This seriously can't be the entire fucking region, can it? There's more that's not featured on this map for some reason, right?
What's wrong with the size?
>>26565609
Im afraid not
>>26565609
Maybe there is more under the clouds
I imagine the islands seem bigger when you're on them.
>>26565609
It's probably bigger on the ground. This is an extremely zoomed out looked.
SOUTH KALOS
YOU JUST KNOW
>>26565609
see all them deep sea trenches bro?
underwater cities
>screencap this
>>26565609
Those clouds are obviously covering the other islands
>>26565659
Look at how tiny those towns are. Even though it's zoomed out, you can still make out the buildings.
>>26565609
It's obviously stylized to look smaller.
>the official map has multiple ships
>>26565777
>Look at how tiny those towns are
They look multiple times bigger than anything from Kalos.
>>26565769
Thing is fucking tiiiiinnyy
>>26565858
Th-there's more under the clouds! You'll see!
>>26565609
I don't like how it doesn't seem like you can surf between them. It's going to be boat-only like the Sevii Island and feel too segmented.
>>26565934
The fuck are you talking about
>>26565609
It looks fine what the fuck? You retards need to hate everything to be happy, I swear. Also looking at how expansive the islands look, I'm guessing you are able to explore every part of them instead of single routes like previous games.
>>26565983
Don't you see how each island has surfing spots neatly closed off by rocks and ports with boats running around? What I mean is that you won't be able to Surf from one island to the other but only take those boats, making it feel less like an interconnected world and more like a collection of smaller locales like the Sevii Island.
>>26566110
Why the fuck would I want to surf under any circumstances?
>>26566110
So it feels like an adventure rather than you being just a fucking tourist?
>>26566110
Fuck, that's a good point. Maybe they took all the criticism of the water in Hoenn to heart and actually made a region based on Hawaii with barely any surfing.
It looks like stylized art you fucking mongoloids. Look at this map of Kanto. Yeah, looks fucking small doesnt it? YOU CAN EVEN MAKE OUT THE BUILDINGS!!!
>taking hand drawn maps as literal scale
>>26566201
Well, this is a pretty accurate representation of the region.
>>26566201
Kanto was designed in fucking Gen I, of course it should look small. The biggest city in Alola's map looks to have about ten buildings.
>>26566177
>it feels like an adventure on a boat driven by someone else
>but it feels like tourism when exploring and swimming for yourself
are you retarded?
>>26566537
Whoops, that was meant for >>26566154, not you
>>26565858
>Kalos
That big cloud top right is covering south kalos i bet
Pretty sure X/Y's map was the same was the same way.
>>26565609
This region looks huge. What are you talking about?
>>26565609
I can see another island off in the distance don't worry dude, it's small, but it could mean that they are hiding more
Chicken skin... great translation guys, definitely didn't mean goosebumps, right?
>>26566722
That's just in the american version, he says goosebump in the british.
>>26565609
>Region is much bigger than pic related we saw last month
>Still not pleased
/vp/, everybody
>>26565858
>>26565892
Except there is, look at the top right, there's a cloud covering an island which by the way isn't on the map and they removed the buildings from to not spoil anything. Same thing happened with the ORAS map and resort being covered
>>26566746
Nobody says chicken skin in the US. It's goosebumps here too.
>>26566767
Because it's still fucking tiny.
>>26565609
Do I see me some basalt pillars on the left island?
>>26566746
Chicken skin is a skin condition (keratosis pilaris), I'm sure that's not what they ment: http://www.youbeauty.com/beauty/how-to-get-rid-of-keratosis-pilaris-aka-chicken-skin/
oh god this is going to be /v/'s GTA5 map size debate all over again
>>26566873
The "where's it going?" is obvious, it's heading to the port of the lower-right island which is in the north-eastern corner.
It's worth noting that the original image of the one, starting island that we initially saw at the reveal is larger than the version of it shown here.
I mean, it seems like the map size is roughly what we're used to. Wouldn't be surprised if theres some post game sevii island-esqu thing either.
>>26565609
Hahahahaha nice baito/meme, buddo.
>>26566201
Man Johto is tiny.
