I want stuff that feels like it reflects on the region in more ways than surface level real world reference.
Like a kelpie water/ghost horse would be cool. But it would be even cooler if like the legends they could trick you into thinking they are something else was worked into gameplay, so the overworld model would sometimes appear as other pokemon. Then you could have NPCs warn you about them and generally build a story around it. There is a lot of potential for stuff like
>>39787671 suggesting a poison apple, have it be on trees and look very similar to berries.
Basically the more you see Pokemon in the world, the more I want to see the actual ecology.
Pokemon Snap 2 where you actually investigate shit