Region Speculation/Discussion Thread

[Happy Hydreigon]

I'll put my suggestion on which towns will be in which district of France

Hometown-Nice
2nd Town-Marseille
1st Gym(Bug)-Nimes
2nd Gym(Electric)-Toulouse
3rd Gym(Dark)-Bayonne
4th Gym(Grass)-Bordeaux
3rd Town-Bourges
5th Gym(Flying)-Paris
6th Gym(Psychic)-Dijon
7th Gym(Rock)-Nancy
4th Town-Amiens
8th Gym(Poison)-Le Mans
Pokemon League-Nantes

[SilverFox]

Bruges? lol. Anyone see that movie In Bruges? Through out the entire film the main character spits on the city and calls it the worst city ever. But I think it looked nice. I wouldn't mind a town based on Bruges.

[ShadeAce]

It would be cool if we could start in like the center of the region and choose our order of gyms, which would change type/evolutions/number of pokemon depending on when they are challenged. Then for like story parts the professor or someone could call you up and be like, Hey I need your help come over to so and so.

[Shneak]

I absolutely hope a location based off of Mont St. Michel is in-game. It's an old town on a beach surrounded by water and has a giant castle in the centre of it. It's now abandoned, but it would be really cool. Instead of making it like Lacunosa Town, make the town raised but still surrounded, only accessible by water.

[Poetry]

Instead of making it like Lacunosa Town, make the town raised but still surrounded, only accessible by water.

Soo... Sootopolis City but without the volcano?

[Silent Conversation]

It would be cool if we could start in like the center of the region and choose our order of gyms, which would change type/evolutions/number of pokemon depending on when they are challenged. Then for like story parts the professor or someone could call you up and be like, Hey I need your help come over to so and so.

That would make the game way too difficult to actually make. If this were possible, that means that every gym leader would need 8 different teams, so the game would have had to be created with 64 gym leader rosters instead of the usual 8 (and that's not even including gym leader rematches, which are always a possibly). It would certainly be a cool experience, but I think that they'll be sticking to the usual set out progression through the region.

Also, I can kind of see the Eiffel Tower as the setting of the big bad guy team confrontation instead of where you find a legendary. The legendaries are usually found in either natural places or natural-looking places, while the Eiffel Tower looks more metallic and structured.

[The Mysterious Stranger]

Soo... Sootopolis City but without the volcano?

More like Cinnebar without the volcano, I'd think. Also, the images in the first post really have me thinking Europe. I think the architecture shown in them is really beautiful, and I hope the whole game is like that. Unless those are some of the highlights. I don't know, but so far, it's real pretty.

That would make the game way too difficult to actually make. If this were possible, that means that every gym leader would need 8 different teams, so the game would have had to be created with 64 gym leader rosters instead of the usual 8 (and that's not even including gym leader rematches, which are always a possibly). It would certainly be a cool experience, but I think that they'll be sticking to the usual set out progression through the region.

Also, I can kind of see the Eiffel Tower as the setting of the big bad guy team confrontation instead of where you find a legendary. The legendaries are usually found in either natural places or natural-looking places, while the Eiffel Tower looks more metallic and structured.

Actually, BW2 had more then eight. It had like 16, plus 8 elite 4 and two champions. Because challenge mode.

[ShadeAce]

More like Cinnebar without the volcano, I'd think. Also, the images in the first post really have me thinking Europe. I think the architecture shown in them is really beautiful, and I hope the whole game is like that. Unless those are some of the highlights. I don't know, but so far, it's real pretty.




Actually, BW2 had more then eight. It had like 16, plus 8 elite 4 and two champions. Because challenge mode.

And the pokemon world tournament too

[Charizardmaster#1]

I'm surprised to have seen pikachu standing on the Eiffel Tower when he talks about the new games. Could this mean a France based game is too hard to tell. I wouldn't think they would suddenly start using real world locations, but maybe they'd use realistic buildings that might be similar to real world things.

[Plus side down side]

I'm surprised to have seen pikachu standing on the Eiffel Tower when he talks about the new games. Could this mean a France based game is too hard to tell. I wouldn't think they would suddenly start using real world locations, but maybe they'd use realistic buildings that might be similar to real world things.

All the regions have been based off of real world locations.

[Charizardmaster#1]

All the regions have been based off of real world locations.

