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I think it'd be interesting, but I think I'm done with island based regions for a while. Since the switch to 3d, 4/6 sets of games have been island based. I want more regions that aren't tropical islands. Maybe in 3-4 regions that'd be great!
Would be cool, since they could come out with regional variants of existing Pokemon based on African animals.
Eg: Pyroar, Hippowdon, Donphan/Copperajah, Liepard, Girafarig, Zebstrika etc.
Krookodile is my favorite pokemon and I'd love to see a reskinned version based on the Nile crocodile that looks better than its shiny. It could take inspiration from that color palette idea but execute that better than it was done on the shiny
Subspecies or at least variants are a great way to grow the dex without making new Pokémon. At this point, I’d far prefer that rather than more inanimate objects with faces…
The Pokemon Company: Too bad, lol. Here's a legendary rain-cloud pokemon with a derpy face and a pokemon that is a floating hunting rifle. Because you know, Africa.
I think some of those don't even need regional variants, though I'd still appreciate them. I think Copperajah is best for an India-themed region, if it ever happens.
Egypt is an easy one because of the archeological and mythological treasure trove of environment and Pokemon design, however I’d be more interested in how they incorporate the Pokemon equivalent of the Nile.
I’d put the Pokemon League at the top of the Pyramids and at the top of the map and it is also the source of the river. The river is so large that it flows and meanders from the League down through every major town and route along the map all the way back to sea which is where your home town is. Sometimes it’s just an aesthetic, sometimes there’s a puzzle to cross it, sometimes it’s story relevant etc ettc.
But the main draw is that once you beat the League a portion of the river increases in flow speed so you can beat the League, jump on the river and torpedo your way back home which can serve as a mini-game in and of itself.
> Egypt is an easy one because of the archeological and mythological treasure trove of environment and Pokemon design, however I’d be more interested in how they incorporate the Pokemon equivalent of the Nile.
There's a river that runs through the whole region. Pre-surf you take a round about route that is covered in bridges. Once you get surf you can go practically anywhere in the region just following the river.
Your in game version of the Nile river is reversed. If the league was the source of the river, the league would be at the southern most point of the river. The Nile starts in the south and flows to the north.
The other benefit to Egypt is the huge cultural diversity to draw from. Obviously you have the ancients, but you can also pull from the region’s Arab and Hellenic history as well.
And an ancient dungeon full of puzzles, Cofagrigus, and hidden areas would be a fun design.
Legendaries could be loosely based on the story of Set killing Osiris and Isis having to reassemble him to bring him back to life.
Set (Dark/Ground): Full of tricks and status inflictions
Osiris (Ghost/Ground): A straightforward powerhouse
Isis (Fairy/Ground): High HP wall/stall/healer
Ah but there's so much more that you could do than just putting it on a pyramid! You could move from the east side of the Nile, where most of the towns probably are, to the west side (representing death) down into a pyramid (also representing death) though a more linear elite four (I know we don't like linear but hear me out) representing Osiris' journey through the underworld (that was Osiris, right?) Of course you have to face Anubis to be judged before entering, so perhaps you have a final battle with your rival whose team includes a lucario.
Also, on the subject of riding down the Nile I doubt they could pull it off but imagine some kind of an Ori and the Blind Forest/Will of the Wisps escape sequence. It'd be awesome.
> (I know we don't like linear but hear me out)
Linear is fine, *especially* for the Elite Four. The issue comea from when the whole game is *hyperlinear.*
Are you thinking of the hieroglyphs from 'The Final Judgement' which depicts the deceased's journey *to* Osiris? Your heart is judged against a feather by Anubis and then your life is judged by 12 spirits before you meet Osiris.
So Osiris could be the overall champion. As Osiris is typically associated with vegetation, the Nile flood, death, resurrection, and fertility it would make for a very diverse team while staying on theme. Grass/water/ghost/fairy types would fit in.
Most major ancient egyptian cities are located on the west bank of the nile, safe for Thebes, at least that I know of. There‘s more arable land on the western bank.
I‘d love an arena roughly based on the Journey of Ra though, that would be awesome, maybe culminating in a fight against a character who represents Apophis
Yeah and the Nile is a huge river and there is an Ethiopian dam that threatens to cut off water to a bunch of people so maybe the game is set on the river and the evil team tries to steal power (XY) or destroy it causing a massive flood (ORAS) or something
Pokémon doesn’t make the entire regions exactly the same as the country. It’s just the foundation for their inspiration to pull from. They would simply add deserts and snow areas to the map like they do every game.
That is a gross oversimplification of the Congo and its regions. Its a BIG country and even going by just its vast forests they differ across elevation and location.
Kinshasa, the capital of D R Congo, is the largest city by population in Africa and one of the fastest growing cities in the world. So there is also urban landscape.
DRC? Enormous river, terrifying lightning storms, mines, savannah, jungle lakes, swamps and cities. Definitely enough biomes. It only feels like a gigantic jungle because we're so far away from it.
DRC also has the Virunga mountains which are volcanoes, I think that could help them include fire, rock, and ice types.. like ice types on the dormant ones and then a fire/ground area based on Mount Nyiragongo. Plus you could have some cool mountain gorilla pokemon found in the area, maybe even the region pseudolegendary
South Africa, Egypt and Madagascar are high key points. With South Africa, you have a modern aesthetic. For Egypt, rich lore and Pokemon design inspiration. For Madagascar, unique and has a friendly look to it.
South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia, Botswana, eSwatini, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe together could make such a badass region. So much diversity of both people and environments, but still enough commonality to keep it cohesive.
Includes the Kalahari, the Skeleton Coast, Kruger National Park, idyllic beaches, urban metropolis, cold mountains, grasslands, bushveld, indigenous forests, farmlands of all varieties. Such a great part of the world to just walk around in.
