New Region visible in the Delta Episode?

[MrMegaEvo]

Right so I don't know if this is crazy or not but I think I've just found a brand new region (also based off an area in Japan) seen in the part where you are in space with Mega Rayquaza.

So I can't seem to post pictures but I'll try and say what I'm talking about, if you look at the world just when (SPOILER ALERT) Deoxys breaks out of the meteor, you can see what appears to be a brand new region next to Hoenn!

Now, if you look at a real picture of Japan, you can see a region looking EXTREMELY similar located right next to Kyushu (Hoenn in real life), it even has a small island next to it just like the one in the pokemon world!

Sorry if this is too crazy or anything, feel free to discuss but please no hate!

 

[BlackButterfree]

Well, it would make sense. Hoenn is thought to be the Southernmost region we know of to this point, and the Strange Souvenir is CLEARLY based off of an Easter Island head (however, EI is definitely South, but it's also far South of Japan) which implies it comes from a tropical region, perhaps also in the South.

I'd suggest going on YouTube, finding an LP of the Delta Episode, watching it in HQ and taking a screenshot of what you mean.

 

[MrMegaEvo]

Alright here is the region (from an HD video)



And here is the similar place in Japan, it may be farfetch'd (if you'll pardon the pun) but if you tilt it slightly it DOES look similar, also there is a little island next to it just like in the region.

 

[BlackButterfree]

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Alright here is the region (from an HD video)

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And here is the similar place in Japan, it may be farfetch'd (if you'll pardon the pun) but if you tilt it slightly it DOES look similar, also there is a little island next to it just like in the region.

I don't see the similarities, I'm sorry. :/

 

[Zone]

The Japanese island you've posted is Shikoku, which is (or at least the very easy of it is) the basis for Cianwood and the Johto Safari Zone. So technically we have seen it before.

 

[Finicky Fennekin]

I'd super love for this to be a hint at a new region, but it could also just be something to make it look like Hoenn is part of a larger world, not just a giant continent in a sea of nothing.

(If we see any more new regions this gen, I'd rather they be closer to Kalos in the hopes we get customization back...)

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Seems to be a random texture to cover the world in the cutscene. If you look well, you can see how it repeats.
from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjNPFLel0a4

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Still, it doesn't deny the chance it will be a future region. It should look like this:

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[Greentyphlosion]

I'd love for it to be true, but we don't even know for sure that IS Hoenn. Any of the blurred green smears could be Hoenn, and like the previous poster mentioned, they're most likely just random.

In fact south of Hoenn should be a long chain of islands, corresponding to the real-life Ryukyu Islands which connect to Taiwan. I actually think that'd be a good basis for a future region; I've always wanted to see a game set entirely in an archipelago region.

It's interesting they've given us a broad look at the world, though. When we briefly see the planet in X and Y, only Kalos is clearly visible; every other region is obscured by cloud.

 

[MrMegaEvo]

Thanks for all your input guys, I really like seeing what you have to say about this and I think you are all raising some good points. Also, GreenTyphlosion, that would be awesome to get a fully archipelago region-set game!

 

[BlackButterfree]

I'd love for it to be true, but we don't even know for sure that IS Hoenn. Any of the blurred green smears could be Hoenn, and like the previous poster mentioned, they're most likely just random.

In fact south of Hoenn should be a long chain of islands, corresponding to the real-life Ryukyu Islands which connect to Taiwan. I actually think that'd be a good basis for a future region; I've always wanted to see a game set entirely in an archipelago region.

It's interesting they've given us a broad look at the world, though. When we briefly see the planet in X and Y, only Kalos is clearly visible; every other region is obscured by cloud.

I think that aside from Poké Japan, which isn't even shown to be as close together as actual Japan, the Pokéworld and the regular world don't line up.

 

[Greentyphlosion]

I'd love for it to be true, but we don't even know for sure that IS Hoenn. Any of the blurred green smears could be Hoenn, and like the previous poster mentioned, they're most likely just random.

In fact south of Hoenn should be a long chain of islands, corresponding to the real-life Ryukyu Islands which connect to Taiwan. I actually think that'd be a good basis for a future region; I've always wanted to see a game set entirely in an archipelago region.

It's interesting they've given us a broad look at the world, though. When we briefly see the planet in X and Y, only Kalos is clearly visible; every other region is obscured by cloud.

I think that aside from Poké Japan, which isn't even shown to be as close together as actual Japan, the Pokéworld and the regular world don't line up.

I'm not so sure I agree with you. I mean, I agree about PokéJapan being not as close together as regular Japan. It bugged me a little while Soaring that Hoenn appears to be one giant island in the middle of a featureless ocean, but that's probably done so as not to confuse people who might wonder if you could travel to the lands visible on the horizon.

