Heck yeah it was a good idea. Im tired of seeing Caterpies and Pidgeys in EVERY. SINGLE. GAME. at the beginning, id much rather see some of that regions based Pokemon. Though its a double edged blade, since you can miss out on some good Pokemon that are halfway decent until midway through the game. And seeing as it made you get acquainted with the new Pokemon.. Ah, what was that one theory.. How one is thrown into a cave and made to learn how to survive through experience? Or something like that, it makes you have to learn quickly the types of Pokemon, their strengths and weaknesses, rather than relying on some old Pokemon like Pidgey which EVERYONE knows the moveset, what hes strong and weak against, etc etc. Overall, I liked it. Its Unova, not friggin Kanto. WE DONT NEED PIDGEYYSSS. Lol