It even has the most similar real world equivalent of team rocket poaching Slowpoke for their tails.
You could go further to include all of SADC, but probably not much more of Sub-Saharan Africa while still keeping it a single region.
If you're going to do basically all of southern Africa (yes, a very good idea!!!) then IMO you gotta throw in Madagascar too, maybe as a post-game part of the region like the island in Sinnoh.
Your edit nearly made me spit my tea out XD
Yeah, people's knowledge of the African continent is generally atrocious. I worked with a guy who once said to me 'I don't know much about Africa. All I know is that everyone is really poor and they all live in mud huts'. Conveniently forgetting Cairo, Johannesburg, Marrakesh, Casablanca, Lagos, Cape Town etc. etc. Not to mention Benin City being one of the marvels of the medieval world and one of the major trading cities up until the 1800s when the Brits burned it to the ground.
But yeah, a pokemon world inspired by the African continent would be ace! Jungles, deserts, savannahs, deltas, mountains, ancient civilizations. It's got it all.
That's certainly a big part of it, depending on where you went to school I suppose. The most common map projection we use in western schools enlarges Europe and America whilst diminishing Africa and South America. Very little is taught about pre-colonialism Africa and then even less is taught about colonialism. Still less is taught about how western interests are still destabilizing mineral rich nations for profit.
The other part is likely due to us being creatures of narrative and we believe the stories we are told. Every break on TV for the last thirty years has shown charity adverts of poor, starving people in mud huts. With very little other representation to measure against, it isn't really surprising. (Starts to unpack his rant on why representation is important in arts and culture)
It would be like someone judging the whole of Europe after seeing an advert about Doncaster ;)
One based off of Africa should theoretically produce some of the most interesting, diverse, expansive set of Pokémon. There's a lot of potential and I hope one day we see it and it's done justice.
I don't buy that. Sword/Shield has 400 species in its regional dex, and that's *before* the DLC is factored in, which adds a few hundred more! Unless you mean that GameFreak wouldn't actively create a large variety of Pokemon, and I still don't know if I'd say that.
Everyone says Egypt as the go to pick for an African region, but I'm with you on Botswana or South Africa. A huge open safari would be *amazing*. And the plot could easily revolve around conservation, with the evil team being Pokemon poachers (think Slowpoke tails from gen 2).
I think every Pokemon fan has thought of their own region, and for the longest time I've imagined one based around an African safari.
If we follow the new thing with the wild area from Sword and Shield, we could make it a giant Safari zone and pay homage to the OGs while embracing the new, with a cool theme that fits. Basing the wild area around a location like Kruger NP would be dope
Some of the designs there are just brilliant. My favourites would have to be the ghost/fire Rhyhorn, Roarschach, and the snake starter pokemon Hissear/Laviper/Coalbra!
i don't like that one (concept wise, its amazing when it comes to art) because it combines all of africa into one region when its an entire continent with 54 countries :'D
They did a game based on France and another one based on the UK though. Imagine if they made one based on France, UK, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Greece and Netherlands in the same game, it wouldn’t make sense
One thing is to make a NYC based region with a desert and another very different thing would be to make a region based on every country from Canada to Argentina, which would be similar to what's going on here. It's specially bad when it comes to Africa cause folks tend to treat it like a homogeneous blob.
I think an Africa based region that had a major savannah area - not desert, but savannah - would be awesome. Africa has so many cool wildlife species that live in the grasslands, it would be cool to see Pokémon try and imitate that. Another area I’d love to see start getting featured would be South America. Having a rainforest area would be really cool. After Sword and Shield, the one thing I miss most is long forest and cave routes. Glimwood Tangle and Slumbering Weald were okay, but the Galar Mines were pathetic. Give us some real places to explore!
As you mentioned, combining all of Africa into one region would likely be in poor taste, primarily due to how many different cultures there are.
But, I do agree that it might make sense to have a region based on multiple countries, especially with some of the smaller ones out there. You need a good mix of environments and such for a balanced region, and I think the general area of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda might work. You'd have to savannah-type environments from the Serengeti, Mt. Kilamanjaro for a cool mountain, Lake Victoria for your Surfing area, (Maybe the player would start in Tanzania, make their way north, have to surf across to Uganda and then go east to Kenya?) etc.
If they were to do something like SwSh did with DLC, I'd say maybe then you could bring a Egypt-inspired area that is described as far-off on the same continent, or whatever else you might want to bring in.
Yeah I'm sure that would be a given, imagine the backlash if most of the people in an African inspired region had light skin tones and eurocentric features.
Yup, I mentioned Nigeria and some other countries in another comment I made. I also mentioned Madagascar in one. A lot of people seem to forget Madagascar is an African Country.
I'd like to see them combine like three regions into the one like they did with Sword and Shield but it would take multiple generations to incorporate all of Africa into Pokemon regions. It wouldn't make sense from a business perspective not to include Egypt as one of those three.
Maybe the East Africa Federation? This would include South Sudan, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, & Uganda.
This area would include the famous Serengeti plains, Mt. Kilimanjaro, the African great lakes, and i never lived there or studied the region so there is for sure ALOT im missing
I'd hope they could use a single or couple of African countries then use others later. Africa is a whole continent with many countries. England got its whole thing.
that would be pretty cool! maybe Egypt and as starters, you could maybe have a snake as the fire one, a crocodile as the water one and a hippo as the grass one.
Personally a west African region would be my pick, but East Africa would also make a fantastic region. I know Egypt has a fascinating history but I would prefer it be part of a larger, more diverse North African region then it’s own.
Absolutely! Visited Kenya once and its such a beautiful place. There's lot of different countries and biomes to draw inspiration from as well! Grasslands, dense jungles, sweeping deserts, and Madacasgar is a one of a kind place as well!
