>>44412609Gen 9...
Based on Texas and Mexico with heavy cowboy theming...
Fire type bull starter...
Grass type cactus horse starter...
Water type bear starter...
Gyms based on cowboy showdowns, puzzles more akin to trials...
Pokemon Centers are saloons...
Rangers are a big part of the region and tie into a Switch revival of the Ranger series, with that being a way to get mons with special moves/abilities that you can transfer...
Raids and the wild area return much more fleshed out...
No dynamax, megas or z moves...
New gimmick called Surge forms and Super Surge forms...
They involve being imbued with solar energy to enhance your stats, they make both trainer and pokemon eyes glow yellow and yellow sparks surround them...
Super Surge Pokemon get appearance changes and sometimes type changes...
Yes there are regional variants and evos...
Heliolisk becomes the first Electric/Fire type...
Game exclusive Flying & Ground type eeveelutions named Breezeon and Tecteon, trainers use both in both games...
Clay from Gen 5 shows up and is from the big city, a fusion of Dallas and Mexico City...
Massive honey badger and condor box legends with a cowboy dragon third legend...
Also a roaming legend based on the Lone Ranger...
Fake evil team called Team Libre with Pikachu Libre icon, they’re a bunch of fake, masked wrestlers...
Sunrise Institute is the real evil team, they’re a science group that includes the professor and her lab...
Their icon is a very geometric top half of a sun with a thin line below it...
They introduce you to Surge forms but you come to learn that they are trying to Super Surge humans...
Professor is the leader and after you confront them they Super Charge your rival for a huge showdown...
Gyms and the Elite 4 are no longer themed by type, but it’s unclear whether or not this is a regional gimmick...
Clay is the champion...
Your rival becomes the professor...
Pokemon Sky and Pokemon Earth...
More DLC than Gen 8 but handled better...
No complete dex...