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PkmnTrainerElio June 3rd, 2016 3:47 AM

Is it me or is Alola a bit small?
 
Looking at the maps, the region of Alola looks pretty tiny. Like, there aren't as much cities or towns as there usually is and the region looks more full of landmarks than cities and routes...

Nah June 3rd, 2016 6:33 AM

It could just be the map/artwork we've seen of the region as a whole makes it look small, and it could be bigger in-game. We don't even know for certain if the 4 islands are the only places we can visit in Sun/Moon.

But that is a lot of coulds and ifs and it is just as likely that it could turn out that Alola is indeed a small region.

Sylveon June 3rd, 2016 6:44 AM

I am calling a mystery island, you saw it here first.

Hikamaru June 3rd, 2016 6:51 AM

Like Nah said, it might just be the style of the artwork and I'm sure the islands will actually look bigger in-game.

Iceshadow3317 June 3rd, 2016 7:18 AM

As said, I think it is just the Art Work. Looking at the zoomed in pieces, there are 14 Pokemon Centers, which in most cases, is about right.

I think it is just really hard to see the routes, making it look small.

GenuinelyAuthentic June 3rd, 2016 7:19 AM

How many islands were there again?

Hikamaru June 3rd, 2016 7:23 AM

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Originally Posted by GenuinelyAuthentic (Post 9269840)
How many islands were there again?

Alola is made up of four main islands, but there's also two smaller islands shown in the artwork.

Iceshadow3317 June 3rd, 2016 7:23 AM

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Originally Posted by GenuinelyAuthentic (Post 9269840)
How many islands were there again?

4 Main Islands. 1 Artificial Islands and probably a few small islands scattered around that we don't see.

This link will take you to a map where you can zoom all the way in to the islands and still have clear view of what is there.

http://www.pokebeach.com/news/0616/alola-region.jpg

We know from the very first trailer that the white building, with the fountain, on the 2nd island, is fairly huge.

Master Ball proof June 3rd, 2016 7:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Sideshow Bob (Post 9269516)
Looking at the maps, the region of Alola looks pretty tiny. Like, there aren't as much cities or towns as there usually is and the region looks more full of landmarks than cities and routes...

It could well be we finaly have less than 8 gyms am i right

Somewhere_ June 3rd, 2016 7:52 AM

I thought so too, and it seemed everything was close together too, but I'm sure in-game it will look much bigger. +there were clouds on the map that could be hiding extra islands. But despite this, it still seems small...

Nath74K June 3rd, 2016 8:13 AM

The map is all zoomed out so we can see the 4 Islands.
But on the map we can see a lot of different towns and places, I'm sure this will be the biggest region yet. Plus, there could be a lot of underground routes and places.

Iceshadow3317 June 3rd, 2016 8:16 AM

I am also thinking that with it being zoomed out so much, a lot of details are missed.

You can compare the First Island Map and The Zoomed in version of the regional Island One and see a lot of details seem to be missed. Heck 1 or 2 buildings don't even make it too the full region view on the first island. We are also just seeing 1 side of each island.

Alumens June 3rd, 2016 8:24 AM

To be honest I had the same impression, but after trying to scale the actual map with the player, I think It's actually a big map. Look at the Hoenn region map artwork. On the artwork it kinda looks small too, in terms of cities and such, but in-game it was actually pretty vast.

deathpool June 3rd, 2016 8:59 AM

I thought so too until I zoomed in. The region actually looks pretty awesome. I'm especially loving the island on the bottom right. The top left of it has a mysterious walled in city that looks like its straight out of Attack on Titan, the top right has some ancient Japanese tower that reminds me of Conquest (best pokemon spinoff game), there's some cool looking battle arena in a moat, and not to mention the huge icy mountain in the center with a helipad on the top.

deathpool June 3rd, 2016 9:02 AM

I'm predicting that the Man-Made island in the center will be either the Evil Team hideout or the Elite Four (with the floating house connected to the back as the Champion's stage).

Sabrewulf238 June 3rd, 2016 9:21 AM

It all seems more tightly packed than the Kalos map. It seems like there'll be something around every corner.

I also get the impression that most of the places on the islands you'll be able to reach. Whereas in Kalos there were a lot of filler mountains that only existed to be a wall.

DataFile June 3rd, 2016 1:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Sabrewulf238 (Post 9270023)
It all seems more tightly packed than the Kalos map. It seems like there'll be something around every corner.

I also get the impression that most of the places on the islands you'll be able to reach. Whereas in Kalos there were a lot of filler mountains that only existed to be a wall.

This is what I'm most excited about, being able to scavenge most of the islands would add immensely to the immersion.

Desert Stream~ June 3rd, 2016 4:49 PM

I think the middle island could also be the battle fronteir

Desert Stream~ June 3rd, 2016 5:04 PM

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Originally Posted by colours (Post 9270613)
After the interview with Masuda, I really doubt it's going to be implemented in this game or really any game in the near future. D:

Unfourtunatly. That is part of the reason I am losing interest. That and the difficulty. i truly feel like they are trying to make more money than appeal to the fans at this point :(

Desert Stream~ June 3rd, 2016 5:28 PM

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Originally Posted by colours (Post 9270651)
I know. :( I mean, I still have hopes that despite what he mentioned in the interview, that he would still put in something that would be at least as challenging as the Battle Frontier itself. It doesn't even have to be BF anymore, but I'd rather something to do that's challenging, y'know? If it's anything similar to the Pokemon World Tournament that was in B2W2, I'd be more than satisfied.

Yep! I am just tired of the maison at this point.

Mark Kamill June 4th, 2016 2:34 AM

It's not small at all. You have around 24 routes and 13 cities. It should be around B2W2 sized in number count, bit since the scale is pretty huge, the game is likely going to be bigger then ever. Then there are WAY more dungeons and points of interest then before, so many side paths caves and forests in between all the cities and routes. Even looking at the blurry in game screenshot of the map makes it obvious that there is a lot going on.

smocks June 4th, 2016 9:12 AM

I think there's going to be a huge underwater portion of Alola to explore (maybe like underwater ruins or something) because in the map the islands are kinda in an arc and the islands are curving a darker bluer water which could be dive spots

User Anon 1848 June 4th, 2016 2:09 PM

It does look a little small and there doesn't appear to be a Battle Frontier either. I hope to be proven wrong on both accounts.

Admiralblack June 4th, 2016 6:38 PM

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Originally Posted by smocks (Post 9271519)
I think there's going to be a huge underwater portion of Alola to explore (maybe like underwater ruins or something) because in the map the islands are kinda in an arc and the islands are curving a darker bluer water which could be dive spots

I agree we have way too much water not to have underwater caverns. I believe caves, and surfing will be a big part of this region.

Bigdog June 4th, 2016 8:45 PM

There could be a chance that later on, we could be seeing something like California or Okinawa-like addition. Maybe the Plus/Minus rumors were right on the fact that other parts of the game are based in Southeast Asia, a location controlled by France via Vietnam and Cambodia. Even if I'm wrong on that end, any connection to Kalos doesn't have to be necessarily on the mainland. We know so little about Kalos that they could be a colonial power, where it can still be another part of Kalos we haven't explored. If we're really relying on airplanes for travel they could go to any of the other parts of Kalos' control without issue. We could even get Morocco, Algeria, Egypt or even Syria and Lebanon. It depends on the time period they are aiming for. I doubt a French occupied Mexico would work.

Maybe the reason why Alola is so small is because the rest is more vast. If they are even going to Kalos once more , they'd have to redo all of it in the newer style anyways. But Gamefreak has been bucking traditions since Black and White so anything can be possible when it comes to these games.


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