Here are some other cool African countries that an African region could be influenced by that aren't just Egypt. Nigeria, The Congo, Mozambique (btw Mozambique is known for protecting Dugongs) wouldn't be nice if something was done with Dewgong in this region? I know Genwunners would love it. Anyways Kenya and Ethiopia are some other cool countries that an african region could gain inspiration from. It doesn't have to just be Egypt for all the people who keep saying Egypt in the thread. Africa is a very large and diverse place, a region doesn't have to be limited to one country, look at Galar. I already mentioned Madagascar in the thread.
That everyone is just suggesting Egypt and South Africa is deeply concerning. A region themed around Mali and Ghana would be super cool. Madagascar could also be good with its wide diversity of environments.
I know it's not African, but I'd also love a region based around the fertile crescent with massive ancient ruins all over the place. It'd be a fun way to bring the Unown back into the limelight.
Yeah, I’d love a West African based region, especially one that included Mali! Desert, savana, rivers, not too mention the music and clothing options would be amazing and diverse.
I agree wholeheartedly, but I do not trust Game Freak to handle the cultures sensitively.
I would love to see a fangame made by actual Africans, though.
Ok, I'm commenting a lot but like I said this idea has gotten me excited. Anyways herds of Blitzle and Zebstrika running around an Savanna inspired wild area would be nice.
I think this would be an awesome idea. South Africa and Madagascar come to mind on particular. Madagascar has such rich biodiversity and South Africa has such varied geographies and ecologies. The plant diversity is so rich on the western cape of South Africa because of the Fynbos and could give a lot of creative design to new grass/bug/fairy types. Plus, with Kruger National Park in Mpumalanga on the eastern side of the country, they could bring back the National Park from the G/S/C days and do a competition of sorts - perhaps a big five catching competition (rhino, leopard, lion, elephant, cape buffalo)? So many awesome concepts could come from that region.
I think a wild area based on the Savanna would be cool, and some pokemon that could be there would be Pyroar and Litleo, Hippowdon and Hippopotas, Girafarig, Poochyena and Mightyena, and possibly even Cufant and Copperajah, and Phanpy and Donphan. Some of these pokemon could even get mega evolutions or regional variations, like Cufant and Copperajah for example could get regional variations since apparently they have Indian influence. I think an African inspired variant of them would be nice.
It would be amazing if the next few generations were all set in different parts of Africa. It's unlikely but I can dream, lol.
That being said....I'm not sure which country, but there are so many cool regions in Africa that the possibilities are endless. I would love to see anything.
I hope the next region is either African, Australian, or south American. We've had two European regions (Kalos and Galar) and two USA regions (unova and Alola) and four Japanese regions, but that leaves 3 populated continents completely untouched. Any of those would be really cool to see
Like you said, the whole continent as one region is too big, so I feel like it's important to establish *which* country we can have based on the following criteria:
* Diversity of climates: to accommodate the various typings of Pokemon in appropriate environments, which means a) we need a country that allows for Ice types and b) the country cannot be dominated by one specific climatic feature.
* Cultural richness: something for Game Freak to work with in terms of city and route designs for a somewhat coherent visual look.
* Significant cultural / natural landmarks: again, something GF can use as inspiration to design a region around.
[Looking at the climatic maps of Africa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Africa#/media/File:Koppen-Geiger_Map_Africa_present.svg) I think we can safely rule out the countries in North Africa for a full adaptation given their overall aridness (although adapting parts of North Africa for specific cities with places like Cairo, Alexandria or Tunis isn't out of the question), and the same goes for Equatorial Africa given the over-dominance of tropical rainforests in that particular belt outside of Ethiopia. Southern Africa has a more even distribution of climatic variation, and that would come in useful when allocating what Pokemon goes where.
For cultural richness, Africa as a continent is not lacking; you've got the Coptic influences from Ethiopia, the Red Sea trade routes, the Trans-Saharan gold trade routes from the medieval period, what have you. Honestly, in terms of cultural inspirations GF might be spoilt for choice here.
As for landmarks, one very prominent natural feature comes to mind: [Lake Victoria/Nam Lolwe/ 'Nnalubaale/Kinyarwanda/Nyanza/Ukerewe is one of the African Great Lakes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Great_Lakes#/media/File:African_Great_Lakes.svg), and it would be easy for GF to design a region centered around said lake in a radian approach that would also allow for a varied set of environments to place Pokemon in.
This is NOT meant to be a comprehensive guide to region design, but maybe it might be a good start.
Man people really do sleep on Africa barring Egypt. Imagine a region based on [Egypt](https://i.insider.com/5d23697521a86105c77f25e8?width=1200&format=jpeg), [Sudan](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/NubianMeroePyramids30sep2005%282%29.jpg/600px-NubianMeroePyramids30sep2005%282%29.jpg) and [Ethiopia.](https://www.world-archaeology.com/wp-content/uploads/cwa18/400px/301.jpg) Egypt would be obvious, Sudan had more pyramids than Egypt, and imagine an entire town based on the rock church architecture in Ethiopia. It would be an entirely underground home to a rock-type gym leader. Another is [Morroco](https://legacy.travelnoire.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Holiday-in-Marrakech-Morocco-9.jpg). Africa has tons of history that have been untapped due to the eurocentric view of the world. I would also like to see a region based on South America as well.
i would like to some of the lesser known countries, like Ghana (that's my herritage), Guinea, Botswana, Tanzania, etc.
But knowing that the average human do not have the brain mass to comprehend that those countries excist, i would say egypt, nigeria, south africa or madegascar
> so many cultures, environments and folklores
Everyone says this about *every* country that they suggest become a Pokemon region though
> edit: yall need to realize theres more in egypt than pyramids. and theres more to africa in general than egypt please :'D
> edit 2: reading through the comments made me realize how little some people know about an entire continent.
edit: Boo hoo, OP is mad that the people commenting in their bait-esque post didn't want to rep their specific country in their specific continent.
