Can someone explain the second one to me? I don’t know Pokemon but I’m curious.
@mbtihatemyself This is Cinnabar Lab, where, according to the lab logs you find, experiments/studies were done on a pregnant Mew, resulting in the birth of Mewtwo, likely in this very chamber. Since Mew is a mythical Pokémon and the only one in the game is yours (available exclusively through the Pokéball Plus), the implication is that your Mew is the Mew from the lab logs, and you’re essentially bringing Mew back to the place of this traumatic experience.
(Mewtwo’s game origins are different in the games vs the anime–in the anime, Mewtwo was cloned from Mew’s DNA, but in the game, it’s explicitly stated that Mew “gave birth” to Mewtwo)
So, we’ve had regions based on different regions in Japan, the NY-NJ area, France, and Hawaii.
I would like to propose the following idea:
A region based on Australia.
Consider the possibilities–
Starters: A grass-type monitor lizard, a fire-type wallaby, and a water-type platypus
Possible featuring of Johto starters (like how Kalos featured the Kanto starters) to put a spotlight back on Totodile (saltwater croc) and Cyndaquil (could be an echidna?) and possibly mega evolutions for the Johto starters’ final forms.
Kangaskhan and Komala are featured/local mascots
Ground-type based on a wombat
Regional Rattata-equivalent based on a brush-tailed possum
Regional bird based on the zebra finch
Another bird based off of a cassowary that evolves into one based off of an emu (possibly flying/fighting combo?)
Introduction of a new, male counterpart to Kangaskhan (like how Miltank was a Gen 2 female counterpart to Gen 1′s all-male Tauros)
Tasmanian devil-inspired Pokémon (possibly dark-type?)
Ultra-rare Pokémon based on a thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) that everyone thinks is extinct
Pokémon based off of a box jellyfish that has an OHKO Poison move
Diving area where you explore the equivalent of the Great Barrier Reef
Pseudo-legendary based off of Drop Bears
Conservation and preservation of local wildlife is the central theme–you are encouraged to catch and transfer invasive species like Rattata (rats), Buneary (rabbits), Tympole (cane toads), etc to their native regions, and there are in-game rewards for doing so.
Related to the above, the local evil team are some sort of corporate entity trying to expand production into protected areas, insisting that people and domesticated Pokémon are far more important than “wild, dangerous monsters”
An NPC who helps you fight back and protect the local wildlife loosely based off of Steve Irwin, perhaps driving the point home with him having a Mega Feraligatr (if the “mega-formes-for-Johto-starters” thing could happen) that follows him around like the protagonists’ Pokémon do in Let’s Go, probably the NPC who gives you your Mega Keystone.
You eventually awaken the regional legendaries, which are based off of actual indigenous legends, to protect the wild regions and defeat the evil team leader.
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