Following the trailer and some posts I’ve seen circulating about possible settings for Gen 7, I decided to make a post about where I think Sun&Moon could be set in! Firstly, the ‘woodpecker’ like pokemon we saw in the Sun/Moon announcement video looks an awful lot like the Red-Crested Cardinal, pictured above, which was introduced to Hawaii in 1930 and is now commonly found there! There’s also the fact that Hawaii is nicknamed ‘the rainbow state’, which was the codename of a rumoured pokemon game, Pokemon Rainbow (which could have been a cover for sun & moon). Then there’s also the fact that there is a rainbow in one of the truck’s plate code in the trailer, which is something that Hawaiian plate codes also have:
As well, one of the trees we saw near the hotel in the trailer has a very strange trunk! It looks like the trunk of a palm tree, trees that found all over Hawaii!
It makes sense that the top most part of the tree is cut out because for one, seeing it’s leaves would be a dead giveaway (and game freak likes to keep things a surprise) and secondly, palm trees can get really tall! Another clue is that in the video we saw a yellow fire truck, featuring Blastoise:
And which part of the world has yellow fire trucks? HAWAII!
And what I think is also very important to consider is that the strange souvenir found in XY looks very similar to Hawaiian tikis:
As a bonus, I think it’s important to mention that Hawaii is a very popular tourist destination and we saw a hotel in the trailer too! I think there’s some great evidence to support the theory that the region for gen 7 will be based on Hawaii and I’m super excited to get another water region! Although IGN might be too happy (lol). Also, I’d like to thank Smach-Chu for letting me use her artwork of the bird pokemon. Thanks Sabina!
I’m not sure if this was ripped off of HybridHero’s theory videoabout Sun/Moon taking place in Hawaii, but please credit him because every idea mentioned here, is mentioned in his video that he originally posted two days ago.
>In 2013, Masuda took a trip to Spain, and really liked Barcelona apparently >Spain is a nation on the Mediterranean sea, with Barcelona being right on the coast >Horsea is featured in the concept art, both as a fountain
And on a flag
The flag here is important, because
>The flag of the Mediterranean features a Seahorse, because the Mediterranean sea is vaguely shaped like one
Words can’t even describe how in love I am with this video and how in love i am with Pokemon…. This video fills me with so much warm and fuzzy emotion. I’m so glad to be a Pokemon fan. I’m so happy that I’ve always been a Pokemon fan and that I was able to watch the franchise grow and develop for the past ~20 years, to see where it is today and where it will go. I’m so beyond excited for Pokemon Sun and Moon, and for the new friends I will make because of them! I want to thank Game Freak from the bottom of my heart for existing, and for helping Pokemon thrive. It has brought so much joy into my life and it has connected me to so many wonderful people. I know this is really sappy, but that’s just who I am… Pokemon brings out the happiest and softest parts of me and I love it so dearly
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