>>40979993Yeah, I know they've changed it since then - But, I'm just spit-balling ways an open-path Pokemon game could work. Pokemon Lore has never been consistent, and it's a bummer, since a lot of the stuff at the start was super cool, and it was just thrown out the window to make Pokemon simpler and safer. Even new stuff introduced is only canon until they decide it's not anymore, leaving big plot holes in the world.
Regardless, there are a bunch of ways GameFreak could implement a less linear game and a more open-world approach to how you go about your adventure - but it's easier to just to have players take a train ride through the region, with stops at gyms or plot-points.
