>>27495437I think regional differences are an amazing addition to be honest, I just think they really debut it with the wrong ones.
So far they've been highlighting that Alola is a tropical paradise, why show a bunch of ice types? Especially for Pokemon that seem pretty well suited to a tropical climate?
A fire type variant of Geodude as a volcanic rock that evolves into a pumice Gravaler and an obsidian golem would have been cool. Or what about a water type Ekans that has a sea-snake pattern insead? A grass/dark Persian that has tiger stripes?
Those all seem more wild and exotic than an arctic fox and a frozen shrew, to me.