped. It could be an oblate spheroid like Earth, flat as the maps GF gives or even a toroid. Yep, millions of people living on a freakin' massive donut.

[Excitable Boy]

If they can create energy to shoot out of their bodies in various ways, I don't think a few Psychic types would have any problem manipulating the gravity in the arena around them.

Gravity is based on mass. Manipulating gravity in that manner would mean somehow decreasing the mass of the entire planet. Having a flat planet makes more sense, because you only need to reduce the gravity of the mass in the general area.

I, personally, continue to maintain that the notion that the Pokemon world is shaped like a long Mobius strip. Like, really long.

[The Eleventh]

Gravity is based on mass.

According to our understanding of the world, yes.

Let us not apply the logic of reality to a children's game.

[Endoplasmic Reticulum]

Pokemon can control gravity, it's that simple

[Excitable Boy]

Let us not apply the logic of reality to a children's game.

I REFUSE TO NOT DO SO

Pokemon can control gravity, it's that simple

Oh, I guess that makes sense.

[Endoplasmic Reticulum]

I don't understand why people try to apply real life logic into Pokemon attacks, I mean the fact it comes out of creatures means it's a whole new thing to deal with. It also explains why Ash doesn't die from all the burns and zaps he receives. Pokemon stuff is a lot less lethal

[The Eleventh]

I don't understand why people try to apply real life logic into Pokemon attacks, I mean the fact it comes out of creatures means it's a whole new thing to deal with.

Because we have far too much time on our hands.

It also explains why Ash doesn't die from all the burns and zaps he receives. Pokemon stuff is a lot less lethal

Or humans have very thick skin in the Pokémon world. Et cetera, et cetera.

[Shazdar]

It also explains why Ash doesn't die from all the burns and zaps he receives. Pokemon stuff is a lot less lethal

That's one of the reasons trainers can be so near their pokemon while battling even though they are near the pokemon attacks.If those pokemon's attacks could hurt them a lot then they probably could not just randomly battle some bicycler who is nearby.

[Wishing Star]

I don't understand why people try to apply real life logic into Pokemon attacks, I mean the fact it comes out of creatures means it's a whole new thing to deal with.

What's wrong with doing that, though? It's not like these people are making the game less fun for other people in their group.

[Endoplasmic Reticulum]

What's wrong with doing that, though? It's not like these people are making the game less fun for other people in their group.

It makes people complain

[Shine]

inb4 R_N raging about how you guys are discussing gravity in a thread about Unova region




anyway, seems like no one mentioned this yet, the surf-able tile glitch in Pokewood remains in the English version, seems like they either did not knew about it, or they knew but decided to skip it since it does not give any advantage to players anyway.

And I think this should be already mentioned by someone else during the Japanese release of B/W 2, but I just discovered that if you trade a Pokemon whose met/hatched location is "Cold Storage" into B/W 2, the location will automatically change into "PWT"
However, if you trade a Pokemon whose met/hatched location is "Route 10" or "Challenger's Cave", the location remains the same.

[Blazios]

inb4 R_N raging about how you guys are discussing gravity in a thread about Unova region

Well the Unova region has gravity, doesn't it?

Also, you'd think they'd foresee a glitch like that.

[Wulava]

Speaking of glitches, the grass tile glitch in Floccesy Ranch from the Japanese version is still unfixed.
I guess it's okay since it's only a single grass tile.

[MetalFlygon08]

I like how Juniper up and states the clouds Lacunosa is based off of, and explains why it's named after those kind of clouds (they are fence/wall like, just like how the town has a wall).