But I'm almost certain PokéEarth is just supposed to be an alternate version of our world with identical geography. X and Y went out of their way to highlight how Kalos is supposed to be France, and I envisage both Orre and Unova located where the real-life Arizona and New York City are, respectively. In fact, I can almost imagine people debating this in 100 years time, when Game Freak have made regions based on Australia and Britain and Iceland and India and Hong Kong and Antarctica and wherever else. But that's speculation.

If nothing else, there's so many out-and-out references to the real world in the anime and the games (like Hollywood, the North Pole, the Pokédex mentioning China, and NYC appearing in the anime long before Black and White were even thought of) that in my mind that's rock-solid proof for PokéEarth being, well, Earth.

 

[godiego]

But I'm almost certain PokéEarth is just supposed to be an alternate version of our world with identical geography. X and Y went out of their way to highlight how Kalos is supposed to be France, and I envisage both Orre and Unova located where the real-life Arizona and New York City are, respectively.

Aside from the fact that Kanto is the same name as the region it was based off of, I'm pretty sure a Japanese person would be able to catch the resemblance easily. I mean, Kalos and Unova are easy for us because they're countries that we're more familiar with.

 

[Alola]

But I'm almost certain PokéEarth is just supposed to be an alternate version of our world with identical geography. X and Y went out of their way to highlight how Kalos is supposed to be France, and I envisage both Orre and Unova located where the real-life Arizona and New York City are, respectively.

Aside from the fact that Kanto is the same name as the region it was based off of, I'm pretty sure a Japanese person would be able to catch the resemblance easily. I mean, Kalos and Unova are easy for us because they're countries that we're more familiar with.

How does the Unova region look like New York? And you can only guess Kalos resembles France because it explicitly has been stated to be similar to such.

 

[Almonds]

But I'm almost certain PokéEarth is just supposed to be an alternate version of our world with identical geography. X and Y went out of their way to highlight how Kalos is supposed to be France, and I envisage both Orre and Unova located where the real-life Arizona and New York City are, respectively.

Aside from the fact that Kanto is the same name as the region it was based off of, I'm pretty sure a Japanese person would be able to catch the resemblance easily. I mean, Kalos and Unova are easy for us because they're countries that we're more familiar with.

How does the Unova region look like New York? And you can only guess Kalos resembles France because it explicitly has been stated to be similar to such.

It's been officially stated that Unova was based on New York

 

[BlackButterfree]

I'd love for it to be true, but we don't even know for sure that IS Hoenn. Any of the blurred green smears could be Hoenn, and like the previous poster mentioned, they're most likely just random.

In fact south of Hoenn should be a long chain of islands, corresponding to the real-life Ryukyu Islands which connect to Taiwan. I actually think that'd be a good basis for a future region; I've always wanted to see a game set entirely in an archipelago region.

It's interesting they've given us a broad look at the world, though. When we briefly see the planet in X and Y, only Kalos is clearly visible; every other region is obscured by cloud.

I think that aside from Poké Japan, which isn't even shown to be as close together as actual Japan, the Pokéworld and the regular world don't line up.

I'm not so sure I agree with you. I mean, I agree about PokéJapan being not as close together as regular Japan. It bugged me a little while Soaring that Hoenn appears to be one giant island in the middle of a featureless ocean, but that's probably done so as not to confuse people who might wonder if you could travel to the lands visible on the horizon.

But I'm almost certain PokéEarth is just supposed to be an alternate version of our world with identical geography. X and Y went out of their way to highlight how Kalos is supposed to be France, and I envisage both Orre and Unova located where the real-life Arizona and New York City are, respectively. In fact, I can almost imagine people debating this in 100 years time, when Game Freak have made regions based on Australia and Britain and Iceland and India and Hong Kong and Antarctica and wherever else. But that's speculation.

If nothing else, there's so many out-and-out references to the real world in the anime and the games (like Hollywood, the North Pole, the Pokédex mentioning China, and NYC appearing in the anime long before Black and White were even thought of) that in my mind that's rock-solid proof for PokéEarth being, well, Earth.

Then how do you know that the real world doesn't exist in its entirety in the games, with the Pokémon regions being a part of an 8th continent specifically created for that universe by GameFreak? There really is no evidence one way or the other.

 

[Alola]

But I'm almost certain PokéEarth is just supposed to be an alternate version of our world with identical geography. X and Y went out of their way to highlight how Kalos is supposed to be France, and I envisage both Orre and Unova located where the real-life Arizona and New York City are, respectively.

Aside from the fact that Kanto is the same name as the region it was based off of, I'm pretty sure a Japanese person would be able to catch the resemblance easily. I mean, Kalos and Unova are easy for us because they're countries that we're more familiar with.

How does the Unova region look like New York? And you can only guess Kalos resembles France because it explicitly has been stated to be similar to such.

