#but unova is more american?

[lisajuniper]

Do you think Unova has their own version of “AMERICA, FUCK YEAH”

[manstrans]

it's funny bc like. usually with anime/other japanese franchises I'll be like "why are people calling these characters white. aren't they supposed to be japanese?" but with pokemon there's different regions that are almost 1 to 1 with several real world locations so it's like "yeah this british guy is probably white"

[waywardstation]

Your art lives in my head rent free and it scratches my brain. I was watching American Dad and this picture got me thinking that ingo would have the same exact picture of Akari

Akari has taken many photos of herself on the arc phone and sent them to Arceus. Arceus never responded to any of them so they got progressively more ridiculous. But once herself and Ingo got back to modern-day Unova, she sent all of them to Ingo.

Of course this time, she would get responses back!

[haupkmn]

Any Alola Gang headcanons?

Sun & Moon are twins who are both poke american from Unova

Their dad moved to Kanto for work and their mom lives in Alola researching Meowth. They're still together, they just work apart 99% of the time.

Sun is the older twin, Moon is the evil twin. Both of them attended the pokemon school for a bit before going into different child-carrers Moon doesn't have a gender. Sun is a cis guy. Maybe. They're both bi. Moon is Not Normal about Lillie. Sun has a weird crush on Kiawe. Moon can be smart if she feels like it, Sun is dumb as bricks and only knows book smarts over street smarts. Moon could probably steal anyone's wallet.

Ash Ketchum is a very distant cousin. He visits on occasion (Kukui has weird partial custody with Burnett) and after the championship travels the world with a group of his past companions.

Gladion & Lillie are Poke-French and are from Kalos. Gladion is 2-3 years older than Lillie and is a trans guy who's in denial about liking Hau and Moon. He's a horse girl who loves Type Null more than most people, but he has a soft spot and tries to be cool. Tries.

Lillie doesn't really have time to worry about gender since she has to work on her Lusamine Trauma™ she's some flavor of her gender being "i like girls but im not one". After game canon she gets into fashion design and travels to Kanto and Johto to do research with Vulpix. Nebby is usually with her (whether she knows it or not) and she wants to explode Bean Island™ one day.

Mallow is transfem and wanted a name like her mom's. Post game she, Lana and Kiawe all work in a silly little strip mall selling mostly food. (Plants, fish and dairy) and she's Just Roommates with Lana. She's a lesbian.

Lana being the little gaslighting fuck decides to catch water types with her not-wife and realizes that gender is fluid. Like water. She's genderfluid. Dresses exactly the same but Kiawe will look at her and say "Boy day?" and he goes "yup. B )". Lana grows up to be an Entity who most of the gang hopes she's joking about things like seeing ghosts or catching Kyrogre again but nobody can really tell.

Kiawe is in a relationship with Ash, he usually watches over Torracat and Rowlet when Ash is traveling the world. He has the option to go, but prefers the quiet of the farm and the peace of knowing the CANON FUCKING COLONIZER is dead. (Lana killed him)

Harper, Sarah and Mimo all attend the pokemon school when they're not playing with Lei (the Kukui breeder baby) or trying to catch their starters. They hang out with Bonnie on occasion.

Sophocles is ace/aro and is pretty chill with that. Togedemaru is his emotional support animal when he has to work at the lab with Big Mo and if Lillie is in Alola, he researches ultra beasts and ultra wormholes. Sometimes he films videos for a food review channel with Mallow.

Acerola & Hapu are business partners in a sense, Acerola scares equine pokemon and Hapu tries to corral them. Acerola spends most of her time traumatizing Guzma and Team Rocket. They're lesbians, Harold.

Hau is cousins with Raihan & Iris. His parents work in Paldea most of the time as chefs, he's genderfluid and just likes everyone. He got the alola champion when Ash got to be the pokemon master.

[swingingthehatchetnow]

My take on a Pokémon AU for SAF

Buckle up, cause this is going to be a long one

Also I have not looked at anyone else's ideas for this AU because I want to have my own

Some of my mutuals were discussing this and I cant just not put my own 2 cents in. When I make Pokémon AUs, I tend to take a slightly modified approach to the Pokémon universe, because a lot of the lore of Pokémon stems from game mechanics and anime that isnt always consistent

For Curt and Owen, I tried to contain their Pokémon to ones that can be found in Unova and Galar respectively. Unova is modeled after New York, and so is sort of the 'America' of the Pokémon world, while Galar is supposed to be British. Logically, I think they'd have some Pokémon from other regions, but it really makes it hard to choose with that many options. Plus, they could always have other Pokémon that aren't part of those specific regions, they just don't incorporate them into their main team.