>>26565609
Are those snow islands in the northwest corner?
The basis for each of those islands is literally SEVERAL HUNDRED TIMES OVER the size of the basis for Unova.
This is like glancing at a map of Majora's Mask and saying "oh the world's so small there's only 5 areas".
>>26565659
Well, when you notice that the area squared on pic related equates to a screenview, it really makes you wonder about the region's total size
>>26566891
It's another term for goosebumps
I hope they don't cram 5 billion different pokemon into each grass patch. That was a huge issue in early game X/Y.
>>26566746
i never heard the term "chicken skin" in my life, given how strict GF normally is with referencing real animals in more recent material im sure this line will be revised
>>26565858
#cloudisblockingobviousspotonmap.
>>26566841
so is your dick
Wait so you're okay with regions where most of the "actual space" seen on the navigational map is inaccessible but for straight lines going through it, but when they make what appear to be continguous islands with actual "realistic" designs you throw a fiit and complain its too small?
Seriously, look at the images out there of Unova or Sinnoh with the routes and towns connected, you're not getting nearly as much "actuall playable land" to explore as a glance at the region map would lead you to believe.
>>26566722
Chicken skin is another term for goosebumps here in Oahu.
looks ok to me
>>26567797
as a new yorker, I have to say congrats and welcome to the "my home is canon" club
but i'll be shocked if that line is allowed to stay in, I think this might be the biggest direct reference to an IRL animal in the game script in quite some time and it will probably get revised
>>26565784
Ships are to go from one island to another
You dont get to surf on that big sea, only on the small coastal lagoons bordered by tiny rocks
>>26567660
>5 minutes of walking per island
M-maybe there are lots of underwater routes!
>>26566201
Except half of the map isnt taken by unaccessible ship cutscene ocean parts
>>26567698
Pokemon variety is great, though. Literally the best thing about XY.
>>26566873
>dive central
Not happening
See >>26567860
It's made pretty obvious by the tiny rocks around coastal areas and the multiple ships on the dark sea
Anyone have a link to the leaker from last week?
It seems some of what he said is coming true
>>26565858
The compostion of that map would be retarded if the clouds aren't hiding the obvious islands.
>"Let me show you a map of the region!"
>huge blobs covering more than 20% of the whole thing
Yeah, they couldn't make it more obvious.
>>26567882
>5 minutes of walking
You're vastly overestimating how long it takes to walk actual in-game routes in previous Pokémon games not counting batles with trainers and live Pokémon.
>>26567698
What are you talking about? That was one of the best things about XY. It offered team building variety and catching them all was made easier since you can start from the very beginning instead of waiting until postgame for them to add new mons
>>26566873
>Implying that the water inbetween the islands will be surfable
kek
>m-muh south kalos!!!!
>its under the clouds youll see!!!
Are 6.5cucks the gift that keeps on giving?
>>26565609
kek
>>26569221
This should've been the first post.
Alola looks huge.
What if there's a volcanic eruption mid-late game that forms another island in the big blank spot in the middle of the map? Would be a nice surprise even if it's highly unlikely.
>>26569348
The only problem would be, that there would be nothing on it. It takes time for something interesting to form on new islands. : P
>>26567970
You will be able to take a boat to the man made island in the middle and go under. No one said you had to surf out there.
>>26567882
Your brain must not be functional if you think each island is gonna take 5 minutes.
In a special video on the Japanese site, the Pokédex lists the Alola Pokédex and the MeleMele Pokédex.
Maybe we'll have a second region?
Please God, let us revisit Kalos.
>>26569324
No try to calculate its real size by taking out the unsurfable ship cutscene water that take 70% of the map
>>26566802
>. Same thing happened with the ORAS map and resort being covered
So we have one more tiny island with nothing on to look forward
Wow
>>26567706
>i never heard the term "chicken skin" in my life, given how strict GF normally is with referencing real animals in more recent material im sure this line will be revised
"goose" is an animal too
>>26566722
It's probably a Hawaiian term similar to "yellow-bellied". Could also be his go to catch phrase.
