>>23085618Snowy northern region based on russia or canada with lots of ice types
Along with industrial areas and the WEEEEEman legendary poison/steel.
Egg incubation machines that let you input berries to modify IV/nature/and shiny chance, spectrum of palette swaps and also lets you hatch entire boxes of eggs at a time at a slightly slower rate.
Contests being worth a shit
Active gym leaders/elite 4 that appear in the story
Legendaries that either actually do shit or at least require a lot of hunting to actually find, much higher catch rates for balltism on them but make them actually dangerous for the fight.
Expanded secret bases that post elite 4 you can turn into full fledged gyms that you can fill with npc's like you can invite friends to your base and take on npc challengers who want the title of champion.
Soaring
Emphasis on manmade pokemon clashing with nature and shit. Criminal team of industrialists?