PRE-FALL

Curt's team is as follows:

Krokorok: A Ground/Dark type Pokémon. Krokorok has exceptional night vision, and is known for being a little headstrong, traveling in small, close-knit groups.

I think Curt has had Krokorok as his partner for a while. He hatched it as a Sandile from an egg, and has been training it for years. They're perfectly in sync with each other, because they have almost identical personalities.

Possibile abilities include

Intimidate: A Pokémon with the ability Intimidate will lower opposing Pokémon's attack stats by one stage

Moxie: When a Pokémon with the ability Moxie causes another Pokémon to be knocked out, its attack stat will increase by one stage

Anger Point: When a Pokémon with the hidden ability Anger Point is hurt by an opposing critical hit, the Pokémon's attack stat will max out

I think Curt's Krokorok would have the Moxie ability, as well as a naive nature, which gives the Pokémon increased speed, but a decreased special defense.

Braviary: A Normal/Flying type Pokémon. Braviary are noble and proud, but can become fiercely aggressive in order to protect its friends and family. Braviary will keep fighting, even if injured.

I like to believe that everyone who works for the U.S. government or affiliated groups would receive a Braviary, or at least its pre-evolved form Rufflet. Curt got his Braviary when he jpined the American Secret Service, and they now wok like a well-oiled machine.

Possible abilities include:

Keen Eye: A Pokémon with the ability Keen Eye will not have its accuracy stat lowered by opposing Pokémon

Sheer Force: The ability Sheer Force raises the base power by approximately 30% of all damaging moves that have additional effects, but their additional effects are ignored

Defiant: Pokémon with the hidden ability Defiant will increase its own attack stat by two stages when any stat is lowered by an opponent

I think Curt's Braviary would have the Keen Eye ability, as well as the naughty nature, which gives it increased attack, but decreased special defense.

Herdier: A Normal type Pokémon, Herdier is a loyal Pokémon that will help its trainer with anything, but will not take orders from anyone who disrespects it. It takes a lot of grooming to keep Herdier in good condition

Curt's Herdier was a gift from his mom when he joined the agency. Ms. Mega wanted Curt to have a Pokémon that could look after him. Herdier loves Curt more than physically possible, but just like any pet, Herdier seems to love Curt's mom just a bit more.

Possible abilities include:

Intimidate: A Pokémon with the ability Intimidate will lower opposing Pokémon's attack stats by one stage

Sand Rush: A Pokémon with the ability Sand Rush will have its speed stat doubled during a sandstorm, and will take no damage from a sandstorm

Scrappy: A Pokémon with the hidden ability Scrappy enables the Pokémon to hit Ghost type Pokémon with Normal and Fighting type moves

Curt's Herdier has the Scrappy ability, as well as the bold nature, giving increased defense but decreased attack

Umbreon: A Dark type Pokémon, Umbreon a defensive Pokémon that evolves from high friendship. Umbreon is nocturnal, and uses poisonous sweat to deter atackers.

Curt's Umbreon is a Pokémon he helped raise with Owen. They each caught an Eevee on the same day, and would train and raise the two Pokémon together. The Eevee evolved on the same day, only Curt's evolved second, right after the sun had set.

Possible abilities include:

Synchronize: When a Pokémon with the Synchronize ability becomes burned, paralyzed or poisoned, the opponent with be inflicted with the same status conditions.

Inner Focus: A Pokémon with the hidden ability Inner Focus will be resistant to flinching.

Curt's Umbreon would have the hidden ability Inner Focus, and would have an impish nature, resulting in increased defense but decreased special attack

Owen's team is as follows:

Inteleon: A Water type Pokémon. Inteleon has pinpoint aim, and a high intelligence, and can camouflage and see infrared signatures. Inteleon is chivalrous, but is known for having a lazy streak.

Owen's first Pokémon was Sobble, the first evolutionary stage of Inteleon. Owen knew from a young age that he wanted to be a spy, and so he chose his first Pokémon for that specific aspiration. Inteleon has been with Owen through almost every major point in his life.

Possibile abilities include

Torrent: A Pokémon with the ability Torrent will get a 50% increase on a Water type move, provided the Pokémon has less than a third of its HP left

Sniper: A Pokémon with the hidden ability Sniper has a 50% increase in critical hit damage

I think Owen's Inteleon would have the Torrent ability, as well as a serious nature, which gives the Pokémon increased speed, but decreased speed. This cancels out and has no stat changes.

