The Question of the Day is a way to facilitate community discussion to help members ponder the unanswered questions of the world that are somehow relating to the hobby. Questionsj are many times open ended and up to interpretation. Feel free to post your thoughts in as much or as little detail as you’d like.
Helpful Considerations may or may not help some people focus their answer, these are blurred to not bother those who have their own ideas.
Today’s Question:
*QotD: You get to design the next pokemon region, what is its real life inspiration? * (This was a suggested question)
Helpful Considerations: Is it a whole continent? Is it some distant island? A small region of a country? Is it your home? What will it be like and what pokemon will inhabit it?
My home State of Maine! So many habitats and climates for some diverse species. It can be 80 south and on the same day it snows on the tallest mountain. There are sandy beaches, and rocky cliffs along the most eastern coastline. Move westward to the mountains and north to Katadin and the great north woods and old Forrest growth that could hide the secrets of legendary Pokémon like Celebi. Glacial created lakes some so clear you can see down 20 meters. Sprinkled in are some small villages, territories with no names, just numbers and just a few small cities for the larger Pokémon Center or gym experience.
Give me Finland based region, it’s pleasant to play since any encounters with other people have zero small talk and only actual discussions. Much less polar bear based pokemon that most people assume tho
Any mountainous/cavernous/desert region would be incredible. Maybe the American Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Eastern California) and Mexico.
We would have the Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Lehman Caves in Nevada, Lava River Cave in Arizona, Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, Sonoran, Mojave, and Chihuahuan Deserts, etc.
They could develop so many cool Pokemon based on cats, rodents, sheep, bears, foxes and coyotes, geckos, snakes, lizards, bats, eagles, vultures, scorpions, spiders, etc.
Socotra!
Known as one of the most alien places on earth because of its large number of endemic flora and fauna! Would make for a super unique region to explore
I’d love to see a region based on Patagonia (and perhaps room for a DLC based on the Galápagos Islands)!
While primarily a rugged, mountainous region, it could absolutely include lakes, desert (perhaps tying in a conservation effort combating desertification), a snowy area, and craggy coastline.
While not an exhaustive list, I’d want to include a regional form of the Cinccino line, a new stantler evolution (making Wrydeer a branched evolution), a new Puma-based Pokemon line, and many, many birds!
