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I love how tightly Hoenn wraps around itself in the first "half" of the map (before getting Surf). It feels like you fully explore that part in a natural way. Then getting Surf opens up a whole nother chunk of the map, leading right into the enormous Route 119. Just the way you traverse the left half so thoroughly makes the right half feel so mysterious. It perfectly captures the feeling of going on a new adventure.