Corvisquire: A Flying type Pokémon, Corvisquire is known for very high intelligence, and its ability to correctly gauge the strength of an opponent

Owen didn't want a Corvisquire. He never really cared for bird Pokémon. But he made friends with one on a mission once, that ended up saving his life after he made a dumb mistake in his early days, and they've been together ever since.

Possible abilities include:

Keen Eye: A Pokémon with the ability Keen Eye will not have its accuracy stat lowered by opposing Pokémon

Unnerve: A Pokémon with the ability Unnerve is present, opposing Pokémon become too nervous to eat berries

Big Pecks: A Pokémon with the hidden ability Big Pecks prevents other Pokémon from lowering the user's defense stat

Owen's Corvisquire has the Keen Eye ability, as well as the Adamant nature, giving increased attack but decreased special attack

Yamper: An Electric type Pokémon, Yamper is drawn to fast moving objects, and gives off excess electricity when running. Keep treats on hand, because Yamper is very food-motivated

Yamper is a newer addition to Owen's team. He's raising a young Yamper with the intent of having a Boltund, the evolved form of Yamper. Yamper only mostly obeys Owen, and Owen jokes that it's like having two Curts to take care of

Possible abilities include:

Ball Fetch: A Pokémon with the ability Ball Fetch will retrieve Pokéballs for its trainer that failed to catch a wild Pokémon, so long as they aren't holding another item

Rattled: When a Pokémon with the hidden ability Rattled is hurt by a Bug, Dark or Ghost type move, its speed gets increased one stage

Owen's Yamper has the Rattled ability, as well as the hasty nature, giving increased speed but decreased defense

Espeon: A Psychic type Pokémon, Espeon can sense miniscule shifts in the air, allowing it to predict movement. Espeon is extremely loyal to trainers, and will activate psychic abilities in order to keep them safe.

Owen's Espeon is a Pokémon he helped raise with Curt. They each caught an Eevee on the same day, and would train and raise the two Pokémon together. The Eevee evolved on the same day, only Owen's evolved first, right before the sun had set.

Possible abilities include:

Synchronize: When a Pokémon with the Synchronize ability becomes burned, paralyzed or poisoned, the opponent with be inflicted with the same status conditions.

Magic Bounce: A Pokémon with the hidden ability Magic Bounce will be able to reflect certain status moves back at the attacker.

Owen's Espeon would have the ability Synchronize, and would have a sassy nature, resulting in increased special defense but decreased speed.

POST-FALL

4 years later, Curt's team is:

New/evolved Pokémon info

Krookodile: A Ground/Dark type Pokémon. Krookodile is a very violent Pokémon by nature. It will ruthlessly tear apart prey, and will spend all day hunting.

Curt's Krokorok evolves right before the events of One Step Ahead. Krookodile was also attatched to Owen, and seeing its trainer in distress was enough to trigger an evolution. Because Krookodile is a far more aggressive Pokémon by nature, there becomes a rift between Curt and Krookodile, because they used to be so alike, and now Curt has grieved and moved on, while Krookodile retains the agression. With time, they'll fall back into sync, but the reveal that Owen was alive affected everyone

Abilities and nature stay the same.

Magnemite: A Steel/Electric type Pokémon, Magnemite is a pokemon drawn to technology, and most other things that emmit electric fields.

After Owen's supposed death, Curt gives Umbreon to his mother to look after. Umbreon has a nice relationship with Ms. Mega, and Curt does stop by often to check up on Umbreon, but training Umbreon was just another painful reminder of what he lost. He did not abandon Umbreon, he just couldn't keep Umbreon on his team. Instead, when setting out as a spy after four years, Barb has Curt take one of the lab's Magnemite, to fill out his team, and to help with cool spy gadgets. Also for Barb's peace of mind. Curt cares for Magnemite, but not the way he cares for his other Pokémon.

Possible abilities include:

Magnet Pull: A Pokémon with the Magnet Pull ability prevents adjacent steel type Pokémon from switching out or fleeing

Sturdy: A Pokémon with the ability Sturdy is able to withstand one-hit knockout moves

Analytic: If a Pokémon with the hidden ability Analytic makes its move after all other Pokémon make their move, the power of its move is increased by 30%

Curt's Magnemite would have the ability Sturdy, and would have an Hardy nature, resulting in increased attack but also decreased attack. There would be no stat change.

