>>58794035this is something that's admittedly an autistic nitpick but the japan-based regions represent their real-world counterparts to a t, unova just decides "what if we threw a desert between nyc and manhattan"
take johto for example, youve got little details like the miltank farm north of olivine city (olivine city is based on kobe, known for its beef) or the population of wild stantler directly west of violet city (violet city is based on nara, known for having a shitton of deer that coexist with humans)
i like little details like that, they really tie the pokemon world to our own and add a nice bit of cohesion. but ever since the regions left japan there's not as many of them. i get it, japanese franchise and all, obviously the devs are gonna be more familiar with japan, but idk i feel like they could benefit from some world travel before developing new gens
