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5th Gen Where is Isshu? Confirmed - New York

Where is Isshu?

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I stumbled on a video on YouTube that convinced me its based off Shanghai.
 
GFA said:
FOOTBALL PLAYER

And Hokkaido and Sinnoh, while not the exact same (obviously) are EXTREMELY similar
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There are Gridiron players in Canada who wear the exact same equipment. There are Gridiron players all around the world who wear the exact same equipment.

Isshu fits Shanghai more (geographically) than New York, especially when you compare it to Hokkaido and Sinnoh being based on each other. The biggest issue with Isshu and New York matching up, is Long Island. Isshu and Shanghai are extremely similar as well.

Also, with the musicals it can also be linked to Chinese Opera.
 
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Well if it fits NYC more geographically than shanghai shouldn't that just end this conversation all together?
 
WarpstarX said:
Well if it fits NYC more geographically than shanghai shouldn't that just end this conversation all together?
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No, it fits Shanghai more geographically. The biggest issue in the geography department is Long Island. It doesn't match up at all with the eastern portion of Isshu.
 
I don't even see long island in the comparable map of NYC
 
WarpstarX said:
I don't even see long island in the comparable map of NYC
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See that landmass to the east of the east river and downtown NYC? That's Long Island, and it is significantly larger than the eastern portion of Isshu. Hiun city is the furthest point south in Isshu (that we can see, the land to the west of the western bay on Isshu is further, but as far as we know nothing is there), if it were based on NYC (geographically), then the eastern portion of Isshu would be longer, and it would instead be the most southern point instead of Hiun.
 
Well isn't that the other side of Isshu (where the starting town is).
 
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What the hell is Gridion? you didnt even back up your point.

And umbrella, post the link. Dont just say useless "info"
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Gridiron is kinda like another name for a football field (or football all together I forget) and you don't have to be an ass about it just because you couldn't
understand.
 
GFA said:
What the hell is Gridion? you didnt even back up your point.

And umbrella, post the link. Dont just say useless "info"
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Gridiron is the umbrella term to refer to American Football, because lots of other countries actually play football (soccer) and need another name to refer to American "Football". The field is also called the Gridiron in the U.S. So I'm not sure why you're confused. And Umbrella can't post the link, because they have less than 15 posts here. You need 15 to post links.

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Well isn't that the other side of Isshu (where the starting town is).
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Yes, but if we're saying that Isshu has to match up close to a real world counterpart, then the area where the starting town is (or appears to be) matches up with Shanghai more than it does with Long Island.
 
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Doesn't Shanghai have this bigass island between the main land (what would be Hiun city) and the east side of Isshu btw it's called Chongming.
 
Palantides said:
Gridiron is the umbrella term to refer to American Football, because lots of other countries actually play football (soccer) and need another name to refer to American "Football". The field is also called the Gridiron in the U.S. So I'm not sure why you're confused. And Umbrella can't post the link, because thety have less than 15 posts here. You need 15 to post links.
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Right ... OK. He can still post it though, it just won twork as a link. Copy and paste it into your browser

Palantides said:
Yes, but if we're saying that Isshu has to match up close to a real world counterpart, then the area where the starting town is (or appears to be) matches up with Shanghai more than it does with Long Island.
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Well, it is kind of a caricature, so it doesn't really matter. Its similar to both.
 
So between the football trainers, (Broadway) musicals, flight attendants, the Liberty Ticket, Wooguru, and the general similarity to the NYC area, not to mention the fact that New York is a major entry point into the US (Route 1, far away, are you seeing my parallels?), Can we just say New York until otherwise stated?
 
Åzurε said:
So between the football trainers, (Broadway) musicals, flight attendants, the Liberty Ticket, Wooguru, and the general similarity to the NYC area, not to mention the fact that New York is a major entry point into the US (Route 1, far away, are you seeing my parallels?), Can we just say New York until otherwise stated?
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Well, the point of the thread was to hear everyone's theories on what place Isshu may have been based off of. I'm actually kind of hoping that the Shanghai people find something pretty big to help support them. :P
 
I'd have to say I'm pretty convinced that Isshu is based on New York (the STATE, not the city). I think the region is pretty diverse, and if you've ever been to New York, then you'd see it's not all city lights. I've been to both Albany and NYC, and they are pretty much totally different places. One is super city/bright lights/glam and glimmer. Albany is just filled with cutesy little neighborhoods and shops, and nice parks and trees. So I can see where you can draw all the different types of cities from. The subway/musical/big city area really convinced me that it was based on New York. And, oh yeah, the football player trainer type. :D
 
Kirbychu said:
Well, the point of the thread was to hear everyone's theories on what place Isshu may have been based off of. I'm actually kind of hoping that the Shanghai people find something pretty big to help support them. :P
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Point taken. Can we get this and related discussions unbanned on Bulbapedia, at least? >.<
 
GFA said:
Right ... OK. He can still post it though, it just won twork as a link. Copy and paste it into your browser
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Didn't work for me when I tried before, I don't think it would work for him.

Well, it is kind of a caricature, so it doesn't really matter. Its similar to both.
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It's somewhat similar to both, but what breaks the NYC theory is Long Island. The eastern portion of Isshu looks nothing at all like Long Island in terms of shape.
 
Quit making up excuses to say that it is Shanghai, It is NYC. There are WAY too many similarities to NYC than Shanghai.
 
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