4 years later, Owen's team is:

New/evolved Pokémon info

Corviknight: A Flying/Steel type Pokémon. Corviknight is among the strongest bird Pokémon, known for having territorial disputes. Corviknight is a Pokémon that is often feared by other Pokémon.

Owen didn't have his Pokémon with him when he fell. His disguise wouldn't work if he did. But he rarely keeps his Pokémon in their Pokéballs, so when Owen didn't come back in a timely manner, Corvisquire flew out on its own to locate Owen. Corvisquire found him under rubble and in the desperation and struggle to get Owen free, Corvisquire evolved into Corviknight, gaining the strength needed to save Owen.

Upon evolving, the ability Keen Eye becomes the ability Pressure. When another Pokémon uses a move targeting the Pokémon with this ability, it uses more energy for the opposing Pokémon.

Noivern: A Flying/Dragon type Pokémon, Noivern is known for its violent nature and its cruel tormenting of its prey. Noivern is capable of crushing stone with ultrasonic waves

Owen saw too much of Curt in Yamper, so he took Yamper off of his team, never getting to the point where Yamper evolves into Boltund. He still cares deeply for Yamper. In fact, he pampers Yamper when he's not on missions. But he can't be out in the field with anything reminding him of Curt. Noibat is not a Pokémon he caught himself. Chimera issues out Pokémon to all its agents who need one. Owen is on Noivern's good side, because he feeds and cares for Noivern (he's evil, not an asshole), but at the end of the day, Noivern and Owen don't belong to each other the way he and Yamper and other Pokémon do

Possible abilities include:

Frisk: A Pokémon with the ability Frisk is sent out, the Pokémon will detect any held items an opponent might be holding

Infiltrator: When a Pokémon with the ability Infiltrator attacks an opponent that has barriers or substitutes active, the move will affect them regardless

Telepathy: A Pokémon with the hidden ability Telepathy is undamaged by moves used by its allies

Owen's Noivern has the Infiltrator ability, as well as a naughty nature, giving increased attack but decreased special defense

Thievul: A Dark type Pokémon, Thievul is a skilled hunter, and will mark targets with an identifying scent to be able to track them

Thievul is another Pokémon given to Owen by Chimera. He gets along okay with Thievul, but has to be careful when not on missions, because Thievul is natural enemies with Boltund, so Yamper has a distrust of Thievul, and they will fight if provoked

Possible abilities include:

Run Away: A Pokémon with the ability Run Away will always be able to successfully flee a battle, no matter what trapping moves or abilities may be in effect

Unburden: A Pokémon with the ability Unburden will double its speed stat when a held item is used or lost in battle

Stakeout: When a Pokémon with the hidden ability Stakeout attacks an opposing pokemon that has been switched out, the attack power is doubled

Owen's Thievul has the Run Away ability, as well as the rash nature, giving increased special attack but decreased special defense

This is just the start of what I have swimming around in my head for an AU. I'd love to expand on it if there is interest because I am SO NORMAL about both Pokemon and SAF

[runawaycarouselhorse]

“Plank houses are good houses for people in cold climates with lots of tall trees(...) only people who don't need to migrate spend the time and effort to build these large permanent homes(...) only coastal tribes, who make their living by fishing, made houses like these.”

Iris at Opelucid Academy was ostracized for her "strange" behaviour like splashing around in the fountain or picking fruits from the trees to eat... she also had trouble studying from books, as it seems she mostly learned through an oral tradition in her village from the Old Matriarch/Village Elder before that.

There's a scene in the fishing competition episode where Iris gets very, very bored waiting for a Water type to bite at her lure, so she just pulls up her sleeves, sheds a layer, and quickly and easily catches a Water type Pokemon on her own!

The Pokemon world is a fantasy one, but with analogous regions/countries to our world and the American region we're shown (Unova, largely based on New York, but blended with other aspects of the U.S., too, so we also see the Resort Desert, where in the anime, an abandoned mining town built during the Gold Rush is also shown… which would help explain the reservations....)

Both past (Champion Alder) and current (Champion Iris) Champions are Native--although Iris looks very different from the rest of the people in her village, so she's likely mixed... we'll likely never know because she seems to be a half-wild orphan, all her flashbacks of her life before Opelucid Academy are either among the forest Pokemon, with her childhood friend Shobu/Shannon, or with the Old Village Elder who taught her.

