>>28503183Well he didn't create the Rotom PokéDex, now did he?
>>28503217I think, very generally speaking, this is semi accurate. I mean, you have Unova and Kalos heavily connected with the Abyssal Ruins, and Parfume Palace. But also implications of Kalos being connected to Sinnoh.
Unova definitely CAN'T be all of USA, but nor just a part of it. Orre and Alola are also America-inspired, and yet Unova is a mesh of all kinds of American locations, from NYC to Hollywood. Even Hawaii. (Humilau City)
But you are correct that, for a while at least, they considered the first few Regions were SORT OF connected the way Japan is. But not exactly.
For example, look at Alola. Clearly based on Hawaii, but it doesn't have every Island, nor are the Islands in the correct place compared to Hawaii.
PokéJapan is probably similar to PokéHawaii. Sort of the same, but with some differences. Such as Sinnoh being more north of Johto, and Hoenn being rotated 90 degrees