How EVERY Pokémon Generation Has Hinted at Future Games

[@komarunaegi7460]

You missed a hint! In HGSS, the Rocket Grunt with a foreign accent that you fight in Kanto has added dialogue he didn’t have in the original GSC. After you beat him, he says he wants to start a new Team Rocket in his home country. In BW, you find out what country he was really from, because you get to see him in Unova, much older now, and with a family of his own. He says he initially planned to start a new Team Rocket there, but then he fell in love and ended up forming his own family, and decided to move on from his life of crime. It’s really sweet!

[@Beamin439]

thats not really a hint. more just a little side story lol.

[@komarunaegi7460]

@@Beamin439 Idk, the fact the Grunt mentions he’s going back to his “home country” in the remakes, and doesn’t mention that in the originals, feels like it was intentionally added to make people wonder where the Grunt is from and what he plans to do with the branch of Team Rocket he wants to start over there, which is why we get that answer in the next games directly after HGSS. I think that’s definitely at *least* more of a hint than “the Mossdeep Space Center hints at Gen 4 because DP kinda-sorta have to do with space.” xD And this hint actually has payoff since we get to *see* the Grunt in the next game-so it’s more intentional than Cynthia saying she has a villa in her home region in Platinum, since like the video said, the villa in Unova isn’t even hers, it’s Caitlin’s, and Cynthia doesn’t say anything about Unova being where she’s from.

[@gustavju4686]

@@komarunaegi7460 Very good points ^^. That said, I can't help but wonder if that villa was originally going to be Cynthia's until they decided to give it to Caitlin. In XY, the Backpacker tourist from Alola mentions his region having a champion, but in the Alola games there's no champion (note that Dexio and Sina reference the XY MC and friends, so SM take place after XY). Also, SM were originally going to have gyms (so likely the standard E4 and champion too) until the developers switched to trials. So changes have happened even with the hints.

[@komarunaegi7460]

@@gustavju4686 True! I completely forgot the Alolan Backpacker tourist from XY mentioned his region had a Champion, as if Alola had a traditional League Challenge. It’s crazy how development time and crunch time can change how a game is structured, for the better or for the worse. I like the Island Trials as a nice chance of pace, but you’re definitely right that these hints can be a double-edged sword because the developers could be leaving hints for things that won’t end up being in the next game thanks to time constraints, development issues, or creative changes.

[@acidicali7776]

Doesnt the weird foreign accent guy have an broken english accent? He wouldnt be from a region based literally in an english speaking country.

[@daniigirl9679]

I also liked how Team Rocket in the anime and movies hint at the upcoming generations too. The Manaphy Movie: James: "Diamonds and Pearls..." Meowth: "Let's get through this season first". Diamond and Pearl animated episode where they mention minerals which is actually mentioning the previous pokemon game instalments and then James said "It's not quite Black and White". And the black and white episode where Emolga ran away, Team Rocket were deciding on plans X,Y and Z.

[@slaylow5297]

Now what has team ticket said so far in journeys ?!😭

[@DiffidentDennis]

In one of the last episodes of the XY & Z series, Jessie and James drop a Solrock and Lunatone keychain

[@MochaFatTart]

@@DiffidentDennis Now we need to find sword and shield

[@jakeriese4862]

Wasn't the Black and White foreshadowing in The Brockster is In!

[@Xerox_24]

@@DiffidentDennis Bad Sun and Moon

[@enasty1257]

the glittering cave in kalos had red, blue, and green crystals in it. representing ruby, sapphire, and emerald aka gen 3. which was the next remakes set to come out. where their champion really loves his rocks. EDIT. you can also find the fossils in glittering cave where Steven's company revives those fossils. where Steven himself has revived mons on his team.

[@stormy_does_stuff]

Yes but we didn't get Delta Emerald

[@joelcisneros9020]

Red green and blue are also the color of Kalos legends tho

[@darkwolf780]

those are also the colors of Gen 1 as Japan got Green and everywhere else got red and blue

[@darkwolf780]

@@stormy_does_stuff we did though it was the after story story in Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby, it was called the Delta Episode

[@DemonEyeXGamer]

Also X and Y refers to the 3D axis(remember Zygarde is Z), and ORAS can mean weather but also refer to time which is the 4th axis(also W axis, like the start of weather)

[@undrhil]

How come no one sees the Digging Bros in Sword and Shield as a direct reference to Sinnoh's underground? I'm pretty sure they even use the same digging sounds as used in the digging mini game in DPP...