>>26567853
>Torchic skin
there will be other islands, including one that hasthe elite four. You'll have to by amiibos to access it
>>26567698
Have to disagree. The variety was a great feature for X and Y. In most other Pokemon games, everybody has the same early game team.
>>26570032
Wait, there's four islands
Would be cool if they changed things up by after you get all the badges, the E4 are on one island each and you have to travel back to each one
>>26565609
are you kidding me?
this maps huge
>>26570786
Not once you've realized that all that water that makes 70% of the map isnt travellable
>>26565609
There will be an underwater world with the return of HM Dive. Sadly.
>>26570953
Thank fucking god.
>>26570926
Nah nigger, the one with the platform is the starting town.
>>26566201
It looks pretty big desu, just like my benis
Hopefully everything's just shortened and drawn to show points of interest
>>26567795
Hoenn and especially Sinnoh are a hell of a lot bigger than these chicken shit isles
>>26566767
That hill route is tiny and has what no tall grass at all on, that takes most of the island up and we only have 4 islands like that.
It's so fucking small
>>26568179
what about battles with dead pokémon?
>>26567660
More like this, the hole mountain in the island. Fucking corridors.
>>26570926
Oh shit I didn't notice the water palace is an artificial island.
>>26571640
that ice zone its the elite 4
pokemon center > victory road > pokeon center > elit 4
like always
>>26571719
The snow looks terrible out of place
>>26569625
Nig I need a source
>>26565777
Dude we've seen the overworld, cities and shit are fucking huge
>>26565609
I think it's more about the scale than the actual size of the region. Some areas look really small but it seems like they're just scaled poorly.
>>26571640
what if there s a deamin in the water......
>>26569454
It's an RPG, shit doesn't have to make sense.
>>26571769
But there's snow on the the mountaintops in Hawaii in real life.
>>26567660
No it's not you fucking retard? What you squared is pic related plus THE ENTIRE of the first route which is not seen.
Pic related is it's actual size.
>>26571980
Shh, you'll blow his little mind
>>26569625
Mele Mele is probably the name of one of the major islands. It looks like the dex is slit up into sections like how Kalos was split into Central, Coastal and Mountain.
>>26571995
Forgot to clarify, I mean the blue square I added is it's actual size.
>>26571995
>this
>>26567795
This. The other regions had a lot of dead space that you couldn't even get to and seemed a lot bigger than they really are.
Given how densely packed this map seems, I'm guessing that each island is going to be entirely traverse-able and that the resulting geometric "area" is going to be comparable to past regions.
>>26565609
It's small because we'll get to see Kalos again, you fools
>>26567795
FUCKING THANK YOU. Alola looks so interconnected and dare I say, open world compared to previous regions. I think the main reason people think it's small is because they've bunched all the regions together and made all the routes connected, instead of having lines of trees for miles on end. Much better map design IMO.
>>26571307
Why don't you post a real fucking map then instead of this shit?
>>26566722
The girl looks different in the British version.
>>26571769
That's Mauna Kea m8
>>26572250
Its gonna be this. Seriously, it seems like the whole thing is seamless and has no gates like Saffron City type shit even. It's the closest game to open world we have so far.
Its not small but its not very big either. I think its right up there with Kalos and Unova (BW1) so pretty decent.
one thing though: i doubt it'll be "open-worlded" as some people think.
>>26572393
DELETE THIS
>>26571307
The map of Sinnoh you posted looks pretty big, but compare it to the actual gameplay map of Sinnoh here. Note the large swathes of unused space between the actual map parts. Note how much of the actual map is walls of trees or rocks.
Based on the first island of Alola and what we've seen of its gameplay, it looks like the region will have almost none of that wasted land space compared to past regions. Everything depicted on the map seems explorable, and so I would expect Alola has about as much content as any other region, but in a more compact space.
>>26572428
I definitely don't think it'll be "open world" but I do think it'll be a lot more non-linear than previous regions. My guess is you can travel freely around each island before you need to go to the next and MAYBE freedom in gym order. I'm thinking Kanto-level non-linear?
>>26570926
>starting town?
Dude, that's a single house. To be honest this entire island looks like a single town, yet it's like 1/5th of the landmass on the map. Not too promising.
