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I know it's the worst time, but let me just pool something really fast, if there is still hope for this thread under the baiting and false flagging.
What approach would you prefer for an Earth Map for Pokemon?
Do it like my inspiration, DQ3, and try to make a makeshift worldmap style exploration with small cities/dungeons/caves you warp into. Less detail overall but you CAN walk all over the world. More Open World approach where you can go to whatever continent you want whenever you want and things become harder as you collect badges.
Try to use the Pokemon Routes system properly. More detailed exploration of small parts of the world, but also less freedom of movement. For example you can't just move around the whole ocean and go wherever you want, you need to follow certain water routes. Also entire areas of the world wouldn't be possible to visit since they wouldn't be in the routes and the routes themselves would take a lot of the available space. So in South America for example, I'd probably just have a Machu Picchu dungeon, an Amazon+Guiana Jungle route, and maybe two routes leading to whatever city I pick to be the SA Gym.