>it's another "we're basing this region off of a real-life location so we should make it as painfully obvious as we can" threadstop, just fucking stop. the first 4 regions were all based off of japan and they still feel completely different. unova was THE peak of region design, combining both new and familiar to make something that feels fresh, but still like it belongs with the rest. and then kalos and alola completely shat all over that by being as bland and uninspired as possible. so no, your scandinavian region doesn't need vikings or norse mythology, what it needs is its own fucking identity. i'm sick and tired of people just making tourist brochures for places they've never been to as opposed to putting in some effort and making a fictional world that actually has something going for it aside from "haha epic real-life reference" (and even those can be done tastefully)
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