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Really? Of all the locations in the world to go to, I think going to the US is kind of a no-brainer.It was at the time.
Australia would be great considering it's where i live, but I can't help but to think how similar it would be to Alola. I also prefer Pokemon games that are set in big European capitals. Italy or Spain would be far more aesthetically pleasing than Australia.
How would it be similar to Alola? Australia has a range of unique environments and has a lot of cool wildlife and folklore that would be excellent inspirations for Pokémon.
It depends where in Australia they focus on
Queensland (Where I live) have a very tropical vibe similar to Hawaii
NSW covers a lot. You have the metropolitan Sydney, but you also have dry roads and long stretches of nothing.
You have this
and this
In the same state.
Victoria is more European/American
South Australia is more metropolitan and Western Australia is essentially like country texas with a coastal vibe.
I think the issue is not just how simular it could be to Alola, because a game set in Queensland would be really close to that. It's that Australia is also diverse. You have huge cities, but coastal enviroments and rainforests as well. You could set a game in each individual city, but trying to focus on one area might be tough. Italy and Spain are more easy to capture because the enviroment there is more consistent. Australia is different with every state you visit in.
I think that, like the US and Europe, Australia would probably be divided into several regions.
Well this completely isn’t true... Australia is an entire continent. They have beaches, jungles, mountains and everything in between. The first four regions were all based on Japan. I really don’t think it’d be a far fetched notion that AU could provide inspiration for more than region, however far apart those generations may be.Australia doesn't have a large and diverse enough population to support multiple regions (or at least, its diversity isn't well known, to the rest of the world there's just the European immigrants and the Aborigines).
Ah, good points!Really? Of all the locations in the world to go to, I think going to the US is kind of a no-brainer.
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- It has the oldest dedicated Nintendo branch besides Japan itself (NoA was founded 1980, the others are Australia, founded 1993, Korea, 2006, and Europe, 1990)
- It's the third most-populated country in the world
- It's the first country to receive Pokemon outside of Japan
- Americans primarily speak English, and a lot of translations of Pokemon material translate from English to another language rather than from Japanese (for example, the French dub of the anime is based on the English dub, not the original Japanese)
Well this completely isn’t true... Australia is an entire continent. They have beaches, jungles, mountains and everything in between. The first four regions were all based on Japan. I really don’t think it’d be a far fetched notion that AU could provide inspiration for more than region, however far apart those generations may be.
It’s absolutely relevant. It’s a continent because it’s massive. Your claim about there not being much population diversity there is false. There are huge populations in AU in several different parts of it. Pokémon is huge in AU as well. Just because it’s not as big as it is in Japan doesn’t mean it isn’t big. A large part of the target audience would know about AU subregions either way.Whether or not it's a continent, a country, or just an area in a country is irrelevant, we've had regions based on areas of various political levels. They have various types of biomes, but so does every other region. When they choose whether or not to make a region an entire country or part of a country is most likely based on how populated and well known that area is. Worldwide, most people probably do not know much about the different parts of Australia, it's all just Australia. Japan did have multiple regions, yes, but Japan is an exception because it's their home region. Furthermore, it sells extremely well there, so a large part of its target audience does know about its subregions anyway.
It’s absolutely relevant. It’s a continent because it’s massive.
Your claim about there not being much population diversity there is false. There are huge populations in AU in several different parts of it. Pokémon is huge in AU as well.
Just because it’s not as big as it is in Japan doesn’t mean it isn’t big. A large part of the target audience would know about AU subregions either way.
I mean, I can't readily distinguish the architecture styles of Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh, and I doubt a large part of the US is readily able to, but they still chose to sell Pokemon games here and they still did well.You're missing the point about the diversity. It's not a matter of the population being spread to different cities, it's how culturally similar/different those cities are to one another, and how recognizable those differences are to the world at large. In general is someone probably going to know the difference between someone who lives in Queensland or New South Wales? Are they going to be able to tell Sydney apart from Melbourne or Brisbane? Probably not, most people are probably just going to see all of it as Australia instead of its different subcultures.
Australia has a massive asian population...Australia doesn't have a large and diverse enough population to support multiple regions (or at least, its diversity isn't well known, to the rest of the world there's just the European immigrants and the Aborigines).
Just because you don't know about Australia doesn't mean that most people around the world wouldn't.Worldwide, most people probably do not know much about the different parts of Australia, it's all just Australia.
Australia has a massive asian population...
As another Australian, I second this.As an Australian: I think I should chime in here. Australians are not all alike. There is quite a division between the urban population and the rural population. There is also a strong sense of indigenous identity and Australia as a whole is extremely multicultural. We have a huge italian community, a huge greek community, a huge asian population. We're probably the most diverse nation in the world and our geographic makeup is equally as diverse. Queensland is largely rural minded (the equivalent of maybe texas, but much more white. Victoria is more multiculural and urbanized and politcally more left leaning. Sydney as well. We also have sporting codes that are popular in individual states. Queensland and NSW follow one sport, while Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia follow another. We also have Northern Territory, where the largest proportion of the indigenous population live. Queensland also have a large indigenous population, while you will have to look really hard to find indigenous australians in Sydney or Melbourne. There is a lot that Gamefreak could do here, and I notice how conscious they are about diversity, so maybe Australia would be the perfect region for them after all. But the issue is I don't see how they could fit it all into 1 game. Queensland is 6 times the size of Italy (which tells you how big this country is)
I mean, I can't readily distinguish the architecture styles of Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh, and I doubt a large part of the US is readily able to, but they still chose to sell Pokemon games here and they still did well.
Australia has a massive asian population...
Just because you don't know about Australia doesn't mean that most people around the world wouldn't.
I personally think that an Australia region would be very cool. The outback would be a fantastic place for a wild area.
As an Australian: I think I should chime in here. Australians are not all alike. There is quite a division between the urban population and the rural population. There is also a strong sense of indigenous identity and Australia as a whole is extremely multicultural. We have a huge italian community, a huge greek community, a huge asian population. We're probably the most diverse nation in the world and our geographic makeup is equally as diverse. Queensland is largely rural minded (the equivalent of maybe texas, but much more white. Victoria is more multiculural and urbanized and politcally more left leaning. Sydney as well. We also have sporting codes that are popular in individual states. Queensland and NSW follow one sport, while Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia follow another. We also have Northern Territory, where the largest proportion of the indigenous population live. Queensland also has a large indigenous population, while you will have to look really hard to find indigenous australians in Sydney or Melbourne. There is a lot that Gamefreak could do here, and I notice how conscious they are about diversity, so maybe Australia would be the perfect region for them after all.
But the issue is I don't see how they could fit it all into 1 game. Queensland is 6 times the size of Italy (which tells you how big this country is)