Oh I never noticed that. Could you give me some examples?

[hever]

Oh I never noticed that. Could you give me some examples?

This is only part of it.. Read on.

[Shneak]

Soo... Sootopolis City but without the volcano?

Yes, since the volcano is a crucial geographical element for Sootopolis. However, maybe the city laying on a bed of sand instead of on water would be better.

Don't crush my dreams yet.

[Charizardmaster#1]

This is only part of it.. Read on.

Wow I can't believe I never noticed any of this before now. So I suppose there's a very good chance to see many French based areas and structures in X and Y.

[C.y.a.n]

I have a feeling it is based in Europe probably France since pikachu was on the Eiffel Tower and there are similar buildings in game to support that but you never no.

I really hope they do region like dlc. Since ruby and sapphire weren't remade that could be the first one. Since hoenn was my favourite region, I would love to see it in 3-D

[SasakiThePikachu]

I'm a little confused about something.

So the first four regions were implied (or at least assumed by the fandom) to be in the same country, aka a fictional Japan, yes? And because they kept referring to the 'faraway' region of Unova, I always assumed it was set in a whole different country aka fictional usa. So, um, are we now travelling to fictional europe for this new region? It just looks so much more westernised than the first 4 generations, much more like Unova.

While on the one hand it is fun to have all these different cultures brought into pokemon aesthetically, it also seems a little sad to detract from its Japanese roots. Johto was probably my favourite region (from a visual perspective at least) because it was so darn Japanese, particularly Ecruteak City with its kimono girls, and all the ancient towers and ruins. Does anyone else miss that?

[hever]

I really hope they do region like dlc. Since ruby and sapphire weren't remade that could be the first one. Since hoenn was my favourite region, I would love to see it in 3-D

I was hoping GF would release a remake of 3rd gen first than creating a new one... but we got this eww-ness instead... I'm not as excited as I was when they released info for Gen 3 and 4...

[Dragontail]

Maybe THIS region is where Fantina is from! O.o

[Silent Conversation]

Actually, BW2 had more then eight. It had like 16, plus 8 elite 4 and two champions. Because challenge mode.

I didn't count Elite 4 in my count, so you can't count it in yours. Either way, 64 gym teams is way more than 16. Plus even looking past pure numbers, if you could battle gym leaders in any order, that would almost mean you can visit the cities in any order, and that would either make the actual plot parts of the game ridiculous or there would need to be 8 different variations of the plot, which won't happen.

[Nacreous]

I hope some of the old pkmn get evos.I won't give any examples because everyone knows who>.>

And Weavile needs Technician.And since we have Weavile in the game,I think there will be a cold,northern region of sorts.

Also,the regional bird needs a different primary type

Maybe Fantina is an E4^^

[treuko]

I absolutely hope a location based off of Mont St. Michel is in-game. It's an old town on a beach surrounded by water and has a giant castle in the centre of it. It's now abandoned, but it would be really cool. Instead of making it like Lacunosa Town, make the town raised but still surrounded, only accessible by water.

Would be possible if the region was like that:


It is much more realistic than a country or continent sized area and it would permitt to have a coastmine while straying close enough from Paris.

[Bolt the Cat]

I really hope they do region like dlc. Since ruby and sapphire weren't remade that could be the first one. Since hoenn was my favourite region, I would love to see it in 3-D

Entire regions as DLC? No, that's too much. If we do get DLC, it'll probably be roughly the size of Sinnoh's Battle Zone.

[rocky505]

Rotate that thing completely and I can see it being the region.

[Silent Conversation]

Hey, I was just thinking - what if a major post-game event or location is in London? Places like the Battle Frontier or the Battle Zone are almost always separated from the main region by a long distance of water that you have to go through by boat. London is close enough to France to be accessible from it, yet it has the large body of water in between that would make it an ideal location for a post-game activity.

[Raguna]

Hey, I was just thinking - what if a major post-game event or location is in London? Places like the Battle Frontier or the Battle Zone are almost always separated from the main region by a long distance of water that you have to go through by boat. London is close enough to France to be accessible from it, yet it has the large body of water in between that would make it an ideal location for a post-game activity.

Seems like a plausible idea. Would love seeing that! Imagine a battle tower or something, but instead of a tower it could be the Big Ben! But they might want to save London for another region entirely...