Region Speculation and Discussion Thread

[djulienr]

Europe? they should incorporate One Direction! I mean they were sponsors or whatever!!!! :D But seriously I hope they include some Italian landmarks too!

[Dragon Master Dan]

Now it definitely looks like it's based on Paris but what I'm wondering is, where in the Pokemon world will this region be located? Do you think it's close to Unova, closer to Kanto (maybe some newly discovered island below Hoenn or something) or it is far from all previous regions?

I didn't know if I should start a new thread so sorry if I shouldn't have for this topic!

[Johnny Boy]

Probably on the other side of the world from Unova since its based off of Europe and Unova is based off of America.

[jokool]

I'm gonna say somewhere in between Kanto and Unova since most of the Pokémon we've seen so far in the trailer are from those regions.

[Solacen]

Well it seems to have pre-gen5 pokemon in it so i would guess somewhere between unova and the rest of the regions.

[GreatLiver]

I highly doubt it'll just be France. I'm expecting we'll see a bit of an extension into eastern Spain along a warm southern body of water. We'll probably have an island up north too. I'd be interested in seeing a city filled with canals on the mainland up north à la Amsterdam. There's just not enough geography to France for them to use it exclusively.

[VeggiePopper]

I highly doubt it'll just be France. I'm expecting we'll see a bit of an extension into eastern Spain along a warm southern body of water. We'll probably have an island up north too. I'd be interested in seeing a city filled with canals on the mainland up north à la Amsterdam. There's just not enough geography to France for them to use it exclusively.

That would be too much land for a single region, and given how many cities and towns each region has, there would be soooo many space wasted. Furthermore, it would kill the opportunities of future countries and cities to get their own region, a right that Japan and the USA have already enjoyed. Why deprive European countries of having their own, separate regions (like Japan and USA) and cram them all together in a single one? Just because Americans usually think of "Europe" as a whole, it doesn't mean it's really that way. Plus, as I've already said, everything here, including the starters, scream 'France', not 'Europe'.

Unless of course, the whole region concept is scapped and we get to travel an actual continent and we get such an enormous map (akin to the large masses of land found in games like Skyrim).

[DarkBlastoise27]

I have a feeling that the part with the Golurk Statue resembles Venice so maybe it crosses over into Venice at some point?

[Fudgenuggets]

Being from the U.S., I kinda can't say much, but I'm really interested to see hoe PokeFrance/PokeEurope turns out.
CALIFORNIA-BASED REGION FOR GEN VII!!! LETS GO WEST COAST!! >_<

[DarkBlastoise27]

I also wouldn't be surprised if the Desert part is from The Australian Outback

[Rocky505]

Could this be the desert like area that was shown in the trailer? It is in france.

[Dragon Master Dan]

Could this be the desert like area that was shown in the trailer? It is in france.

That definitely looks it, good find!!!

[Shiny Porygon]

Could this be the desert like area that was shown in the trailer? It is in france.

That's an observatory near Pic du Midi in the Alps. It's a long way from Paris, but within France. Problem is, a *lot*, if not all observatories have white domes, so it's hard to say whether it's based on this observatory or is just a generic observatory they put in to get a space theme in. It's not like Desert Resort, etc. in Unova are based on specific places, for instance, and may just be purely artistic licence.

[Jolty94]

It will clearly not be based on France alone........ Just because you see a tower that LOOKS LIKE the Eiffel Tower, does not at all mean it is based in Paris, and just because Masuda tweets a picture of him in front of the Eiffel Tower, it could be in relation to Europe as a whole. I suggest we all just stop assuming France for now, our best bet is Europe, those who like France will only be getting their hopes up...

[Rocky505]

It will clearly not be based on France alone........ Just because you see a tower that LOOKS LIKE the Eiffel Tower, does not at all mean it is based in Paris, and just because Masuda tweets a picture of him in front of the Eiffel Tower, it could be in relation to Europe as a whole. I suggest we all just stop assuming France for now, our best bet is Europe, those who like France will only be getting their hopes up...

At least we know it has something to do with Europe. BW was horrendous because of the arguments of Shanghai vs NY.