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The Isshu Region
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Well it's a new game, so that means a new region! :D
Pokemon Black & White will be taking place in what is known as the Isshu Region. According to CoroCoro, it is very far from other regions like Kanto or Sinnoh, requiring a long plane or boat ride. It also implies that it is a more technologically advanced region. From pictures so far, it seems more modernized, although there are still the rural areas and towns. There isn't much information on Isshu yet, but there are a few pictures that showcase the region in different areas. So what do you think the Isshu Region is going to provide us with? What would you life to see? Spoiler:
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The only opinion I have on it is what appears to be the starting town. I'm rather disappointed because I thought that the starting town would in fact be Hiun City, but I think that's just because of the fact that that was the first and only official city that has any information on it. Along with that, I found it interesting how it seemed to be in the middle of nowhere (apart from that bridge). So I was hoping that you would start there and it'll be in the middle of the region and you could have taken a boat to the next town and really start your journey. But meh... that obviously isn't going to happen. :<
I'm hoping that the name plays something in that town, though. Huin accordingly means bad luck and misfortune, so I really hope that they actually put something that has to do with bad luck in the plot that occurs in Huin City. I do expect this region to bring great things, like always. Just hopefully less than 20+ legendaries. u__u |
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The region looks amazing to me personally. I mean Hiun itself can pratically carry the game itself. But the screenshot I'm most interested in is the one with Protagonist staring up at the bridge. You can clearly see that the city is connected to another city by the bridge. Isshu's got flavour and I love it.
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I am very interested in not only Huin city and the sorts of things you can do there AS WELL as the city the bridge connects it too but what is that cave? It has like...blue electricity in it and it looks very cool. That forest also looks like a nice dark, lush place.
I am very much looking forward to the Isshu region to say the least. |
It will probably bring a lot of surprises with it. I mean with the new graphics and all cities will be larger and feel more vibrant, physical features will look more real, etc. I am hoping to see the climate zones that Sinnoh and Hoenn had but larger, new ways of transportation around the region, etc.
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With the picture showing those boats and the possibility that it's based on New York City (it does resemble the place, though it also looks a bit like San Francisco to me) I'm thinking there might be some new way of traveling around the region besides cycling, flying and surfing. That's what I'm hoping for anyway. Big cities have subways and cities by water have ferries.
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It looks great!
Although I have one issue, It's called ISSHU!!! What the hell were they thinking? it just sounds crap! |
I hope the cities keep their Japanese names.
I think you should battle the main-game's legendary, and final evil team boss battle, etc. On the top of a Skyscraper! Because that'd be awesome. |
I really like the idea of having a modern, urban setting. I would much prefer that to another load of farms and villages. And I also agree that it would be better to have Hiun City as the starting place.
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As a fellow Australian, I say that would just creep me the hell out.
... But be awesome at the same time. ... Hmm, theres an idea.. |
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Still, you don't see Japanese people call America a proper Japanese name now do you? So I have my doubts too. |
If what folks are saying is true and Isshu will have many different cultures represented by it, then were bound to have a Parisian city then. The Japanese love Paris.
I'd love to see and airport in the pokemo world, or even just an airship port. An oil rig is something they might do as well. |
I'd like to get the picture of the region, not the awesome city. D8
Frankly, I hope it drops the muddy vibe of the fourth generation and plugs in some more water like Hoenn. With a beautiful city and harbor thus far, I'm satisfied... at the moment. |
yeah, i want to see the region map before i jump to any final conclusions.... BUT Huin city looks pretty amazing
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I would like to see a rainbow weather effect :D
Also I would like the return of the day/night music differences. I really liked that in DPPt |
Yeah, it's kind of hard to base assumptions on Isshu just around an image of one city XD;
But another thing I just thought about is what kind of biomes would you like to in the region? Like deserts, mountains, forests, etc. I personally want to there to be a lot of water this time, because Sinnoh had barely any water routes whatsoever. It's also be cool if there were some tropical areas of some sort, with forests and beaches to go along with it. I just hope for some more exciting areas instead of just the same old trees and grass everywhere. |
Sounds like a good Region, I like this image;
http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/2/20/Isshu.png |
The forest is very exciting, I can imagine we will be seeing some new Bug Pokemon in it! Hiun City looks rather cramped by the artwork, but in the game, it looks very nice! The starting town brings that feel of "Oh boy, I just walked out of my house, time to start my adventure." Which is the feel probably everyone get's when they walk out of their house for the first time. That cave looks interesting, what are those squiggly lines on the cavern floor, perhaps electricity bolts, maybe it has something to do with an electric type Pokemon located in that cave! Can't wait for more Info!