[@pixilmon]

Oh lol I never realized. Though I realized the pattern so I knew that dpp remakes were coming

[@DemonEyeXGamer]

Bro, I've been so fixated on Sword Shield and Spear that I didnt realize that(spear pillar for clarity)

[@Oofmonster]

Also, there was a curry shop in lgpe that everyone forgets about.

[@thelordoftheweebs9501]

Bruh

[@Jamie_Ashe]

@@thelordoftheweebs9501omgg, right?

[@Ph4ntomHourGlass]

I wonder how many "not so obvious now but will be later" clues there were to gen 9 in gen 8, that just went over our radar.

[@pidgey3734]

gen 9 is gonna have a big jungle and im calling it rn

[@zachthetuffman]

@@pidgey3734 I think so too. Possibly a region based on India.

[@pidgey3734]

@@zachthetuffman we might get more monkey pokemon currently we have like 8 and a tiger and maybe some lions

[@zachthetuffman]

@@pidgey3734 Or at the very least, we'll find out that this new region was the home of all those monkey pokemon. And copperajah

[@MM-jh5kj]

@@pidgey3734 maybe zarude is originally from gen 9 cus they said in his dex entry he isn’t from galar?

[@nicolaslimapeixoto3212]

If Game Freak is going to make a region based on Italy, maybe there's a hint in SW/SH: Zacian and Zamazenta are wolves and twin brothers... and in Roman mythology, Romulus and Remus are twin brothers that supposedly were fed by a she-wolf.

[@Minish4rk360]

Zacian and zamazenta aren't twin brothers because the pokedex calls zacian zamazenta's older sister But you might be right

[@SuperUmizoomi]

@@Minish4rk360 well they could still be twin siblings (non identical twins can be different gender and unless theyre conjoined theres still a twin that comes out first, thats usually called the older)

[@olympiadeverre]

That would be such a cool hint!

[@jarodhale7170]

Also the Pokemon that are a group of little Roman soldiers!

[@levelmakertoiletpaperediti1778]

well in Romulus and Remus doesn't Romulus murder Remus? So does that mean Zacian is going to murder Zamazenta?

[@OTGamer95]

I actually saw a comment on another video about how the two forms of Urshifu could have been hinting at the two battle styles in Pokémon Legends Arceus: Rapid Strike Urshifu->Agile style/Single Strike Urshifu->Strong style. It’s not my theory, but it does make sense, especially since Mustard, the trainer who gives you Kubfu in the Isle of Armor bears a striking resemblance to Iscan, one of the wardens in Pokémon Legends Arceus. Plus the Shield Pokédex entry for Single Strike Urshifu talks about it “inhabiting the mountains of a distant region,” which could be a reference to Hisui/Sinnoh.

[@aventurasdemais8261]

Now that we have the trailer for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet, we know that there was foreshadowing in Sword & Shield. In a certain building, there's a wallpaper full of oranges and grapes, which are very prominent in the trailer for the new games.

[@curtdog647]

It's in the circhester hotel lobby

[@SkyHigh_xx]

that and "Ciao!" is also a Spanish word for "Hi"

[@RiderSentaiGrid]

​@@SkyHigh_xxNo It isn't 😅. Ciao in Spanish is used to say good bye 😅

[@SkyHigh_xx]

@@RiderSentaiGrid Where i'm from we use it for Hi and bye so it could go either way. But that could also just be a Galician thing

[@RiderSentaiGrid]

@@SkyHigh_xx IDK hehehe... Here in Mexico we only use Ciao to say Good Bye, but I knew there would be some Spanish speaking places where they use it as Italy, to say both "hi" and "bye"

[@dasonexe]

Calyrex’s battle theme from Crown Tundra has a few snippets of the trainer battle theme for Generation 4, being Diamond & Pearl obviously, although a bit slower. Another cool hint. Perhaps deeper than I thought? Maybe they will tie in Calyrex to the Sinnoh lore somehow… Probably not. Lol

[@yaboipktendo]

Also, it has a little Bit of Black/White Kyruem's Battle Theme.

