>>44878095Yeah, because cobras, rafflesia flowers, mimes, the Latin alphabet and giraffes scream "Japan." Though for what it's worth, Unova is expressly multicultural, and the starters were meant to represent different nations.
Simisage is based greasers, or on a subculture that was heavily based on greasers, and Petilil/Lilligant are Southern Belles. The Sandile line are similar to crocodiles and caiman that were introduced to America, and crocodiles are found in America anyway.