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I agree, more water routes than Sinnoh, Kanto and Johto. But not as many as Hoenn! That was one of the few flaws with my favourite region. |
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Also with the forest, it looks as if the trainer came down to the spot he is at from the log behind him. Seems like we'll be seeing more interactive features in the region itself! :D Pretty cool if I say so myself. |
Hm, a desert town would seem cool. Pokémon lack of desert. I mean, they had a small bit in R/S/E and D/P/Pt. They should add more of a desert, and make a town or village surrounded by sand.
As for a cactus Pokémon, there's Cacnea and Cacturne. Remember? |
Id love to see anACTUAL jungle, not just wet marsh, vines hanging down etc.
Itd be kind of cool to have a ghost town too |
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Has it been confirmed if that the 3rd pic is the starting city?
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Yeah, now that we are in Gen 5, we dont need Tentacool, Geodude, or Zubat. WE NEED TENTAWESOME, GEOMAN, AND MEGABAT!
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I must say the big city and overall futuristic feel of Hiun City is nice. It's unique. There aren't really many places like it. Reminds me of Grand Metropolis from Sonic Heroes /NO ONE SHARES YOUR INTERESTS
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Well, I hope Isshu is warm and cold. And a few other things too, like maybe a Mountain Range?
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By my guesses (and the fact that it's a port city), I am safely going to guess that Isshu is going to be south-east of Kanto and Hoenn, making this the most east region in a Pokemon Main-Series game.
Oddly enough, I had a dream about some place called Isshu (pronounced Ie-su) about 2 weeks ago. Creepy, huh? |
Yeah, I really would like to see some mountains again. Maybe not as large and expansive as Mount Coronet in Sinnoh, but still areas with caves and snow-topped areas.
I also think it would be awesome if there was an almost arctic-esque area, where it would be water/land combined but snowy, along with icebergs that you can go on, etc. Something like that would really appeal to me, and the idea of a desert village like Eeveon said would be awesome :D |
Mountains bore me a bit. Every game has had them and they're always full of Zubats and Geodudes. I hope they play down the mountains and play up the urban areas. A more urban region would be pretty interesting especially if you could encounter wild pokemon in some of those areas. It makes sense that some pokemon wouldn't live in caves/water/tall grass. They just better not make it another power plant.
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I would like to see more water in this game and underwater should be back xD |
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Two words: Underwater Vocano. Please, please and please Game Freak!! |
I want to see new places. We've been to tons of mountains before; anyone up for a valley? How about we explore the inside of a volcano? I want to explore a barren Arctic wasteland - not the stupid snowy hills of Sinnoh, but a place where if the ice cracks you're frozen in the lake (not really but yeah).
I just want to see something new. Big, huge cities like Hiun would be awesome but I think that they could strive for a little bit more area-wise if they go for that. |
I like the fact that it is more modern. xP But... there would be a lot of buildings with blocked off floors. I mean, they couldn't make 40 floors for every building you are aloud to go in, it would be too much.
But.. Hiun should have a strong connection in the plot, imo. |
I like the modern feel of the new region of what we've seen so far. I'm actually hoping this game gives the more modern/urban city feel to the game.
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Isshu region
I have a feeling Isshu is in Australia or somewhere in the USA.