[@bernardodranreb]

I saw the lord form as somehow a link to Calyrex and sovereign

[@wedding6515]

i heard of that before and no matter how much i listen to the theme, i cant hear it out. imo its bs

[@S3verusMyG]

Calyrex looks like a shmuck, so me and my Palkia would love to sort him out and throw him in a pc box

[@npc1826]

Well Calyrex has two new forms in Legends Arceus, which takes place in Hisui, which is the ancient name of Sinnoh. Nice one, dude!

[@ethandollarhide7943]

While Regions based on India and Italy would be great, it still blows my mind that we haven't gotten a region based on an African Country or a South American country yet: There's just so much potential when it comes to new Pokemon in Regions like that.

[@kingdedede3814]

100% agreed

[@naghanarasimha9106]

Yes

[@_juicejames]

Africa and Australia should be priorities for them to make 😮‍💨

[@ordinary_deepfake]

Mew comes from South America or Guyana that should be a region Brazil has a huge Pokemon fan base

[@annaferns1840]

India is technically the most biodiverse country in the world, so it does have a lot of potential, Brazil would be a very fun choice too

[@chinmustache6420]

I think the next region being Italian makes sense, since Galar being based off of England, has Circhester, based off of Bath, which was a Roman town. Falinks also appears to be based on Roman helmets and fighting strategies. This could easily mean that the Italian Region had influence and had possibly occupied Galar at some point

[@arko5959]

According to all the leaks we got till now, gen 9 will be either Italy or India , so maybe u r kinda correct. Also it's supposed to be announced on Pokemon day this year

[@julezsantana1797]

@@arko5959 Pokemon street shitter edition

[@arko5959]

@@julezsantana1797 well yeah every country has their downside (tho what you said is more of a stereotypical *jOkE* ) it doesn't matter cause if it did, people in unova would have been shown to munch on tauros balls 💀

[@MiaMizuno]

@@arko5959 I am really excited to see if Internet people are right. Because in my opinion, some are interpreting things way too much and I doubt many "hints"

[@lemonspineapples4439]

Plus, Junichi has stated numerous times he has visited European countries for "inspiration" since the release of X and Y. Italy it is, boys!

[@SzandorQuinn]

I'm surprised that Hoops here didnt mention the hat hanging on the wall in the player's home in SwSh, which looks oddly similar to Lucas's hat in dppt, which could have been another potential hint towards BDSP, all the way when you first start your game.

[@ArceusDX]

Everyone: It's gonna be India or Italy, there's hints! *1 month later* GameFreak: Bienvenido a españa!

[@SuspiciousZorua]

theres a 90% chance gamefreak did the Italy stuff on purpose to throw us off the tracks for the real hints xD

[@Vassileva85]

Elephants can still tie us to Italy. Hannibal marched his troops through the alps towards Rome, in those troops were many war elephants.

[@yoissy]

Fun fact, pygmy elephants used to live on Sicily, which is part of Italy

[@nathangovender3386]

The thing is tho that Copperrajah, rajah is the hindi word for king

[@Vassileva85]

@@nathangovender3386 Regional variant is likely

[@nickdentoom1173]

@@nathangovender3386 Is only its localization name, so Copperajah isn't relevant here. Need to look at the official Japanese name - Daioudou may be a combination of 大王 daiō (great king), 王道 ōdō (kingship), and 銅 dō (copper) or 黄銅 ōdō (brass). It doesn't mention Rajah in its official name and Great King is broad, since it was used in many countries in the past (Including England) to differ a King who has amazing stuff with other Kings (For example Alfred the Great).

[@nathangovender3386]

@@nickdentoom1173 but its hindi, it comes from India and it means king

[@breezyvgc]

2 months later and GF has revealed gen 9 to be in a Spanish based region, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, which has a strong connection to Oranges and Grapes. there is a curtain in the Circhester hotel in SWSH with an Orange and Grapes pattern on it. So far that's all I got.

