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So when Pokemon create their regions they are often based on real world regions.
The first 4 are obvious,
Kanto - Kanto, Japan
Johto - Kansai, Japan
Hoenn - Kyushu, Japan
Sinnoh - Hokkaido, Japan
Then also fairly obvious we have
Kalos - North France, France
Alola - Hawaii, America
Now there's some confusion whether Galar is England or Great Britain (England + Scotland), which got me looking into the fact there doesn't ever seem to be an official statement on what region is where, it's just sort of "obvious".
Now most commonly people say Unova is based off New York City, which to me seems odd as NYC is a city whereas all other regions have been regions. Paris was turned into Lumiose city, not a region of its own.
Plus when I look at Unova, I just don't see New York?
I just can't see it at all, even when turning the map on the side as for Hoenn and Galar.
To me it looks way more like Hong Kong
Which would make more sense as HK is a Special Administrative Region of China, and it was the games before they added Chinese.
Also Black and White, Reshiram and Zekrom etc seem to me to be based on Ying-Yang.
So is there any actually anything official confirming Unova is NYC, not HK?
Also Orre always seemed more like Israel to me than Arizona. A high tech metropolis in the dessert with ports in the ocean. Whereas Arizona is landlocked.
The first 4 are obvious,
Kanto - Kanto, Japan
Johto - Kansai, Japan
Hoenn - Kyushu, Japan
Sinnoh - Hokkaido, Japan
Then also fairly obvious we have
Kalos - North France, France
Alola - Hawaii, America
Now there's some confusion whether Galar is England or Great Britain (England + Scotland), which got me looking into the fact there doesn't ever seem to be an official statement on what region is where, it's just sort of "obvious".
Now most commonly people say Unova is based off New York City, which to me seems odd as NYC is a city whereas all other regions have been regions. Paris was turned into Lumiose city, not a region of its own.
Plus when I look at Unova, I just don't see New York?
I just can't see it at all, even when turning the map on the side as for Hoenn and Galar.
To me it looks way more like Hong Kong
Which would make more sense as HK is a Special Administrative Region of China, and it was the games before they added Chinese.
Also Black and White, Reshiram and Zekrom etc seem to me to be based on Ying-Yang.
So is there any actually anything official confirming Unova is NYC, not HK?
Also Orre always seemed more like Israel to me than Arizona. A high tech metropolis in the dessert with ports in the ocean. Whereas Arizona is landlocked.