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Aside from Hiun city it doesn't look all that different. and the 3D view I don't know how I feel about that. It seems a little much. but then again thats how I felt about generation IV
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Greece would be another cool one since A) it's been used before, b) Greece is large enough to be one mega-region or broken into two regions, and c) greece is home to various physical features and islands. Australia would be okay, but inform me on the geography and climate there. If australia is used then I think there would mainly be fire, ground, and rock type pokemon spread around it. Actually Australia could be a massive fire island XD. Quote:
Though like I said Isshu could be based in Greece, Korea, or Korean+Australia. They could even just add in influences from cities and regions around the world. |
This actually looks pretty amazing! I can't wait for it to be released, although I do have on issue, about the very tall buildings, will all of those be accessible, or will you only have access to a few? The rest looks pretty cool.
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I hope that we'll at least get to explore some of the tall buildings in Hiun City, not necessarily all of them. But it'd be pretty neat if there were some first-person outlooks at the top where you got to see far out into the region or something.
And have any of you wondered what that tannish almost tudor styled building is to the left of the Pokemon Center? Seems a little out of place to me. |
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I can expect them to take full use of the 3D... anyone for mountain climbing? what about surfing down a river? I REALLY want to see what they'll incorporate as specially 3D
or maybe... downloadable areas... so they can tack on as promotions...!! and I don't mean a tiny island with one pokemon, I mean a whole route or something. |
I think that Hiun City is based on New York City for three reasons.
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It probably is based on Ny
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Hiun City = NY?
I've been thinking: Ever since they said this new region wouldn't be in Japan, well I always thought the screenshots for Hiun City reminded me of New York. What city do you guys think?
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I think I know where it is!
Hiun City = Auckland! http://kam.mff.cuni.cz/conferences/ATCAGC_2010/auckland.jpg http://www.siliconera.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/isshu.jpg Both are transport and commercial hubs and Isshu is seen to be high-tech in places and low-tech in others. New Zealand has high-tech cities but quite bucolic countryside. Both have a lot of mining. Just a hunch but I think maybe Isshu = New Zealand! |
Well im relly excited about this new region, it looks amazing :D
Im hoping for a more exotic city or somthing, I dunno! Somthing we havent seen! :D Like the underwater city in hoenn! (atlantis XD) An underground city? LOL Ummm... maybe somthing like ummm... I got nothing xD |
This is looking to be an amazing game which will have hours of gameplay (more than the previous 4 generations) as exploring big cities must take its time! Plus, I would love it if the incoperated an airport so when you have finished the pokemon league, you can possibly fly back to a previous region or a new destination with some "rare" pokemon :D Cannot wait for this to come out <3
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I'm more prone to believe that Isshu correlates with the American west coast, with Hiun City correlating with Seattle. A much more logical choice in location considering its ties with Nintendo. :P
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I don't think it will be based off of New York or any of those places. I am positive it will be based off of another region in Japan.
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There's not much to go on at this point. A city by the ocean with a bridge. It could easily be any of a dozen cities around the world. If it's not based on somewhere in Japan (which they've pretty much said already) the most likely place is to have it be in the US since that's where the largest market for the games outside of Japan is. And if it's going to be in America it's likely to be a well-known area to the game designers. Something like Los Angeles, New York City, or San Francisco. It's got to be somewhere near the coast and have a large bridge (which excludes LA as far as I know). I want it to be SF for selfish reasons, but NY makes the most sense. It's the largest area and had a Pokemon Center.
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From the screenshots (African-Americans), locations, and characters (yay baseball caps), I'm assuming this one may be based on North America.
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Let's try to keep all the region talk in one place. There are already a lot of posts in the general Isshu thread about Hiun City's origin specifically so let's put it there. :)
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I think the Isshu Region is West of Johto or in real life, in Honshu and Kyushu.
Hiun City might be Kitakyushu City and the bridge might be the Kammon-Kyo Bridge, connecting Honshu and Kyushu. |
i just hope all those buildings have some kind of purpose, one will most likely be a department store but will the others be inaccessible, like celadon or goldenrod?
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The name Black and white, Have to do with the Taoism.
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Isshu region...
