>>58603835This is precisely the philosophy behind the Unova Pokédex (besides being a reboot of Kanto). Many of its Pokémon represent different world cultures because New York is a cosmopolitan city: France with Serperior and the Four Swords, China with Emboar and the Tao Dragons, Japan with Samurott and the Three Kami, Native Americans with Braviary, Latinos with Maractus, Jews with Golurk, and Egyptians with Cofagrigus.
As well as a host of urban themes: Japanese delinquents with monkeys, Western gang members with hooded lizards, ogre construction workers, prairie dogs as traffic workers, factory rat-hunting dogs, Victorian English ladies in black, martial artists, industrial machinery, museum exhibits, and pop singers.
Some would be considered endemic to Central Park and others exotic zoo animals, but that applies to most regions.
