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Back before XY were announced, some people (me included) were hoping the next region would be the patch between Johto/kanto and Sinnoh, and that it would further explore the idea of the Sinjoh ruins
They had even recently built a pokecenter there, similar to all the other regions that were the inspiration of games
It could've been neat, but i think france was a better idea, so i'm fine with being wrong