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>Kanto during the 1950's
>Young Giovanni is main rival, slightly younger than main characters. Characterized as mischievous and established to be notorious for tall tales and scams. Meowth is his ace and basically his best buddy.
>Main characters are young Agatha and Oak. both aged around 15-16
>Agatha is extremely invested in Pokémon training and battles, while Oak enjoys them but is more interested in how Pokémon live, what makes them tick, etc.
>Pokémon training/battling is taking off as a hobby, but full on leagues haven't been established. Instead, trainers vie to be the strongest trainer of certain areas, forming playful "gangs" (these groups are mostly just kids messing around and having harmless fun, but maybe one or two would be outright bad or threatening)
>These areas aren't necessarily towns or cities, but could be as small as a single route, or as big as two cities depending on how strong and numerous the trainers there are
>Plot revolves around rumors spreading about a mysterious Pokémon in the old laboratory on Cinnabar Island being created by mad scientists
>Naturally, all 3 are drawn to this. Agatha because fuck yeah cool strong Pokémon, Oak because it's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to document a man-made Pokémon, and Giovanni is just tagging along out of boredom
I'll post more "loose" ideas if anyone's interested
