>>54617630Kanto is 90s suburban development kino. Setting is more than just location, it is moment in time, and developing suburban economic boom japan while it still had forests and mystery was SUCH a moment in time. SOUL.
Johto is simply its weeb little brother, but together they really are something.
Both maps are nonlinear which is awesome.
Hoenn being Masuda's love letter to is childhood summers in Kyushu really shows. Hoenn is nostalgic.
Sinnoh and Hisui are the same place. Seeing the region at two points in time does a lot to flesh it out nicely. Would love to see other regions get this treatment. It felt huge on the DS.
Unova is weird. They really went wild with it. Its shaped like New York, but its so weird. They went full western Europe fantasy with it for some reason, which felt strange at first but actually I wish later regions were this creative.
I do not like kalos.
Alola is great because HAWAII is great. Turns out Hawaii is a perfect pokemon setting. Unfortunately I feel like they could've done more with it. (Best of the recent 4 gens tho). Needed more trails and Tikki idk
skipped gen 8.
Paldea kinda stinks. It felt nothing like Spain and the games made it seem so empty. Not enough pokeRome or pokeIslam ruins. no castles, no history. no lore. GF phoned it in.
Sorry, I tried to be positive. I like 6/8 that I played. favorite changes often.