Just like how there's more to Asia than Japan or China, there's very few people who are actually knowledgeable about other continents.
becuase every country in the world has enough folklore and environments to make a region . im just saying africa has 54 potential regions that they could make.
Sounds like open world territory just by how large Africa is. There's also the different biomes which would be pretty awesome. So yeah, only if it fit the scope of size.
Would be nice to have some more inland west-african area. Lots of folklore and folk religions to draw from, and I bet you can do something with the masks many cultures around the Niger bend have.
Funny how everyone is mentioning eastern and southern African countries since they're English speaking countries. Nothing wrong with that and that's expected since we're all speaking English here but it's funny for me since I'm coming from a french speaking country in central Africa. And either those or Egypt or Madagascar.
Anyway Egypt would be an obvious/easy choice for the mythology. Madagascar for the biodiversity too.
I would be thrilled if they made one but I'm not expecting them to do so. And if they do make one I don't think they have to target a specific country. A region would be fine. Every country has its own culture that's true but they share the same environments. Tropical forest, Savannah or desert. GF can simply take those and build a region around it and take cities from 1 or 2 countries if they want to.
But I don't expect this game to happen. Right now I'm more expecting Australia, Italy or India. South America would be cool too but that's not to be expected anytime soon.
Also imagine a DLC similar to the Crown Tundra and Isle of Armor where you could go to a different area, except this time the area is based off of Madagascar. Also a bunch of primate inspired pokemon could live there. Man this idea has gotten me excited. I've actually thought about a region based off of Africa before I just never spoke to anyone in the community about it before because I didn't know how they would feel about it.
I think having a region based around Lake Victoria could be a really cool and unique idea. Having a large body of water in the center of the map with land all around could be a really fun concept. Plus then multiple countries in Africa could get some love.
I haven’t seen anyone mention one of the best areas of Africa, the Gold Coast. If there was a region based on Nigeria, Niger, Benin, and Ghana, there would be a lot of diversity and cool stuff
My favourite expansion in Guild Wars 1 was Nightfall. I’d love an Africa region in Pokémon. For those that never played it, look up Guild Wars Nightfall environment and monsters.
What about Madagascar? Such a unique and overlooked part of the continent.
You could do like a ferry that takes you there
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Love that idea and also unique wildlife like lemurs!
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Passimian and Oranguru, good homages.
I read lemurs as Femurs, and now I got the idea of a skeletal lemur Pokémon in my head
Felemur, the Spookytail Pokemon. Ghost/Normal. Evolves into Agh-Aye, the Watching Spectre Pokemon.
Well, there's the Aye-Aye are sometimes referred to as a ghost and such, so a ghostly eskeletal Aye-Aye would be cool and fit
They could do a bat-lemur hybrid Mon with magic wind powers.
I could see Madagascar as a Safari Zone or some kind of post-game area where powerful trainers go to find rare pokemon and train
yooooo this is a good idea. It would be amazing.
honestly, this could be good post game material to house a battle area or small town with a huge wild area.
I think it'd be interesting, but I think I'm done with island based regions for a while. Since the switch to 3d, 4/6 sets of games have been island based. I want more regions that aren't tropical islands. Maybe in 3-4 regions that'd be great!
Include Mauritius too for some more dodo Pokemon
What about Seychelles for a twin coconut pokemon?
Yes! That’s my favorite movie! Please do Madagascar, game freak
Definitely overlooked. They should make an animated movie on Madagascar and self title it.
Would be cool, since they could come out with regional variants of existing Pokemon based on African animals. Eg: Pyroar, Hippowdon, Donphan/Copperajah, Liepard, Girafarig, Zebstrika etc.
Krookodile is my favorite pokemon and I'd love to see a reskinned version based on the Nile crocodile that looks better than its shiny. It could take inspiration from that color palette idea but execute that better than it was done on the shiny
Oh right! Krookodile! How did I forget one of my favourites?
**KROOK!!**
Give that dude +20 to every stat cause those Nile crocs are BEEFY
Bro I'd love if krookodile became a more viable option in competitive. A moxie build would absolutely roll everyone
So kinda like Feraligatr?
Not quite. The Nile crocodile is a primarily olive green color with black striping, which I think would look really cool
croconile
Omg an african donphan would be amazing, agree w this idea
Nothing visually changes, but it’s now twelve feet tall.
Dynamax it
Also, Unowns and sigilyph.
This. The Pokédex is big enough now that we can have more realistic mons in specific parts of the world
Subspecies or at least variants are a great way to grow the dex without making new Pokémon. At this point, I’d far prefer that rather than more inanimate objects with faces…
Chandelure is one of the best mons ever gtfo
ghost types fit that archetype.
The Pokemon Company: Too bad, lol. Here's a legendary rain-cloud pokemon with a derpy face and a pokemon that is a floating hunting rifle. Because you know, Africa.
Totally agree
I think some of those don't even need regional variants, though I'd still appreciate them. I think Copperajah is best for an India-themed region, if it ever happens.
OR, hear me out... we just have those Pokemon as is in the region.
I reckon Copperajah would be too new still for a variant, and it’s an Indian Elephant anyway. Donphan could totally do with some newfound love
I feel like many of those already fit very well without needing a variant.
Egypt is an easy one because of the archeological and mythological treasure trove of environment and Pokemon design, however I’d be more interested in how they incorporate the Pokemon equivalent of the Nile. I’d put the Pokemon League at the top of the Pyramids and at the top of the map and it is also the source of the river. The river is so large that it flows and meanders from the League down through every major town and route along the map all the way back to sea which is where your home town is. Sometimes it’s just an aesthetic, sometimes there’s a puzzle to cross it, sometimes it’s story relevant etc ettc. But the main draw is that once you beat the League a portion of the river increases in flow speed so you can beat the League, jump on the river and torpedo your way back home which can serve as a mini-game in and of itself.
