>>57019862I’ll bite.
Protag comes from The Under (maybe a member of the old Kid’s Grid but not necessary). Due to efforts of the regional Pokemon Lab, kids from these poor, shady areas are being given Pokémon and sent on journeys.
Another big project spearheaded by the lab is the creation of restricted conservation areas to try and allow wild Pokémon to once more spread over Orre post-Cipher fuckery.
Issue is that a new group of ne’er-do-wells (Cipher remnants, Snagem or maybe just Under scum) are invading these areas and fucking shit up.
Protag’s objective is to uncover who’s trying to fuck up things and try to solve it, not because the lab said so, but because they’ve lived during the Cipher crisis and want to do what they can to help people and mon alike in the region.
At some point we run into a couple old faces from the other Orre games and our rival is an old friend from The Under turned petty crime grunt.
No battle gimmicks (aside from an emphasis on double battles as is standard for Orre) but the map will change and new mons become available earlier or later depending on how you go about protecting the nascent wild spots and what order you tackle them in.
Personality-wise, I picture a teen around 15/16, fairly reserved and not too trusting, but eager to make a difference and fully invested in the revitalization projects. He wants his region to come out from the state it’s been in and those guys causing trouble piss him off.