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>gigantic overworld
>years of development
>many different cultures in many different regions
>more details, every NPC has a backstory which changes with time or depending on the time of the day/year
>access to ancient libraries, abandoned laboratories, jungle temples, unedrground lakes
>pokémon play a huge role in humans lives, influencing them in a variety of different ways : desert people living with domestic fennekins eventually develop the ability to use fire magic, for instance
>sidequests handled like in Golden Sun games or TLoZ games
>Deep backstory involving political and social issues and moral choices, revolutions, wars
>Ridiculously good aesthetics, cities and landscapes are all diverse, creative, colourful and beautiful, creating amazing atmospheres
>most memorable music of any pokémon game, and all of it symphonic
>your pokémon follow you everywhere, you decide which ones
>walking around a mediterranean port made of white marble, at night, while your ampharos follows you, eyes turned to a gigantic full moon
>surfing on your swampert through a labyrith of whirlpools and rocks, trying not get blinded by all the salt the wind carries
>Exploring an ice cave with your Galvantula, using the webs it knits to cross holes in the ice
>the battle system stays exactly the same
>this is the map of this overworld