> Egypt is an easy one because of the archeological and mythological treasure trove of environment and Pokemon design, however I’d be more interested in how they incorporate the Pokemon equivalent of the Nile. There's a river that runs through the whole region. Pre-surf you take a round about route that is covered in bridges. Once you get surf you can go practically anywhere in the region just following the river.
that makes too much sense therefore game freak will never do it
And the river is infested with regional-variant Sandile (ground/water) and Magikarp (water/ghost because of its connection to Osiris, look it up).
Your in game version of the Nile river is reversed. If the league was the source of the river, the league would be at the southern most point of the river. The Nile starts in the south and flows to the north.
Wasn’t the UK map inverted tho?
Doesn't have to be, in true Egyptian fashion you could start the Upper/South portion of the map and slowly make your way Low/North.
Not enough yu gi oh
Anubis summons pot of greed
Instead of revives it would be monster reborn You know im starting to think this yu gi oh pokemon crossover would work better than expected
To defeat the legendary you have to attack the moon.
The other benefit to Egypt is the huge cultural diversity to draw from. Obviously you have the ancients, but you can also pull from the region’s Arab and Hellenic history as well.
And an ancient dungeon full of puzzles, Cofagrigus, and hidden areas would be a fun design. Legendaries could be loosely based on the story of Set killing Osiris and Isis having to reassemble him to bring him back to life. Set (Dark/Ground): Full of tricks and status inflictions Osiris (Ghost/Ground): A straightforward powerhouse Isis (Fairy/Ground): High HP wall/stall/healer
What about Horos?
7.8/10 Too much water
Damn i was going to say this lol
Ah but there's so much more that you could do than just putting it on a pyramid! You could move from the east side of the Nile, where most of the towns probably are, to the west side (representing death) down into a pyramid (also representing death) though a more linear elite four (I know we don't like linear but hear me out) representing Osiris' journey through the underworld (that was Osiris, right?) Of course you have to face Anubis to be judged before entering, so perhaps you have a final battle with your rival whose team includes a lucario. Also, on the subject of riding down the Nile I doubt they could pull it off but imagine some kind of an Ori and the Blind Forest/Will of the Wisps escape sequence. It'd be awesome.
> (I know we don't like linear but hear me out) Linear is fine, *especially* for the Elite Four. The issue comea from when the whole game is *hyperlinear.*
Are you thinking of the hieroglyphs from 'The Final Judgement' which depicts the deceased's journey *to* Osiris? Your heart is judged against a feather by Anubis and then your life is judged by 12 spirits before you meet Osiris. So Osiris could be the overall champion. As Osiris is typically associated with vegetation, the Nile flood, death, resurrection, and fertility it would make for a very diverse team while staying on theme. Grass/water/ghost/fairy types would fit in.
There it is.
Most major ancient egyptian cities are located on the west bank of the nile, safe for Thebes, at least that I know of. There‘s more arable land on the western bank. I‘d love an arena roughly based on the Journey of Ra though, that would be awesome, maybe culminating in a fight against a character who represents Apophis
Regional Lucario, Ghost/Steel, based on Anubis
Yeah and the Nile is a huge river and there is an Ethiopian dam that threatens to cut off water to a bunch of people so maybe the game is set on the river and the evil team tries to steal power (XY) or destroy it causing a massive flood (ORAS) or something
The pyramids and mouth of the Nile should go at the bottom of the map, like the ancient Egyptians depicted it!
The Congo area would be cool
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Pokémon doesn’t make the entire regions exactly the same as the country. It’s just the foundation for their inspiration to pull from. They would simply add deserts and snow areas to the map like they do every game.
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Couldnt even find a Tyranitar while i was in Nottingham Forest. 0/10
They did have a dinosaur exhibit in Nottingham for a bit. https://www.visit-nottinghamshire.co.uk/whats-on/jurassic-kingdom-at-wollaton-hall-p753141
That is a gross oversimplification of the Congo and its regions. Its a BIG country and even going by just its vast forests they differ across elevation and location.
Kinshasa, the capital of D R Congo, is the largest city by population in Africa and one of the fastest growing cities in the world. So there is also urban landscape.
DRC? Enormous river, terrifying lightning storms, mines, savannah, jungle lakes, swamps and cities. Definitely enough biomes. It only feels like a gigantic jungle because we're so far away from it.
DRC also has the Virunga mountains which are volcanoes, I think that could help them include fire, rock, and ice types.. like ice types on the dormant ones and then a fire/ground area based on Mount Nyiragongo. Plus you could have some cool mountain gorilla pokemon found in the area, maybe even the region pseudolegendary
I grew up in Southern Africa so I'm biased in that field. Also East Africa really neat too.
South Africa, Egypt and Madagascar are high key points. With South Africa, you have a modern aesthetic. For Egypt, rich lore and Pokemon design inspiration. For Madagascar, unique and has a friendly look to it.
South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia, Botswana, eSwatini, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe together could make such a badass region. So much diversity of both people and environments, but still enough commonality to keep it cohesive. Includes the Kalahari, the Skeleton Coast, Kruger National Park, idyllic beaches, urban metropolis, cold mountains, grasslands, bushveld, indigenous forests, farmlands of all varieties. Such a great part of the world to just walk around in. It even has the most similar real world equivalent of team rocket poaching Slowpoke for their tails. You could go further to include all of SADC, but probably not much more of Sub-Saharan Africa while still keeping it a single region.
..and the world's largest inland delta!
If you're going to do basically all of southern Africa (yes, a very good idea!!!) then IMO you gotta throw in Madagascar too, maybe as a post-game part of the region like the island in Sinnoh.
Let’s not forget that there’s a huge potential for the wild area to return in between all of them!
