>GF adds minor references that change nothing about the story and are meant to make the world feel more interconnected because Alola is canonically close to KantoNOOOO KANTOOOO BADDDD
>>48953023>all of the alolan forms are kantoOnly actual complaint.
>protag is from kantoExtremely minor background info that changed absolutely nothing about the story, only served as a starting point to explain why your character just moved to Alola and doesnt know much about the culture.
>heahea was founded by kantonians1(One) city founded by a couple of trainers from Kanto.
>Red and Blue at the battle treeRed and blue are known as 2 of the strongest trainers in the world and Alola is close to Kanto as I said so its not out of the question that they would vacation there and participate.
>maile has a nugget bridge1(One) minor location name reference .
>rainbow rocketRocket was the first evil team, obviously they'd want the ultimate evil teamup to reference back to it, and Giovanni was also characterized as the strongest trainer within them so he would make sense as the final boss.
>Alola league was inspired by the kanto leagueAgain alola is close to kanto and this is where kukui could visit easily. Besides that 1 minor point there is literally nothing about the alola league that connects it to kanto more than any otber region since most of the league are the same shit anyways.
They literally just tried to do replicate the connection Johto had with kanto by showing that Alola is effected by kantonian culture and they pulled it off much better. Alola feels like an actual region and has its own personality, if you remove all the kanto shit theres still plenty of stuff that makes Alola unique. They also included references to other regions and actually made alola feel like it exists in an interconnected world. Theyve already made it clear since XY that Kanto pandering is here to stay, at the very least alola does it in a sensible way that isnt forced.