Well from the screen shots, it is already advanced. I mean Hiun City surpasses Jubilife, Goldenrod, Saffron, and Lilycove City. Well that is what I think. I just hope that there are more places t go in this region than the connected Kanto and Johto. I mean want my excitement to be satisfied and not disappointed. |
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Anyways, the usual department store, few buildings to get into, then other buildings no entrance is old and yeah it should be changed. Quote:
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I can't find any solo pics of it besides on pokebeach: http://pokebeach.com/2010/05/clearer-game-screenshots-and-artwork-of-black-and-white it's the 2nd picture next to the screenshot of the guy/girl trainers. from the small back sprite it appears as if this person is of a darker color, idk, we really won't know till more screenshots or the games come out. |
Real World
So, in case you haven't noticed, each region in Pokemon so far relates to a real world place. I was wondering where you think that the Isshu Region relates to?
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Well many people are speculating that the cities are going to be from america because apparantley hiun city looks like new york but i think there basing the cities from china rather than japan like usual :)
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I'm still standing by my guess of the American west coast. America is the biggest market for the games outside of Japan, and with Nintendo's American headquarters in Seattle, it will have the familiarity aspect to it as well. I just hope Isshu extends far east enough to see an analogue of my hometown. XD
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Fair enough buy i seriously dont think its going to end up in america .
there is scanned photo of the trainer in a cave you dont egsacley get caves in towns or citys in ameria do you ? |
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Who says that the cave in the screenshot was within the city? There are plenty of cave systems near the Rocky Mountains...I've been down in at least three of them from my personal travels. XD ...besides...where in the world would you find an undeveloped cave within an urban city? |
I thin this one might be like a melting pot of a bunch of different places.
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I'm thinking China, because, really? America? Nah, GameFreak would totally go a bit closer to home. If anywhere else at all, Western Japan maybe?
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Maybe like the Orange Islands where it was just random stuff. Or maaaaybe they've lost creativity since then :P
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Well, a lot of Japanese people live between Seattle and Vancouver. That would be a good place to set it in order to be inclusive to Americans AND Canadians. But "Hiun" sounds an awful lot like China.
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I don't get it, whats the point of doing that? Unless you want 150 new DESERT Pokémon, there's no point of going there. D: |
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I'm hoping Isshu is much larger in scale than any previous region. So far it looks like that's the case, but it might just look that way from the screenshots. I want there to be so much to do in each town/city that it takes the player days to finish exploring one single place.
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I think it'd still be in Japan, maybe its more of a modernized place. :D
and man the city is huge |
U S A?
has anybody else noticed that Isshu might be related to the United States possibly?
It is also very far from Kanto/Japan and if you spell Isshu backwards you get U hss I --->U-ess-ay---> U-S-A |
Im liking the pictures, Isshu is a wierd name but creative. I hope they add more interesting things to cities, like underwater cities like "Atlantas" just not in ruins and physicly exist, or have in-mountain cites, like a city in a literally in a mountain. But im hoping they DONT place a large mountain smack middle of the region . Preventing freedom to go into other parts of the regions, it like a kill-joy or a ****-block too me. "Hey its a mountain and it has a cave, I hope it doesn't have...Damn it! It has boulders placed in the way, that I cant move or smash" - Beginning of the game.
More interesting landscapes, and more cities and town, but I need to look at the map of the region vefore I can bash on it. Hoping to hear and see more. |
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I believe the Isshu Region will be based off of Washington. Not Washington DC, the state Washington in the United States. When the year becomes 2011, a new music genre is born. The early Isshu Era of video games.
