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Mr Khan on 08 February 2010
naznatips said:
Mr Khan said:

You'd figure Shikoku would be the obvious choice, since the last two represented Kyushu and Hokkaido

Shikoku would be too small alone. The regions in Pokemon are actually all scaled correctly for their size in the game. In other words, Kanto:Kanto is the same proportion as Sinnoh:Hokkaido. So Shikoku alone would be far too small.

@Son1x, Tohoku is about the right size, but far too geographically plain. It doesn't have enough interesting features to make for a good Pokemon game, and it's not set up to have much available in the way of water pokemon/ocean stuff, which is always important for a Pokemon game.

True, but a tweak of proportionality could come with a potential franchise revision, if that's what this turns into. A game where the world is smaller, sure, but denser, and you ultimately get more out of it.



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naznatips on 08 February 2010
Mr Khan said:
naznatips said:
Mr Khan said:

You'd figure Shikoku would be the obvious choice, since the last two represented Kyushu and Hokkaido

Shikoku would be too small alone. The regions in Pokemon are actually all scaled correctly for their size in the game. In other words, Kanto:Kanto is the same proportion as Sinnoh:Hokkaido. So Shikoku alone would be far too small.

@Son1x, Tohoku is about the right size, but far too geographically plain. It doesn't have enough interesting features to make for a good Pokemon game, and it's not set up to have much available in the way of water pokemon/ocean stuff, which is always important for a Pokemon game.

True, but a tweak of proportionality could come with a potential franchise revision, if that's what this turns into. A game where the world is smaller, sure, but denser, and you ultimately get more out of it.

A big point of Pokemon is the size of the world. People wouldn't be happy with small. They want a lot of towns/variety. Shikoku alone is nice, but if you combined it with Chugoku you get all of that plus the variety of Chugoku as well, and some really major cities like Hiroshima. Remeber cities in Pokemon are usually real locations too (Saffron = Tokyo).



Maneco on 08 February 2010

I've always thought that New Zealand's map should fit perfectly on a Pokémon game. I think it's time for them to search for other landscapes instead of only being in Japan.



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Imphamis on 08 February 2010

Well if Nintendo meant what they stated, "Pokemon will go on forever", they will eventually have to get out of Japan.



 

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Bamboleo on 08 February 2010

So Japan has a Desert?

Like the one in ruby and sapphire?



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darthdevidem01 on 08 February 2010

@naznatips

so have we had tokyo in one of the regions yet? sorry I dunno where tokyo is on it

EDIT:

oh so saffron is tokyo



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O-D-C on 08 February 2010

Canada



naznatips on 08 February 2010
Bamboleo said:
So Japan has a Desert?

Like the one in ruby and sapphire?

No, the closest thing they have is the Tottori Sand Dunes. The onew in RSE was made up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tottori_Sand_Dunes



Acevil on 08 February 2010
O-D-C said:
Canada


I feel sorry for the main character....walking from one side to the other..... a lot of nothingness along his way.



 

Ninten78 on 08 February 2010

Japan is a beautiful country :)