Alder is most obviously inspired by Natives of the Great Plains, who relied heavily on the buffalo (American bison)... unlike how cruelly they were whittled down in number in reality to starve the Natives, they still exist in the wild in great numbers in the Pokemon world, which tends to portray humans working towards a more utopic world, aiming for harmony with nature, having learned from past mistakes and wars

Satoshi Tajiri, after all, made the games to preserve the memory of the lost natural landscape of his youth which was paved over. Environmentalism and love of nature is at the heart of it (even if cynical fake fans see it as overglorified cockfighting because they do not see the trainer-Pokemon bond as more like coaches and athletes, do not see the Pokemon as highly sentient, or do not understand how they are shown in the anime to be very proud and battle for sport, often refusing to be captured unless a trainer first defeats them in battle and shows their strength & worthiness to train them).

As you travel from your idyllic hometown, you see more polluted cities, that create new monsters or alter existing ones through their pollution (Muk, Trubbish, Corsola->Cursola [a happy Water type becoming a sad Ghost type, bleached coral],) some species are hunted/poached to near-extinction (like the gentle Lapras), others were chased out of hospitable land by humans and forced to adapt and likely ultimately failed/went extinct (Zoroark->Hisuian Zoroark)...

As this lovely review by Tama Hero of the Red & Blue games describes: “The game asks you to be curious, learn, grow, & discover: that adults aren’t always right, even in positions of authority; learn how to be better than the adults that raised you; learn from their mistakes and maybe go on to make better decisions as you inherit this ruined earth.”"

Sources: "The Ultimate Game Freak" TIME Magazine interview with Satoshi Tajiri. https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2040095,00.html http://native-languages.org/houses.htm Also: Drawings of Chinook Plankhouse by a Chinook Tribal Councilman. http://publichistorypdx.org/projects/chinook/river-chinook-plankhouse/

[toy-capsule]

pokemon presents straight up bitch slapping the entire fandom omg. honestly as much as i love unova, legends Z-A is a pleasant surprise after seeing nothing but ILCA chibi edits for the past week! Ive seen a lot of predictions saying this game will take place in the future, and while i do think thats a definite possibility, im not quite sure. "urban redevelopment" absolutely sounds too modern to be far enough in the past to touch directly on the 3000 year old hole in the lore. but the paper schematics of lumiose suggest maybe a 1900s time-period? so something slightly more modern than legends arceus which was 17-1800s focused. for my own crack pot theory: if they were to do a future game i think it would be extremely interesting if the "redevelopment" plan was because this game is post-apocalyptic in nature. esp if the nature of this darker future is rainbow rocket related. with someone like lysandre in charge, city revitalization sounds right up his alley with his history in public development with the holo-casters. completely unrealistic but an extremely fun idea. if im gonna make a real theory id need more info

either way. im glad theyre continuing with the legends series. as much as i was hoping for medieval american cowboys, i think kalos deserved a revisit over unova with where we are lore wise. dont stop keeping us on our toes nintendo <3

[stargazer-darkrai]

The most reasonable explanation for Lt surge being American is that it's just another instance of early gen weirdness and he's more likely now just from unova or something, but my personal, funnier explanation is that he's an isekai victim from actual, real life america

[doubleddenden]

So thanks to pt 1 of the dlc, we now know that Blueberry Academy is based somewhere off the coast of Unova- it's both a curve ball I wasn't expecting in any capacity and also... somewhat in my face now that I think about it. Blueberries are native to North America. Unova, as it stands, is the most American region there is atm.

But now I'm curious about something.

A few months back I posted this asking for help identifying the coast line- this is a smart board from a classroom in BBA from a trailer.

THIS is the map of Unova as we currently understand it from BW2

I almost want to say the coast line featured in the smart board could be Castellia, but that doesn't look right. If it were, wouldn't you think they'd try to incorporate the hand- shaped docks?

Not to mention, there's some shit going on in that map. Looks like a tornado in one area, blizzards in others, lightning storms... instinct says the genies, but that's just a guess.

I wonder if Unova had some shit happen to it since we last saw it, cuz it looks like it's being hit by a ton of bad weather.

Also makes me wonder if it's somehow setting up for a Legends Unova, but it's set in a modern day/future unova that's being beset by natural disasters.

Blueberry Academy is a recent build apparently according to official info- yet they somehow have this huge terrarium underwater filled with Pokémon. Not to mention they are hard-core focused on battles.

Theory Time: BBA is some sort of sanctuary- a would be Noah's Arc of some kind, and trainers have to get stronger for a REASON.

