Hmm, I'd like to start off by saying that in my opinion, you have a better chance of getting a
good region if you gather a small group of creative people rather than make it a community project. At least, if you're willing to make something more out of this. If it's just for fun, like a community project, I guess this is fine, but as Saving Raven pointed out, it likely won't get much traction. And then there's the unlikely possibility of it getting
too much attention, which would make it a mess with people's opinions and suggestions flying out in all directions. Polls wouldn't be enough to sort out the chaos, I think.
That said, I like the idea you have here. Despite the fact that I think it won't get too much attention
because people are lazy, I actually hope it does. Just the right amount of course. Perhaps, through this thread, a smaller, more dedicated group of people can be gathered to create this region. If that happens and if that is what you decide, swaggage, I wouldn't mind being part of said team and pitching in with ideas. While I'm no good at art, I have many ideas for characters, fakemon, etc etc that I could come up with and share.
Now, onto my actual input. >_>
& I think we should have Fairy-types because A. Some of us, myself inculded, LIKES them. B. It isn't neccessary to remove a type to promote
creavity... in fact, I made a thead about my new type idea (currently called the Beast-type) of which took into account ALL 18 other types.
C. The Fairy-type adds balance to the type-chart, as Fighting & Dragon-types won't be so overpowered & giving Poison & Steel-typed attacks
a REAL reason to exist. D. They're OFFICIAL. I know that this project is all about making things up, but I feel we should repect Nintendo &
Game Freak's descisions, because without them, Pokemon wouldn't even exist. (& there's the fact that Nintendo & Game Freak are always
doing their best to make games that we all would love.)
I completely agree with this. I'm not such a big fan of Fairy myself (in that I think they could've done better) however I feel it's unfair to omit something from the region because of our own personal opinions when it's already official, and has so many advantages.
For starters, I always liked the idea of a Dark/Psychic/Fighting trio. However, I am aware of the major problem people have with this one: Psychic is completely ineffective against Dark, which is an irregularity. People are relatively divided on whether or not this matters, and I'd like to hear others' opinions on this matter first. This is just my personal preference, after all.
My second choice would likely be a Rock/Flying/Fighting trio, as that appeals as well. Though I can't say I'm too confident about having six starters... at least not initially. Perhaps we could have something like what they did in X and Y, where you choose from an initial set of starters and then choose from the Kanto starters later on. Not necessarily exactly the same, but something along those lines.
The region should be completely original, I think. Something new, fresh, but still having a connection to the older generations' regions, much like Kalos. Having Pokemon from all regions present like in Kalos would also be a plus. However, considering the vast amount of Pokemon that exist already, plus the 150 fakemons, I don't think we should have
all Pokemon available. Following in Gamefreak's footsteps and basing the region off a country would also serve as an excellent guideline for things such as cities and towns, notable people, and even gyms. My own personal suggestion for a country to base our region off of would be a culturally diverse place such as Canada. True, it's similar to the US/Unova in several respects, but its cultural diversity can lead to all sorts of possibilities for our region's culture, folk, and cities. Also, the diversity is a good reason for the vast amount of Pokemon available.