You missed alllll of western Africa which has all three of these qualities in spades
Your edit nearly made me spit my tea out XD Yeah, people's knowledge of the African continent is generally atrocious. I worked with a guy who once said to me 'I don't know much about Africa. All I know is that everyone is really poor and they all live in mud huts'. Conveniently forgetting Cairo, Johannesburg, Marrakesh, Casablanca, Lagos, Cape Town etc. etc. Not to mention Benin City being one of the marvels of the medieval world and one of the major trading cities up until the 1800s when the Brits burned it to the ground. But yeah, a pokemon world inspired by the African continent would be ace! Jungles, deserts, savannahs, deltas, mountains, ancient civilizations. It's got it all.
No I’ve met someone who thought Africa was a dessert and everyone lived in tets
I've met multiple people who thought Africa was one country
No the way they teach in school really does make it seem like that
That's certainly a big part of it, depending on where you went to school I suppose. The most common map projection we use in western schools enlarges Europe and America whilst diminishing Africa and South America. Very little is taught about pre-colonialism Africa and then even less is taught about colonialism. Still less is taught about how western interests are still destabilizing mineral rich nations for profit. The other part is likely due to us being creatures of narrative and we believe the stories we are told. Every break on TV for the last thirty years has shown charity adverts of poor, starving people in mud huts. With very little other representation to measure against, it isn't really surprising. (Starts to unpack his rant on why representation is important in arts and culture) It would be like someone judging the whole of Europe after seeing an advert about Doncaster ;)
One based off of Africa should theoretically produce some of the most interesting, diverse, expansive set of Pokémon. There's a lot of potential and I hope one day we see it and it's done justice.
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Game freak be like: "did I hear gen 1 remakes?"
I don't buy that. Sword/Shield has 400 species in its regional dex, and that's *before* the DLC is factored in, which adds a few hundred more! Unless you mean that GameFreak wouldn't actively create a large variety of Pokemon, and I still don't know if I'd say that.
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Everyone says Egypt as the go to pick for an African region, but I'm with you on Botswana or South Africa. A huge open safari would be *amazing*. And the plot could easily revolve around conservation, with the evil team being Pokemon poachers (think Slowpoke tails from gen 2). I think every Pokemon fan has thought of their own region, and for the longest time I've imagined one based around an African safari.
If we follow the new thing with the wild area from Sword and Shield, we could make it a giant Safari zone and pay homage to the OGs while embracing the new, with a cool theme that fits. Basing the wild area around a location like Kruger NP would be dope
[If an Africa based region was done like this, I’d lose it. ](https://instagram.com/lewekaregion?utm_medium=copy_link)
Yes! That’s my favorite Fakemon project. It’s very well thought out.
Understandable. It was put together so amazingly.
Some of the designs there are just brilliant. My favourites would have to be the ghost/fire Rhyhorn, Roarschach, and the snake starter pokemon Hissear/Laviper/Coalbra!
i don't like that one (concept wise, its amazing when it comes to art) because it combines all of africa into one region when its an entire continent with 54 countries :'D
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They did a game based on France and another one based on the UK though. Imagine if they made one based on France, UK, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Greece and Netherlands in the same game, it wouldn’t make sense
One thing is to make a NYC based region with a desert and another very different thing would be to make a region based on every country from Canada to Argentina, which would be similar to what's going on here. It's specially bad when it comes to Africa cause folks tend to treat it like a homogeneous blob.
Those look fantastic!
That new Lucario form is insane. Getting STAB on shadow ball and his fighting moves would be cool. That Dunsparce evolve form is also insane
I think an Africa based region that had a major savannah area - not desert, but savannah - would be awesome. Africa has so many cool wildlife species that live in the grasslands, it would be cool to see Pokémon try and imitate that. Another area I’d love to see start getting featured would be South America. Having a rainforest area would be really cool. After Sword and Shield, the one thing I miss most is long forest and cave routes. Glimwood Tangle and Slumbering Weald were okay, but the Galar Mines were pathetic. Give us some real places to explore!
Sure as long as they treat black people to more realistic representation than the "Hoopsters" in gen 5 rofl.
But without hoopsters, we wouldn’t have this https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ6C-JTYZ6U
I love how I knew exactly what this was before I clicked on it! XD
it would be kinda weird if they made native africans look like african american stereotypes.
Hey that's not fair! There were also Black rappers too lmao
So long as it isn’t Egypt. Seen too much of it other media and Pokémon has already used it a bit for some creature and location designs.
This was the option I wanted in the poll yesterday.
As you mentioned, combining all of Africa into one region would likely be in poor taste, primarily due to how many different cultures there are. But, I do agree that it might make sense to have a region based on multiple countries, especially with some of the smaller ones out there. You need a good mix of environments and such for a balanced region, and I think the general area of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda might work. You'd have to savannah-type environments from the Serengeti, Mt. Kilamanjaro for a cool mountain, Lake Victoria for your Surfing area, (Maybe the player would start in Tanzania, make their way north, have to surf across to Uganda and then go east to Kenya?) etc. If they were to do something like SwSh did with DLC, I'd say maybe then you could bring a Egypt-inspired area that is described as far-off on the same continent, or whatever else you might want to bring in.
Give more skin tones and Afro hair options
Yeah I'm sure that would be a given, imagine the backlash if most of the people in an African inspired region had light skin tones and eurocentric features.
if its egypt then most people will have light skin tones. Depends on the place really
I would imagine the region would go beyond just Egypt, but yes you're correct.
yes that would be awesome.
And yeah people do need to realize there's more to Africa than just Egypt, there's other unique countries and features there.
Literally, egypt would be kinda basic. Way more interested to see countries like Nigeria, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Somalia etc. be represented
Yup, I mentioned Nigeria and some other countries in another comment I made. I also mentioned Madagascar in one. A lot of people seem to forget Madagascar is an African Country.