I'm not going to kid myself into believing we're going to get to explore Unova during pt 2 or get a full fledged explanation, but it does leave me curious why they would purposely choose Unova. Nothing quite like this has happened since Johto and Kanto. If it were just nothing, they could have just plopped it in the Canary Islands off the coast of Spain/Paldea. Hell what's more surprising is that they resisted the urge to plop it near Kanto, since they love jacking gen 1 off so much.

So why Unova then if not some kind of set up?

[mellimagicsblog]

Pokémon Speculation

I'm sure that someone else thought of this, but I really don't want to spend the time running through various Reddit threads and youtube videos unless I have to.

So, the Unova/Isshu region has a lot of Pokémon species based off animals from the African savannah, South American rainforests, and Indonesian jungles. These are areas in our world where the corresponding animals are critically endangered. Some examples:

Minccino = Chinchillas, which are hunted for their fur and kept as pets. Some species are still critically endangered.

Darmanitan = Orangutans (duh), who have lost much of their natural habitat and now only live in Borneo and Sumatra. They are also critically endangered.

Zebstrika = the Grevy's Zebra, which is (you guessed it) endangered. There was once a Zebra variety called Quaggas that humans drove to extinction. We've attempted to bring it back with breeding to mixed results.

I could go on, but there's more...

Unova is also based on New York City and is one of the more developed Pokémon regions in terms of urbanization. It also is a Pokémon region where the local species are largely protected from outside, "invasive" species (to the point that the developers clearly scrapped having a Tauros and Luvdisc evolution and thought we wouldn't notice).

Really?

My speculation is that at some point in Unova's ancient past, it had a thriving savannah and jungle ecosystem and that the indigenous people there lived in relative harmony with the land. Sigilyph, Golerk, and Yamask echo the art and folklore of different ancient tribes from the Middle East to support this theory.

Golurk and Sigilyph both have Pokedex entries about protecting ancient civilizations, while Yamask wanders the ruins of ancient cities. Yamask is even said to be a dead human reincarnated into a Pokemon, possibly from these tribes(!)

Around 2500 years ago, the back story of the two brothers and the great dragon occurred, and ultimately, Unova was left open to urbanization after the split. Foreign humans started settling the land with more dangerous technology than the native Unovans (both human and Pokémon) could keep up with, and their urban sprawl destroyed many of the lush habitats there. As more and more people came to the area, they also brought in Pokémon that were not native to Unova, which had already adapted to blend in with human technology and likely assist their trainers in their destruction. Many Pokémon species were either driven to extinction or bred with compatible species to produce new variations, at the cost of never being able to gain their original forms back. Ancient Unova and its ecosystem was destroyed.

You can't tell me that these Pokémon are naturally adapted to a savannah or jungle environment. They were either invasive species or they rapidly adapted through crossbreeding to survive in the new urban sprawl.

This speculative history would reflect that of both the United States' and Japanese colonization. It would also explain why, in modern times, there is so much concern for Pokémon - particularly the native Unovan ones - and their wellbeing. These Pokémon are all that's left of a once diverse and wild ecosystem, and the people pf Unova overwhelmingly want to keep them from harm. This makes them susceptible to extremists who weaponize their righteous passion; enter Team Plasma.

#hellyeahlegendsunova

@franki-lew-yo

@thebigdeepcheatsy

[almilcery]

I have something in the works of a very minor AU for this franchise (plus an AU of the AU I am currently hyperfixating on that has many of the same lore + all of the headcanons & changes but is still quite different, however no one is here for that).

There are many things different between this and the actual games, but the lore is relatively the same (just the main protags of each region are the same person in this instead, as all of them were replaced by an OC of mine created because I always used the same name for all my playthroughs).

It mainly just changes certain ‘mon's typings (and also sometimes abilities) and throws in some of my headcanons, a decent chunk being from others that I have since adopted.

(ideas under the read more so you aren't blasted with something you don't want on your feed):

That's enough insight, now to my changes (as that's really all that's different):

First off, the Pokémon changes:

Gen 1

Charizard is now Fire/Dragon (the point of dragon-types in gen 1 is irrelevant)

Blastoise is now Water/Steel

Male & Female Nidoran are now the same pokemon, just with major gender differences + different evo lines

Hitmonchan must instead evolve from Tyrogue by having higher attack than defense at level 20, while the opposite is for Hitmonlee at the same level

Gen 2

Meganium is now Grass/Ground (an idea from Woop on YouTube)

Johtonian Typhlosion is now Fire/Rock (it's the Volcano Pokemon, what did you expect?)

