can we have a speculation thread?
since Hawaii is confirmed, lets talk about how the region could work.
i am only just speculating, but from what we've seen from the first island, there appears to be a water route going south, but not north.
>>26249111
Or it could be non linear? The first island is pretty small, so you could probably just jump around
Ni'ihau is a forbidden, sacred island, so I'd imagine a legendary (event or box mascots) there.
>>26249176
8 badges confirmed im calling it now !
>>26249176
i tried to make in non-linear by having yo go in any order for the 3rd-5th badges, you could probably do something similar for the big island, but i didnt want to draw out routes and shit because that's too much speculation for what we know currently.
plus let's face it, gamefreak loves linear regions.
>Hawai'i itself will be the Pokemon League
>Ever Grande, but GOAT--actual people cheering for you for making it this far
>Able to buy all kinds of shit that you need
I can dream.
It's weird to me that the starter town is Honolulu. You know, the capital of Hawaii. That seems more like something that should be the Lumiose of the region.
Meanwhile the actual Hawai'i big island has basically nothing of note on it but a space observatory-
oh shit
>space observatory
>sun and moon
>>26249359
>>26249378
DEEPEST LORE
I want the post-game to take place here.
>>26249378
>Kaua'i
kawaii
>>26249359
>We'll catch the legendaries on top of Mauna Kea
Actual Kaua'i native here.
There are wild chickens all the fuck around, if the basic bird isn't a chicken then they screwed up.
>>26249359
8 islands. 8 badges.
Elite Four are at the observatory, and Post-game takes place in space.
>>26251714
Yeah, rural Hawaii seems to have loads of wild chickens in general.
>>26249239
Calling it now: Surf is the first HM you get and you can surf to the next island of the region.
>>26252053
Maybe we get Soar back, and soar from island to island like in ORAS.
>>26249934
Isn't that the observatory that pissed off native Hawaiians because the mountain was supposed to be sacred?
>>26252098
I really, REALLY , really want that to be true, fuck surf, fuck water routes, fuck tentacools/wingulls every two squares, fuck water
>>26252239
surf is only bad because Gamefreak is run by retards who never figured out they can vary the surf encounters by route.
and/or, make patches of deep water/choppy water/seaweed that contain the encounters, and leave regular surfing just like walking.
>>26252098
yfw Soaring also triggers random encounters with flying / levitating pokemon akin to the shadows in BW/B2W2with only Pidgeys on day and zubats at night
>>26249111
Last time i made a speculation thread about hawaii this happened
>>26253112
Close up picture
