>>45384587No, because the Wild Area is ultimately pointless and doesn't fit the description of open world at all. The closest thing we've gotten to Open World in Pokemon is Kanto/Johto and Kalos Route 16.
The wild area just boils down to another hallway, they needed to let you at least go to Turffield or Hulbury from it. Meanwhile, you can't even go to Hammerlocke from it despite there literally being a fucking entrance there.