>only 4 small islands
>lots of water routes
GF created a region worse than Hoenn
>>26883722
>implying you won't be able to manually fly over the oceanscape
>implying there won't be a fuckton of smaller islands
>implying there won't be sandbars that only appear at certain points in the day, when the tide is out
>implying there won't be 3D traversable coral reefs underwater
>implying there finally won't be underwater battles to complement sky battles
>implying all the islands aren't also connected by a network of volcano-based caverns underwater
>implying Gamefreak will ever put in the effort to implement any of the above
;_;
>>26883722
GF's already created 5 regions worse than Hoenn. What's one more?
>>26883722
did you see the scale from the e3 demo? Overworld is fucking ENORMOUS
>>26883847
kek
>>26883722
I count 7 islands.
Also look at all of these boats. Water routes will be optional.
>>26883722
Yeah, SM are looking pretty horrible so far. Pokémon has always been a cashgrab, but it's like they are testing how blatantly they can do it now.
>>26883722
And it's still smaller than Kanto
>>26883722
We already had one worse than Hoenn. Its called Kalos.
>>26883832
I miss the times I'd actually expect this from them.
>>26883847
I can't deny this made me laugh
The Kalos crayon map wasn't exactly to scale. Alola's probably isn't to scale either.
>>26883722
Yeah, it was called Johto. And then they did it again and called it Sinnoh.
>>26884507
I used to think Kalos was big, but looking at it in game makes me realize its just the map. Kalos feels small. Like, Johto small. The Routes weren't very big and it didn't have stuff like the huge bodies of water between landmasses like Unova did.
>>26883832
>>implying you won't be able to manually fly over the oceanscape
>>implying there won't be a fuckton of smaller islands
>>implying there won't be 3D traversable coral reefs underwater
These were all in ORAS. No reason to assume they wouldn't be in SM.
>>26883722
They already did with all the regions before and after Hoenn, anon. Alola's looking fine to me.
>>26883847
No region is worse than Hoenn
>>26884628
Except trips just confirmed the contrary
>>26884649
What trips?
>>26884736
Trips or not, he still is wrong.
>>26884748
Nah, I'm not wrong. Hoenn is the pinnacle of region design and I am very happy with a region set in Hawaii. Sunny, warm, comfy, everything you want from a nice region.
>>26884891
Alola looks pretty cool. Hoenn is trash.
>>26884932
Wrong.
>>26885003
No, u
>>26884891
>beach
>comfy
Sand
Saltwater
Hot
Sunburn
>>26883722
>>26883722
>lots of water routes
There almost NO water routes you fucking moron. Island 1 has two, Island 2 has one, Island 3 has two right next to each other, and the final island only has a small beach area for a water route.
Surf will hopefully become something that's actually really great to have instead of "oh here's a small puddle of water you can't get across, better find some other way to go!"
Surf will actually open up the world, and Fly will take you above it.
>>26885026
You've been proven wrong.
>>26885039
>swimming
>sunscreen
Oh hi Canada
>>26885003
Stay mad Hoennigger
>>26885081
No, you did
>comfy snowy town on top of a mountain
why does /vp/ hate hoenn so much?i actually liked the water routes>tfw pokemon game where you can freely navigate the big ocean from island to island never ever
>>26885081
Northwest Kalos is max comfy. The mystical fairy rings of Laverre, the autumnal constant of brun and melancholy paths, the chill of anistar and the serene ice cavern. Plowing through the snowdrifts on a Mamoswine to the sublime valleys to finally reach Snowbelle. It's all perfect
>>26885369
It's more hatred from hoenniggers spamming Hoenn confirmed like self-righteous faggots a while back.
>>26883722
>>lots of water routes
You do understand that we will be taking ferries from island to island and not surfing to them right? Hell we'll only be able to really surf in 7 places throughout the entire map if the rocked off areas are anything to go by.
>>26883722
>>only 4 small islands
Okay OP I want you to find the REALLY high quality version of this map and zoom in on the entrance to one of the Pokemon Centers. Compare the entrance to the height of the protagonists and you will see just how fucking huge this region is.
>>26883722
Nice meme
>>26885139
>>26885369
look at this pic and tell me there isn't a problem.Some pokemon are everywhere with massive encounter rates, while others are stowed away with a very low encounter rate. Poor variety in pokemon kills things.
>>26885139
this is a cute comic
>>26883977
Have you tried scaling the new region ? its actually bigger than Kanto & Hoenn.
>>26887052
Exactly, it only looks small because the artist renders of the regions always makes the region look smaller
You can't swim on that water, look at the rocks around the island shores.
>>26883722
I guess it's their way of saying fuck you IGN
>>26883832
>network of volcano-based caverns underwater
I like this idea
>>26885369
Maybe read the fucking thread and see how obnoxious shitters like you are?
>>26886978
>>26887413
i am so fucking sick of zigzagoon/poochyena/wingull.
>>26887052
Its gonna be big (every region is bigger than Kanto except the Sevii Islands) but the scaling doesn't really makile it look much larger than normal. The path from your house to the first town looks much shorter in game than on the map.
>>26887438
>The path from your house to the first town looks much shorter in game than on the map
lel, it was a driveway really
>>26887074
This though, every region looks smaller than it actually is due to scaling.
>>26887465
Yeah but it looked a bit longer on the map. Not the HUGE difference that is the Kalos map though. I think Kalos is the only map that made the region look bigger rather than smaller.
But yeah. This doesn't seem to be much larger than the standard Pokemon region.
>>26885382
Agreed. Too bad Eastern Kalos is so fucking bland by comparison...
Most of the time when a pre-release map looks small, the game world IS small.
I'm sorry scalingfags, but no excuse will ever cover the fact that the biggest "cities" only have 2 to 3 roads. It's clear the world's size was sacrificed for full 3d and to make navigating even easier for stunted children.
>>26887074
If you really want to see how big the region is just compare the height of the the protagonists to the entrance of say the Pokemon Center (which we have an actual comparison to since there was a trailer with the protagonist coming out of the Pokemon Center). When comparing them to the buildings you can see this could be the biggest region to date.
>>26887981
That's still a problem because we know each city is notbscaled the same on maps.
Ruins of Alph is the size of Goldenrod City on the map and Goldenrod City is supposed to be absolutely massive.
The path from the house to the first town in the E3 stream is a good indication but route length may differ even then.
And Route 1 was pretty normal sized.
Here's a thoery. What if you get your own boat you can travel around on?
>>26885226
That looks like Victory Road
>>26883722
fuck off IGN
>>26883722
>>26883722
The more casual arseleakers hate a game the better it will be. Thats why i love migthy nr. 9, and hate most hyped games. Go on, we(game freak & i) don't care give us your money and go on lick our asses.
>>26883722
That's impossible.
>>26886978
that argument would apply better to Johto based games, the distribution in those is far worse than anything in hoenn
>>26892098
Not really. Johto has different ways to see Pokemon. Trees, tall grass, and stuff like the bug contests, the safari zone. In Hoenn, pretty much every encounter is going to be some variation of tall grass, so the same encounters are worse because there is no alternative