Feraligatr is now Water/Dark

Feraligatr is now Feraligator cause no more 10-letter character limit, baby

Sunflora is now Grass/Fire (another idea from Woop)

The Blissy line is now Normal/Fairy

Gen 3

Sceptile is now Grass/Dragon

Volbeat & Illumise are now Bug/Electric (Woop)

Milotic is now Water/Dragon

The Dusknoir line is now Ghost/Dark

Chimecho is now Psychic/Steel (Again, Woop)

Gen 4

Luvdisc now evolves into Amomoloma with max friendship

Milotic is now Water/Dragon

Luxray is now Electric/Dark

Lopunny is now Normal/Fighting (it's no longer exclusive to the Kalos Mega Evo)

Lopunny no longer has Klutz as an ability

Gen 5

Serperior is now Grass/Dragon (plus a few more Dragon-type moves despite having 6 as of gen 9)

Samurott is now Water/Rock (receiving a wider movepool if it doesn't have enough rock-type moves already like I'm pretty sure is the case)

The Liepard line is now Normal/Dark

Audino is pure Fairy instead of pure Normal

Maractus is now Grass/Water

The Eelektross line is now Electric/Water

Amomoloma is now Water/Fairy

Fraxure and Haxorus are now Dragon/Steel

Druddigon is now Dragon/Rock

Gen 6

Florges is now Grass/Fairy

The Gogoat line is now Normal/Grass

The Heliolisk line is now Electric/Ground

Gen 6 (technically)

Fairy-types have always been a type acknowledged since actual research by professors on them began

Gen 7

Tsareena is now Grass/Fighting (& could probably get more fighting-type moves along with that change)

Gen 8

Cinderace is now Fire/Fighting (like I thought it was until at least a week ago)

The Eldegoss line is now Grass/Fairy

The Grapploct line is now Water/Fighting (like I initially assumed)

The entire Hatterene line is now Psychic/Fairy instead of it just being Haterrene

Now onto the headcanons (some of which are still brewing):

Giovanni is definitely at least engaged to Rocket Admin Ariana, even having a neglected kid with her (*ahem,* Silver, *ahem*)

Agatha of the Kantonian Elite Four and Bertha of the Sinnohan Elite Four are sisters

Melony is Drayden's sister (iirc you can be American while being the sibling of someone who is British due to how America works)

Melony is the mother of Unova's Subway Bosses, with Gordie and the twins being half-brothers

The subway twins are trans and aro-ace

The subway twins are also autistic, but it's more visible in Emmet as Ingo masks and is way better at that than he should be (even if some traits still shine through, like rambling about certain things and also zero volume control)

Iris is actually Galarian and the cousin of Galarian Champion Leon as well as his little brother, Hop (she's canonically not initially from Unova)

Given Iris' incredibly close bond with Drayden—which gave him the honorary title of "Grandpa" by her (as Drayden was the one who helped her after he brought her to Unova), Drayton of the BB League Elite Four has an honorary cousin (so do the subway twins + Gordie but shush)

And to separate past from present, here's some Hisui heacanons:

Professor Laventon is an ancestor of Leon and Hop (and I guess also Iris in that case)

Professor Laventon is Galarian himself

The Survey Corps' Leader, Cylene, is the ancestor of Galactic Leader, Cyrus

Warden Arezu isn't just an ancestor of Galactic Commander Mars, but also Rocket Admin Ariana and thus Johtonian Rival Silver

Warden Lian is an ancestor of Ground-type Gym Leader Clay (+ Lacey of the BB League Elite Four)

Clan Leader Adaman and Irida are both ancestors of Sinnohan Photographer Perrin (no one would be better for the man than his former rival since the whole "Almighty Sinnoh" feud has finally been resolved between them)

Mai is an ancestor of Sinnohan Marley (she looks fucking identical to her, so how couldn't she be?)

Sabi is an ancestor of Sinnohan Cheryl

Gaeric is an ancestor of Kalosian Ice-type Gym Leader Wulfric

Misfortune Sister Charm an ancestor of both Agatha and Bertha

Misfortune Sister Clover is an ancestor of Sinnohan Ice-type Gym Leader Candice

Misfortune Sister Coin is an ancestor of Galactic Commander Saturn

Melli is openly bisexual (even with potential stigma during the 1800s), but because of his self-centered personality and horrible, horrible attitude towards everyone but Adaman, no one wants his ass

Kamado's wife left him years before the events of Legends: Arceus took place with their then unborn kid (yes, they only had one kid who eventually led to Professor Rowan; suck it, bitch)

[pigdemonart]

Hello the guy with the indecisive headcanon on writing Burgh as Paldean or Latin American back again! I'd like to ask if you're okay with fanart of your Unova character redesigns that also tag you in them? Those E4 designs are really fueling my hyperfixations on them. /pos (Grimsley has those vampire vibes love that for him.)

