4th Gen Official Johto Map Discussion

[Ineffable~]

it doesn't even seem to have any buildings in it. All it has is a big mansion in the entrance... heck this could even be Oak's home in Johto!

Jeez, a Kanto lab, a Sinnoh home, and a mansion in Johto. Man, this is one rich guy! xD

 

[XxDawnfanxX]

Great observations, I am absolutely phyced to get this came! This has just made my excitement grow more and my patience grow less lol.

 

[Soul.//Silver]

Hmm...Cianwood doesn't seem to be much of an island like I always thought it was. A big river is north of it now... Anyway, I'm pretty sure that area north-west/west of Cianwood is in fact a Safari Zone or something of that nature. Btw Kyledove, your ideas are just pure awesome xD, Nintendo should hire you for your ideas (and not forgetting your graphical skills, but this isn't about the graphical aspect of HGSS so just ignore this bit), their games would increase in popularity by 500% XD

 

[charizard_maa]

Jeez, a Kanto lab, a Sinnoh home, and a mansion in Johto. Man, this is one rich guy! xD

haha That would be awesome if it comes out to be true. For real...This guys seems to have place all over the place. Well except for Hoenn....I guess the three years between of FRLG and DPP the old man must have won the lottery or started to receive social security money. haha

I guess these games answer a question I always wanted to know which was what was on the other side of Cinnawood Island. More land to travel. haha Still it kind of look like Battle Area. Could Sinnoh be closer to Kanto then we think? haha

 

[wee187]

Oh yay this is good, I can't wait! :D It'll be interesting. I remember being awesome at Crystal but that was years ago, and I've been too lazy to play it again. I hope I like this remake. I know I disliked Diamond and Pearl but loved Platinum for some reason(???).

 

[Samme!]

These remakes will definitely be interesting like you said(in good and yes, there will be some bad features too I bet) But with what's been released so far everything is good in my opinion!

 

[Pokedra]

Wow, I didn't notice some of those changes.

That place west of Cianwood is interesting, I wonder what it'll be.

 

[©ereal Killer]

Whats west of Lake of Rage? North of Ecruteak City? It looks like a forest... on fire! A forest fire? A burning forest? Sweeet!

 

[Ivysaur]

I still think the building in Goldenrod is... the Radio Tower, moved a bit away from the main city.

 

[Mitchman]

I still think the building in Goldenrod is... the Radio Tower, moved a bit away from the main city.

But there is a problem. What would the rocket be looking at? A smaller radio tower? I mean look at the goldenrod preview from last week's Pokemon Sunday.

 

[$W@GGERM@N !$ HERE]

Sames and Difs

There is alot of differences to heart gold and soulsilver but there is similarlirity to them from the old gold and silver

 

[Artemis]

There is alot of differences to heart gold and soulsilver but there is similarlirity to them from the old gold and silver

The differences would be the new additions to the game. The places that are going to add some twist and turns for the players. The old features are so it'll stick to the idea of it being a remake and bring back the enjoyment original players of GSC had before.

However, the map definitely looks different when you put in individual perspective on some of the old and new locations. Let's start with the West moving East. First off, Cianwood, to me, looks larger and more modernized to match today's gaming of the main Pokémon RPG. Not to mention, the island does look a bit more separated like how the Fight Area, Battle Area, etc. was in DPPt. So, it surely adds in question on what could possibly be new at that one Island from before.

Moving more North to the large clouds, I do notice it being strange for them to cover up this location, especially knowing it was the original place for the Battle Tower in Crystal. Seeing as every game since then has had some kind of included Battle Tower, I wouldn't rule this one out either. So, possibly, there just may be something new there. Whether it be the Battle Frontier or simply a new Tower, it'll all be great to share no less.

I do realize that Lake of Rage [location of Red Gyarados] is larger. So, whatever they may be planning there could be pretty overwhelming for some. Either they made it larger for something new, or they simply expanded it to give more of an extension to Johto. The idea of Kyogre possibly being located here makes me think though, I mean it fits seeing as though they made the lake larger.

Number four, the new area west of the National Park; to me, I think Contests, because the way the main building looks, appears to be something closely related to a Contest Hall. However, we shall see. Though, knowing there are ribbons seen from checking the stats of your team, contests should be placed somewhere in the game I would say.

As for the new building in Goldenrod, it sure is tall and noticeable. My guess goes to those saying it may be the new GTS. The long thin rod extending from the main center of the roof gives me this though as a signal transmitter used for world-wide connection. We'll have to wait and find out though as a anew building in Pokémon could range from one possible thought to the next.

Now, the Magnet Train tracks. It leads east as shown, which is to be known as Kanto. Not to mention, it is the only feature in the game that was relatively used to travel from Goldenrod City to the Kanto region. So, this alone brings in a higher chance for the return of Kanto. Keeping on track with the topic of Kanto and Route 22, it has already been confirmed that Kanto shall make another return. So, speculation on this has been proven and I'm pretty satisfied with that thought. It only gives the game players something more to do. I only hope they re-awaken the second region to something more adventurous than before, but not overshadowing Johto.

 

[Samme!]

Could the large building in Goldenrod be.....:

- The GTS
- An oversized contest hall
- A combined GtS and Contest Hall
- A Team Rocket headquarters??

 

[jmadude]

Has anyone else noticed the two small lakes in the left corner inside the ilex forest?

 

[Samme!]

Yeah! I wondered what those were there for....

 

[Mitchman]

Could the large building in Goldenrod be.....:

- The GTS
- An oversized contest hall
- A combined GtS and Contest Hall
- A Team Rocket headquarters??

I was thinking more of a larger radio tower or something but 2 radio towers seems out of the question for some reason...

 

[billi1000]

What do you think is behind Cianwood City?

As the new Johto map shows, there is a whole new area behind Cianwood City. What do you think this area can be? I think and hope its the battle frontier in Johto because i really liked the one in Emerald :P, so what do you think it can be?

 

[XxDawnfanxX]

I doubt there would be two radio towers in one city, especially next to each other. Johto will have one and Lavender Town will have one. If thats not the Goldenrod radio tower, it won't be another one. But the question is what could it be? As said above it could be a GTS or even a contest hall. The new features on this map intriques be very much so.

 

[Rich Boy Rob]

I agree it does seem to be the most likely place to put a battle frontier if they do include one

EDIT: On a second look I reckon its Pal Park as it has 6 different zones that seem to cover each type, and yeah there is already a thread for this sort of thing

 

[Lover's Kite]

I think the new area west of Cianwood City is either some sort of Safari area (as Jake explained in previous posts), but I'm convinced it could be a new Pal Park-like location. It has 6 blocks that contain individual environments (kinda like how the Pal Park in D/P was).