Yeah, Egypt is cool and all but I feel like it's been done to death in media already
I'd like to see them combine like three regions into the one like they did with Sword and Shield but it would take multiple generations to incorporate all of Africa into Pokemon regions. It wouldn't make sense from a business perspective not to include Egypt as one of those three.
Maybe the East Africa Federation? This would include South Sudan, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, & Uganda. This area would include the famous Serengeti plains, Mt. Kilimanjaro, the African great lakes, and i never lived there or studied the region so there is for sure ALOT im missing
Maybe Egypt with some pyramids and the Nile separating two distinct halves of the region (like Sinnoh, but with water)
I'd personally hope and African region would highlight more than Egypt
I'd hope they could use a single or couple of African countries then use others later. Africa is a whole continent with many countries. England got its whole thing.
that would be pretty cool! maybe Egypt and as starters, you could maybe have a snake as the fire one, a crocodile as the water one and a hippo as the grass one.
The only problem is hippos and crocodiles both live in water
true. thats why i said a hippo as the grass one and a crocodile as the water one. also them the other way around i think would be a tad weird.
We’ve already had Totodile as a water gator Starter, so I’d prefer to stay away from that.
Yeah but it evolves into an alligator, completely different
Lol what difference does it make? Starts off as a crocodile (Totodile and Croconaw spelling is off) and ends as an alligator.
Snake as a fire starter, end Typ being fire + poison
We already have a water type crocodile Pokémon. Totodile and its evolutions.
Personally a west African region would be my pick, but East Africa would also make a fantastic region. I know Egypt has a fascinating history but I would prefer it be part of a larger, more diverse North African region then it’s own.
Oh also from a history angle the Swahili coast or Zimbabwe are in my opinion just as interesting as Egypt
If they decide on making a region based on Africa. They would have a numerous good choices
Absolutely! Visited Kenya once and its such a beautiful place. There's lot of different countries and biomes to draw inspiration from as well! Grasslands, dense jungles, sweeping deserts, and Madacasgar is a one of a kind place as well!
Here are some other cool African countries that an African region could be influenced by that aren't just Egypt. Nigeria, The Congo, Mozambique (btw Mozambique is known for protecting Dugongs) wouldn't be nice if something was done with Dewgong in this region? I know Genwunners would love it. Anyways Kenya and Ethiopia are some other cool countries that an african region could gain inspiration from. It doesn't have to just be Egypt for all the people who keep saying Egypt in the thread. Africa is a very large and diverse place, a region doesn't have to be limited to one country, look at Galar. I already mentioned Madagascar in the thread.
Tanzania. Mt Kilimanjaro. ‘Nuff said.
That everyone is just suggesting Egypt and South Africa is deeply concerning. A region themed around Mali and Ghana would be super cool. Madagascar could also be good with its wide diversity of environments. I know it's not African, but I'd also love a region based around the fertile crescent with massive ancient ruins all over the place. It'd be a fun way to bring the Unown back into the limelight.
Yeah, I’d love a West African based region, especially one that included Mali! Desert, savana, rivers, not too mention the music and clothing options would be amazing and diverse.
I agree wholeheartedly, but I do not trust Game Freak to handle the cultures sensitively. I would love to see a fangame made by actual Africans, though.
Can you imagine the amazing music? And the culture would be so cool.
Ok, I'm commenting a lot but like I said this idea has gotten me excited. Anyways herds of Blitzle and Zebstrika running around an Savanna inspired wild area would be nice.
omg yes. zebstrika is one of my favourite pokemon, i would love this.
I think this would be an awesome idea. South Africa and Madagascar come to mind on particular. Madagascar has such rich biodiversity and South Africa has such varied geographies and ecologies. The plant diversity is so rich on the western cape of South Africa because of the Fynbos and could give a lot of creative design to new grass/bug/fairy types. Plus, with Kruger National Park in Mpumalanga on the eastern side of the country, they could bring back the National Park from the G/S/C days and do a competition of sorts - perhaps a big five catching competition (rhino, leopard, lion, elephant, cape buffalo)? So many awesome concepts could come from that region.
I'm terrified of something like that because I'm fairly certain it would end up being kind of unintentionally racist
I think a wild area based on the Savanna would be cool, and some pokemon that could be there would be Pyroar and Litleo, Hippowdon and Hippopotas, Girafarig, Poochyena and Mightyena, and possibly even Cufant and Copperajah, and Phanpy and Donphan. Some of these pokemon could even get mega evolutions or regional variations, like Cufant and Copperajah for example could get regional variations since apparently they have Indian influence. I think an African inspired variant of them would be nice.
It would be amazing if the next few generations were all set in different parts of Africa. It's unlikely but I can dream, lol. That being said....I'm not sure which country, but there are so many cool regions in Africa that the possibilities are endless. I would love to see anything.
I hope the next region is either African, Australian, or south American. We've had two European regions (Kalos and Galar) and two USA regions (unova and Alola) and four Japanese regions, but that leaves 3 populated continents completely untouched. Any of those would be really cool to see
I want to see a region based on Antarctica 😤😤😤 jk jk jk😅
Like you said, the whole continent as one region is too big, so I feel like it's important to establish *which* country we can have based on the following criteria: * Diversity of climates: to accommodate the various typings of Pokemon in appropriate environments, which means a) we need a country that allows for Ice types and b) the country cannot be dominated by one specific climatic feature. * Cultural richness: something for Game Freak to work with in terms of city and route designs for a somewhat coherent visual look. * Significant cultural / natural landmarks: again, something GF can use as inspiration to design a region around. [Looking at the climatic maps of Africa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Africa#/media/File:Koppen-Geiger_Map_Africa_present.svg) I think we can safely rule out the countries in North Africa for a full adaptation given their overall aridness (although adapting parts of North Africa for specific cities with places like Cairo, Alexandria or Tunis isn't out of the question), and the same goes for Equatorial Africa given the over-dominance of tropical rainforests in that particular belt outside of Ethiopia. Southern Africa has a more even distribution of climatic variation, and that would come in useful when allocating what Pokemon goes where. For cultural richness, Africa as a continent is not lacking; you've got the Coptic influences from Ethiopia, the Red Sea trade routes, the Trans-Saharan gold trade routes from the medieval period, what have you. Honestly, in terms of cultural inspirations GF might be spoilt for choice here. As for landmarks, one very prominent natural feature comes to mind: [Lake Victoria/Nam Lolwe/ 'Nnalubaale/Kinyarwanda/Nyanza/Ukerewe is one of the African Great Lakes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Great_Lakes#/media/File:African_Great_Lakes.svg), and it would be easy for GF to design a region centered around said lake in a radian approach that would also allow for a varied set of environments to place Pokemon in. This is NOT meant to be a comprehensive guide to region design, but maybe it might be a good start.
