The Rise and Fall Of Pokémon's Region Design

Pokémon Games important to the discussion (lol I just need this for the tags):
Pokémon Red
Pokémon Blue
Pokémon Yellow
Pokémon Fire Red
Pokémon Leaf Green
Pokémon Gold
Pokémon Silver
Pokémon Heart Gold
Pokémon Soul Silver
Pokémon Ruby
Pokémon Sapphire
Pokémon Emerald
Pokémon Diamond
Pokémon Pearl
Pokémon Platinum
Pokémon Black
Pokémon White
Pokémon Black 2
Pokémon White 2
Pokémon X
Pokémon Y
Pokémon Sun
Pokémon Moon
Pokémon Ultra Sun
Pokémon Ultra Moon
Pokémon Lets Go Pikachu
Pokémon Lets Go Eevee
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond
Pokémon Shining Pearl
Pokémon Sword
Pokémon Shield
Pokémon Legends Arceus
The Pokémon series and brand has continued to grow in popularity to absurd heights with of course more and more critique on the Pokémon games specifically this hit a whole new high after the release of Pokémon Sword and Shield hashtags flew everywhere gamefreaklied, bringbacknationaldex, thankyougamefreak it was quite the year to say the least but overall I think it was very helpful to bring these problems that have been boiling in Pokémon for the last few years the biggest problem being the downfall of Pokémon from gen 1 - 5 (kanto, Johto, hoenn, sinnoh, unova) to 6-8 (kalos,alola,galar) this has been disected in so many ways but one aspect I feel hasn't been talked about is how the region design of these games which too many is one of the most important parts of what makes the series so great has especially fallen off in the move to the 3D era so today I spend way too long talking about that problem hope you enjoy love you smooches
~ IP

Sorry about the minor audio troubles and camera death at points this video was a learning process lol


also no shade to gameboyluke love that guy but his reaction was just too good of an example lol
Songs Used
There's a lot man lol just give me a time stamp and ask ill let ya know lol

Timestamps
0:00:00 - Intro
0:01:37 - Pokémon's impact
0:02:51 - Pixel era vs 3D era
0:04:28 - What makes a great region?
0:05:34 - Gen 1 Kanto
0:09:19 - Gen 2 Johto
0:14:32 - Gen 3 Hoenn
0:20:01 - Gen 4 Sinnoh
0:25:27 - Gen 5 Unova
0:34:12 - Gen 6 Kalos
0:40:35 - Gen 7 Alola
0:40:50 - Momma’s Interlude
0:41:02 - Back to video
0:52:02 - Galar
1:05:47 - Hopeful future
1:07:11 - You still here?
1:07:50 - Thank you
1:08:07 - IP bump




Painting of Johto at night was done by Zaebucca from Twitter














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