Yep, I categorize video games by year. Early Isshu- 2011- Sinnoh- 2007-2010 Hoenn- 2003-2006 Pre-Hoenn- 2001-2002 Kanto-Johto- 1996-2001 16-Bit- 1992-1996 8-Bit- 1985-1991 Nostalgic- 1970-1984 Nostalgic- Before the NES 8-Bit- When the NES was introduced 16-Bit- When the SNES was introduced Kanto-Johto- When the N64 and Pokemon were introduced Pre-Hoenn- When the Game Boy Advance and Game Cube were introduced, but not the next generation pokemon game Hoenn- When the 3rd generation Pokemon game was introduced Sinnoh- When the next gen gaming consoles were introduced Early Isshu- When the Next Generation Pokemon Game will be introduced |
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It doesn't have to be a black person. I said colored which in the US may be considerd a black person but could also be a Southeast or South Asian, possibly even Arab or Latino-influenced. Obviously the person is darker than the others around and although we only have the back sprite she (or he) surely doesn't look like the 'typical' characters in pkmn. Quote:
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Well, regardless of what it's based on (I don't really care, unless it'd be somewhere in Sweden ;) ), the region is looking awesome. I can't wait to learn more of this. What other amazing things will they put in there? :D
Hm... Unless the region is really small, and the main thing is the big town... No that can't be. That'd be horrible. Or can it? |
I've made the assumption that B&W will be largely based in the city, however we've seen screenshots of the Isshu region's more rural areas such as a forest and even the starter town seems to be more pastoral rather than based in the city. Even though I'm hoping that there will be a different approach on making the region of that of the previous games I'm happy to see that it wont be entirely in the city.
I'd like to see a bigger region and not one you fly through in a day on your first run through of the game. I'd also like to see more towns and cities in which you visit in the game and not just key towns like in the previous RPG's. It'd be nice too see some towns like in the anime that might hold more side quests and such. Other than that I hope to see some picturesque sites in the Isshu region and something that will stand out from the previous regions we've seen in past games. |
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It think It will be between Korea and China, Hiun sounds Chinese, and I think it would be great if it was on China. Just my opinion.
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City/town possibilities?
Many people have perdicted that the Isshu Region willl be based off of the United States due to the statement that it will be located "very far away from the other regions", and due to Hiun City's vastness, resembling one of America's bigger cities like New York. Whether this is true or not, I think we're in for some very diverse and colorful new towns in Black and White. (the other towns we've seen is an older, western looking one, with a train system and lots of bricks, and something that looks like the standard hometowns from the previous games)
So, here's my question: x What would you like to see incorporated into a town or area in Isshu? Wha kind of buildings, minigames, pokemon, people? x What kind of cities do you plan to see in Isshu? Based off of America? Or somewhere else? x Think of the closest major city to where you live. What, in that city, would you like to see in Black and White? For me personally, I would like to see some kind of street performer minigame. As you beat it, it gets both harder and more entertaining. It could start out as a modest didgeridoo[sp?] game, utilizing the DS's microphone, and get more complicated as you become a human statue/robot man/crazy guy in a pikachu suit. It'd be something cool to put into Hiun City. Also, I think there should be gormet restauraunts, that sell unique food items with unique results in battle. So if you fed your mijumaru a dish of honey seared broiled duck, it could raise it's attack power for water type moves sharply, as well as revive its HP by 50. Granted, the gourmet meals would be pretty expensive. I live about twenty minutes from downtown Denver, and I was just there today. (which would be what sparked the idea for this thread!) So like Denver, I would like to see a city with a river running through it, and you can walk under the streets along the river. There could also be some beautiful murals along the walls, like an ocean scene with a goldeen, looking like chalk art. Also, you could see mountains in the distance. |
Underground tunnels. I know it's been done before in Goldenrod city and a couple in Kanto, but I'm talking like those, but expanded.
I live in Houston, TX, and a little-known fact is that there's a series of underground tunnels connecting everything in downtown together. You can get from the bus station to the museum to the high-rise office buildings by just walking underneath the city, and there are even coffee shops, restaurants, and convenience stores down there. I wanna see a place in the Pokemon world that mimics that atmosphere. The Goldenrod underground from GSCHGSS was a good start, and the Under from Colosseum was a step in the right direction. I want to see essentially a huge underground city connecting several cities, perhaps as an alternative to going over a water route or desert above land. |
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Ijust noticed, see this boat?
http://i50.*.com/2heh5j4.jpg It reminds me allot of the SS cactus from hoenn, what about you? (oooh maybe a remake hint) |
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Sounds very different, but hey let's see what more town names they can come up with.
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Hiun city looks like one big region :P I wonder where the gyms would be... BTW there is a bridge, which might connect to like, the un-modernized part of Isshu :D Probably where the player lives?
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