>>56721868Of the archipelago options, Greece would be the most likely. It has culture, mythological beings and many islands in the Aegean and Cretan Seas. The theme of navigation would come from the poem The Odyssey. In addition, Gaia is of Greek origin.
Hawaii already has Alola.
Japan already has 4 regions and the main islands are very large. Of the small islands, the majority are Hoenn, Sinnoh and Seven Islands. If I were to make one more, it would be with the islands between Shikoku and Honshu.
They say that Italy would be an option because of its dominance of the Mediterranean sea routes in the 15th century and the city of Venice itself. But most of the Italian territory is land and there would only be two or three islands to explore (only if the small islands were increased in size).
The Caribbean would be a good option if the theme of the region was pirates. It would be like Pirates of the Caribbean or AC Black Flag. But Game Freak never wanted to adapt a third world country, unless they break that in Gen 10, but that's unlikely.
Australia is already exempt. That's not an Archipelago, it's a giant island and a small island (Tasmania).
New Zealand has the same problem as Australia, the difference is that they're just two small islands.
Southeast Asia, except for Singapore, is all third world, but it has great fauna for several Pokémon (I wanted a Sun Bear).