HI YOU! And yes absolutely!!! Pls do!! 😭💕💕💕

Grims is canonically a little vamp-ish, i just added a little more juice in there hehe

[finnitesimal]

4 more lions to line then can doodle ideas of doomed yuri pissa- then get back to the grind of some pngtubers and stuff,

until then though:

I think in the mafia 1920s themed mechanic/welder mafia boss phil x "alien"(in quotes because everyone is technically an alien species to each other in this au, so it's accurate and inaccurate) race car driver missa au forgissa would be like clay in pokemon series,

now before anyone attacks me IT'S BEEN A BIT since heard this but if I remember correctly clay is a gym leader in unova(American based region from what can recall) who is not from that region BUT he went their dressed like a cowboy and talking like a southern person or something so he could seem more approachable by other unova people and by GODS people were essentially finding him so endearing and it made others smile so much EVEN AFTER THEY KNEW HE WASN'T ACTUALLY LIKE THAT HE KEPT UP THE BIT SO PEOPLE COULD STILL LAUGH AT HIS HUMOR AND FUNNY UNOVA PERSON(non-offensive) IMPRESSIONS

that is forgissa in this au to me she needs to look like some hog wild cowboy when not racing and have funny "wild west" movie type accent that mimics locals bc she completely didn't know the state of the locals or that it's from a different location on the planet than where the race is happening but it's so endearing people just accept it as her,

hoooooly shit. can a cowboygirl and a cityslicker fall in love

[artificial-ascension]

Ya know, Pokemon could compete with their new challenger by meeting them head on in the next releases and follow up on the previously established Unova hype with one simple trick: Make the America region even more American and give the pokemon guns.

[crystalelemental]

I never gave much thought to the war Lt. Surge mentioned as a kid, but now that I know a bit more about US history, I'm reasonably certain that war was Vietnam. Or, Unova/Alola versus whatever region is based off of Vietnam, that we'll probably never get to see.

I mean, does Pokemon the setting even have wars? It feels very much like an aspect that would be retconned at this phase. Like they didn't have a strong sense of what the setting would be or become, and just kinda made allusion to Surge being in some vague war, and referencing "The Lightning American" to imply there's a Poke-America.

[thenixkat]

was thinking about like, what to include in say fan poke regions for places and then thought about how

Unova (Pokemon USA/New York) has fucking Egyptian mummies, Ba more or less (one of the aspects of the soul in ancient Egyptian religion), leopards, zebras, monkeys, tapirs/baku, daruma dolls, Nazca lines, Archaeopteryx (a fossil found in Europe), kitsune, chinchillas, knight bug, ninja slug, knight snail, more fucking knights, giant anteater, a Slavic dragon with a german naming scheme, fucking 3 Musketeers hooved critters, fucking djinn, Taoism dragons…

Kalos (Pokemon France) has fucking pandas, ninja frogs, lions (you could argue that the lions fit historically but I'm not that nice), nekomata, frilled lizards, Amargasaurus (found in Argentina), luchador hawk, pumpkins, ice burgs, and Norse mythology legendaries

why are the fucking 3 Musketeers legendaries in pokeAmerican and not pokeFrance?

Alola (pokemon Hawaii) has fucking tigers, toucans, yeti, wolves, red pandas, lemurs, orangutans, mata mata turtles, lion legendary, and koalas

Pokemon Japan (Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh/Hisui) has fucking rattlesnakes, cobras, pangolins, Rafflesia, hula dancer flower, couger/puma that is also a carbuncle (Latin american monster), platypus, ostrich, rhinos, kangaroos, echidna, totem pole bird, giraffes, elephants, hyenas, poncho and sombrero wearing ludicolo, sloths, gorillas, Easter Island heads, Hopkinsville Goblin (a USA alien sighting), Indian mystics, red-bellied piranha, camels, pandas, cactuses, coelacanths, golems, Biblical monster legendaries, penguins, bevers, lions, skunks, hippos, venus flytraps, yeti, mammoths, and djinn

hhhhhhhhhhhhh. Pokemon ecology is extremely fucked up. And also, the president is doing whatever apparently.