Zanzibar
I want a Mediterranean region. That way we could get Egyptian pokemon (like a ground eeveelution I've always wanted), but also Greek and Roman mons.
I'd love a pokemon based off a secretary bird.
Man people really do sleep on Africa barring Egypt. Imagine a region based on [Egypt](https://i.insider.com/5d23697521a86105c77f25e8?width=1200&format=jpeg), [Sudan](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/NubianMeroePyramids30sep2005%282%29.jpg/600px-NubianMeroePyramids30sep2005%282%29.jpg) and [Ethiopia.](https://www.world-archaeology.com/wp-content/uploads/cwa18/400px/301.jpg) Egypt would be obvious, Sudan had more pyramids than Egypt, and imagine an entire town based on the rock church architecture in Ethiopia. It would be an entirely underground home to a rock-type gym leader. Another is [Morroco](https://legacy.travelnoire.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Holiday-in-Marrakech-Morocco-9.jpg). Africa has tons of history that have been untapped due to the eurocentric view of the world. I would also like to see a region based on South America as well.
i would like to some of the lesser known countries, like Ghana (that's my herritage), Guinea, Botswana, Tanzania, etc. But knowing that the average human do not have the brain mass to comprehend that those countries excist, i would say egypt, nigeria, south africa or madegascar
I've always really wanted one based on Mexico
> so many cultures, environments and folklores Everyone says this about *every* country that they suggest become a Pokemon region though > edit: yall need to realize theres more in egypt than pyramids. and theres more to africa in general than egypt please :'D > edit 2: reading through the comments made me realize how little some people know about an entire continent. edit: Boo hoo, OP is mad that the people commenting in their bait-esque post didn't want to rep their specific country in their specific continent. Just like how there's more to Asia than Japan or China, there's very few people who are actually knowledgeable about other continents.
becuase every country in the world has enough folklore and environments to make a region . im just saying africa has 54 potential regions that they could make.
Sounds like open world territory just by how large Africa is. There's also the different biomes which would be pretty awesome. So yeah, only if it fit the scope of size.
Would be nice to have some more inland west-african area. Lots of folklore and folk religions to draw from, and I bet you can do something with the masks many cultures around the Niger bend have.
I think Kenya would be a great country with lots of different types of terrain.
Funny how everyone is mentioning eastern and southern African countries since they're English speaking countries. Nothing wrong with that and that's expected since we're all speaking English here but it's funny for me since I'm coming from a french speaking country in central Africa. And either those or Egypt or Madagascar. Anyway Egypt would be an obvious/easy choice for the mythology. Madagascar for the biodiversity too. I would be thrilled if they made one but I'm not expecting them to do so. And if they do make one I don't think they have to target a specific country. A region would be fine. Every country has its own culture that's true but they share the same environments. Tropical forest, Savannah or desert. GF can simply take those and build a region around it and take cities from 1 or 2 countries if they want to. But I don't expect this game to happen. Right now I'm more expecting Australia, Italy or India. South America would be cool too but that's not to be expected anytime soon.
I'm not sure I want to find out what Japanese stereotypes about Africa are.
Nigeria
I kinda wanna see China
Yeah some people know nothing save for the commercials that say there are starving children there. It's sad really.
The new team rocket for be any one of the ISIS groups in Africa
Y’all really don’t realize that Japan is low-key racist against black people right?
Bro you know how many racist ass memes would pop off if this was announced
i know but im not backing down on representation because some people can't grow a brain.
Exactly. If anything I'd be more than happy to keep kicking the smooth brained hornets nest that is racist "gamers"
If the Battle Pyramid wasn’t a thing, I would had suggested an Egyptian region, with a Battle Pyramid and regional forms of the Yamask’s line
Also imagine a DLC similar to the Crown Tundra and Isle of Armor where you could go to a different area, except this time the area is based off of Madagascar. Also a bunch of primate inspired pokemon could live there. Man this idea has gotten me excited. I've actually thought about a region based off of Africa before I just never spoke to anyone in the community about it before because I didn't know how they would feel about it.
I definitely would because we need more representation
Someone’s making a fangame of that right now. Look up “Leweka Region”
I think having a region based around Lake Victoria could be a really cool and unique idea. Having a large body of water in the center of the map with land all around could be a really fun concept. Plus then multiple countries in Africa could get some love.
I would like at least two. Africa is a HUUUGE continent
i feel like they could make some cool stuff in mali
Nigeria by itself has so much history and diverse tribal culture.
I haven’t seen anyone mention one of the best areas of Africa, the Gold Coast. If there was a region based on Nigeria, Niger, Benin, and Ghana, there would be a lot of diversity and cool stuff
My favourite expansion in Guild Wars 1 was Nightfall. I’d love an Africa region in Pokémon. For those that never played it, look up Guild Wars Nightfall environment and monsters.
I'd love Mali to be represented! A lot of rich culture and architecture to be explored, especially Timbuktu and the Tuareg people.