>>26572481
Anon, you realize that your 'map' ends at hearthome right? aka not a complete map
>>26569221
Literally kalos looks like 1 and a half of what alola is
>>26572481
That's not all of Sinnoh?
>>26572511
You're right but here is a full map of Sinnoh and the point still stands. If you get rid of all the negative space it actually does look reasonably small.
>>26565609
It's unironically bigger than Kanto + Sevii Archipelago and Unova & Sinnoh.
Reminder that the map doesn't rappresent the 100% of playable and visitable content or replicates the exact proportions, reminder that there will be woods and forests, caves, several buildings, paths, volcanoes, victory road, canyons and deserts, more dungeons, probably even dive and mandatory surf.
Alola has 14 visible Pokecenters + probably few other places where you could heal pokes outside of Center (like starting town)
Kalos had 17 Pokecenters + few other places where you could heal pokes (first town and first city, parfum palace etc). Allthough Lumiose had 3 pokecenters so if we count only one of those thats minus 2 that would be 15 centers
>>26572511
>>26572600
Wow, I screwed that one up. Sorry about that. Even so, see >>26572618
If you removed the tree/rock boundaries, folded it all together to remove the the empty space, and then parted it out into four islands, you'd probably get a dead ringer for Alola.
>>26571307
comfiest region.
Maybe I'm just saying this because I have some really nice memories of that time in my life.
>>26569221
How did a region based on all of France have the least amount to do, when compared to the City of New York or parts of Japan
>>26572644
this
Stupid OP
>>26572618
Are there anymore things like that?
>>26572799
it wasnt based on all of France
>>26565609
What is with game freak and oceans, more land means a bigger game.
>>26572799
in my opinion, they probably focused more on the new mechanics, pokemon, megas, renders for new gen, best grill (pic related), features, compatability with bank, amongst other shit.please understand
>>26565609
I do hate to be that guy but the top right cloud at least most certainly is blocking something. Also what's with that urban thing in the center, I would've said just a boat in travel but it was shown on Kukui's map too
>>26572919
Which means more work, and higher development costs. I want to be mad at them but I kind of understand that they're a business first and foremost.
EVEN
MORE
WATER
4.5/10
>>26565858
>Region based off of Hawaii
>Expecting a massive landmass
m8, it's all underwater. You ready for Atlantis
>>26570926
>Starting town
That's a house faggot.
M Y. C O C K. I S. H U G E.
Can someone please attach the islands so I can have an idea of how big the region is compared to the others?Yes, I would do that by myself but I actually can't use my pc.
>>26574175
The region is on a different scale to the rest anon.
>>26570926
Starting town would be where that platform is. THen youll proably go east to talk to the professor at his research place and get the up and up before going into the woods behind your house as the new viridian forest
Logic dictates that despite there being a road near that volcano that leads to the main town on this island, there will be an old man or equally annoying roadblock preventing you from taking this route so you have to go the long way through the jungle.
>>26574175
Done
Keep in mind that the red square holds in a screenview, which means that in total, the region is roughly the size of Lumiose or the Kanto Safari zone
>>26576467
There has to be more to this.
>>26576974
Nope, sadly
>>26576467
>>26577596
Lmfao who the fuck are you trying to fool, honestly?
>>26576467
Fuckwad the scaling of the screen in the map itself is already too large, and add on to that what you see is not a normal screen but a zoomed out version of part of one island. Compare the actual size of the landmass and it's comparable to Kalos which had even less water routes than Alola appears to.
>>26576467
Holy shit thank you so much anon
In game art shows areas covered in clouds. Could be something there.
>>26578658
That would be weird and would undermine the region looking like a stylized Hawaii.
>>26565609
There's no way of knowing how accurate the scaling is on this map, especially since the scale of the player and environments is going to change drastically this gen.
>>26576467
Reminder that this map is inaccurate, this one >>26571995 is closer to being correct.
>>26578768
>There's no way of knowing how accurate the scaling is on this map
Every other region artwork represents the scale pretty accurately, why wouldn't this?
>>26571995
This.