It's been officially stated that Unova was based on New York

Saying is different than showing. However I did look up the comparison and the general landscape is indeed similar.

 

[Greentyphlosion]

I'd love for it to be true, but we don't even know for sure that IS Hoenn. Any of the blurred green smears could be Hoenn, and like the previous poster mentioned, they're most likely just random.

In fact south of Hoenn should be a long chain of islands, corresponding to the real-life Ryukyu Islands which connect to Taiwan. I actually think that'd be a good basis for a future region; I've always wanted to see a game set entirely in an archipelago region.

It's interesting they've given us a broad look at the world, though. When we briefly see the planet in X and Y, only Kalos is clearly visible; every other region is obscured by cloud.

I think that aside from Poké Japan, which isn't even shown to be as close together as actual Japan, the Pokéworld and the regular world don't line up.

I'm not so sure I agree with you. I mean, I agree about PokéJapan being not as close together as regular Japan. It bugged me a little while Soaring that Hoenn appears to be one giant island in the middle of a featureless ocean, but that's probably done so as not to confuse people who might wonder if you could travel to the lands visible on the horizon.

But I'm almost certain PokéEarth is just supposed to be an alternate version of our world with identical geography. X and Y went out of their way to highlight how Kalos is supposed to be France, and I envisage both Orre and Unova located where the real-life Arizona and New York City are, respectively. In fact, I can almost imagine people debating this in 100 years time, when Game Freak have made regions based on Australia and Britain and Iceland and India and Hong Kong and Antarctica and wherever else. But that's speculation.

If nothing else, there's so many out-and-out references to the real world in the anime and the games (like Hollywood, the North Pole, the Pokédex mentioning China, and NYC appearing in the anime long before Black and White were even thought of) that in my mind that's rock-solid proof for PokéEarth being, well, Earth.

Then how do you know that the real world doesn't exist in its entirety in the games, with the Pokémon regions being a part of an 8th continent specifically created for that universe by GameFreak? There really is no evidence one way or the other.

That's an interesting idea, I never thought of that before. The only argument I have against that is the fact that Orre, Unova and Kalos are explicitly said to be far from the other four main regions, which to me implies they're in a whole other part of the world. But anything's possible.

 

[BlackButterfree]

That's an interesting idea, I never thought of that before. The only argument I have against that is the fact that Orre, Unova and Kalos are explicitly said to be far from the other four main regions, which to me implies they're in a whole other part of the world. But anything's possible.

I knew about Unova and Kalos (obviously lol) But I've heard that Orre is south of Sinnoh, and east of Almia. It's even speculated on either Almia, Sinnoh or Orre's Bulba pages lol

 

[Greentyphlosion]

That's an interesting idea, I never thought of that before. The only argument I have against that is the fact that Orre, Unova and Kalos are explicitly said to be far from the other four main regions, which to me implies they're in a whole other part of the world. But anything's possible.

I knew about Unova and Kalos (obviously lol) But I've heard that Orre is south of Sinnoh, and east of Almia. It's even speculated on either Almia, Sinnoh or Orre's Bulba pages lol

Do you know, I've never understood why people think Orre is between any of the four regions. People have speculated it's between Johto and Hoenn, or north of Kanto, or next to Almia. I want to see the rest of PokéJapan in future games but I don't think Orre is part of it.

There's no references to any of the other regions in the Orre games, nor to Orre in the console games. It's even referred to as 'Distant Land' on the summary screen of Pokemon transferred to the main games. That's not proof in itself, but it seems that the implication is that Orre was supposed to be located far, far away from the other regions.

 

[BlackButterfree]

That's an interesting idea, I never thought of that before. The only argument I have against that is the fact that Orre, Unova and Kalos are explicitly said to be far from the other four main regions, which to me implies they're in a whole other part of the world. But anything's possible.

I knew about Unova and Kalos (obviously lol) But I've heard that Orre is south of Sinnoh, and east of Almia. It's even speculated on either Almia, Sinnoh or Orre's Bulba pages lol

Do you know, I've never understood why people think Orre is between any of the four regions. People have speculated it's between Johto and Hoenn, or north of Kanto, or next to Almia. I want to see the rest of PokéJapan in future games but I don't think Orre is part of it.

There's no references to any of the other regions in the Orre games, nor to Orre in the console games. It's even referred to as 'Distant Land' on the summary screen of Pokemon transferred to the main games. That's not proof in itself, but it seems that the implication is that Orre was supposed to be located far, far away from the other regions.

Well, Almia's desert/volcano apparently lines up perfectly with Orre? Also, Almia is apparently Greece and the Middle East and is still south of Sinnoh's Hokkaido. So again, real world geography means nothing in the Poké-Verse. In fact, I just took all the regions and made a map of them based on in-game and anime information.