[@AmzorcenEX]

for the copperajah theory, its similar to gumshoos' pokedex entry, where it was brought from another region to take care of the alolan raticate infestation. i was hoping to get gumshoos in swsh to have my theory be right, but i think theyll just do it for gen 9

[@brittanyarrington3971]

Iirc, yungoose/gumshoo is based on the small Asian mongoose, which are native to India and eat snakes. I can totally see an India-based region using gumshoo, seviper, and zangoose variants.

[@Ben-wu3or]

we still haven't seen Corphish's home region either lol

[@GPrinceps]

@@Ben-wu3or Oooh, I forgot about that. Good one!

[@Nemesiswiththesauce]

I'm from the future: Gumshoos is in gen 9

[@webculbreth3261]

Considering all the potential hints, Copperajah's home region, the painting, and Masuda saying Ciao, we could see a region based on a combo of Italy, India, and Rome all at once. Plus if Rome, which is in Italy, is included it could mean the pokemon equivalent of the leaning tower of Pisa and the Roman Colosseum which could bring a new colosseum game. Just saying Gen 8 was based on Scotland, Ireland, and Britain it's a possibility.

[@thebananaboy9104]

just wanna say, masuda's equivilant said ciao in the original DPPT

[@lemonadogirl4082]

We're probably never getting another Orre title, sad as it may seem. Collo/XD served a very specific purpose (making Gen 2 species that were technically stuck in the GB/GBC era due to the lack of Gen 2>3 transferability available in Gen 3) that, between Dexit and GameFreak clearly being hesitant to break the transferability daisy chain ever again, will almost certainly never be needed again in the series. And since PoGo's adaptation of Shadow Pokémon failed to reintroduce XD001, there's a decent chance that there's a rights/licensing issue to contend with even if one were to be made for shiggles.

[@abmstudio3678]

Or maybe it's a Roman Empire region that includes north Africa where the regional variants of copperajah come frome

[@mrcombustiblelemon2902]

Only one starter Pokemon in the Roman empire. Falinks.

[@MerkhVision]

Minor correction here, but you should’ve said Scotland, Ireland, and *England* , or simply the UK. Britain is the island that Scotland, England and Wales are on

[@KariahBengalii]

There's also a line of dialogue in USUM, I think by the Ultra Recon squad, which says something like "your pokemon are shining brilliantly". Only noticed it since I played it after BDSP came out. It seems awful early, but I could see TPC/GF/CI already knowing what the Sinnoh remake titles would be

[@kg888]

Not really. That's reaching.

[@adammorin2955]

It’s odd that your called it brilliant diamond shinning pearl though and the ultra recon squad said that.

[@Monchan-l6h]

I feel like I'm the only one who noticed this, but Gen 6 didn't just hint about Gen 7, it even gave away the main mechanic of Gen 8. Gen 6 introduced Super Training, a method of EV training where you fight GIANT Pokemon balloons, in a SOCCER FIELD like stadium, while you yourself are small. Gen 6 also talked about the great war of the Kalos region, and we know that England and France have had their fair share of wars long ago. It's fair to say that Kalos and Galar have warred with each other, and Dynamaxing may have been the primary way they survived. Dynamaxing is then left referenced during the super training events, where you fight giant versions of Pokemon.

[@EpiKLyeah]

That seems pretty farfetchd

[@curtdog647]

Makes me wonder... Who would win, a dynamax or a mega?

[@KZN02]

Regarding Silver being Giovanni’s son, that was brought up in the Pokemon Special manga, although it could be argued whether or not that counts.

[@dogloversstudios]

I don’t know if anyone else has noticed this, but in gen 7 totem Pokémon being bigger stronger versions or regular Pokémon seems like a big hint.

[@ordinary_deepfake]

To the current idea of legends is an improvement on totem totally agree

[@curtdog647]

Yeah I guess but they're not nearly big enough to be a hint to dynamax

[@Greninja08]

I think that corsola dex entry wasnot a hint to pacifilog because GS were the final games planned

[@Lokear]

Yeah, probably less of a hint and more of an 'oh, we can make this here'.

[@Greninja08]

@@Lokear yeah ur right Has to be that way

[@darkwolf780]

actually they didn't plan on going farther than Gen 1 until they saw how popular the games were which led them to gen 2 and so on. they never expected pokemon to be such a huge hit.

[@annaferns1840]

@@darkwolf780 gen 2 was supposed to be the last Pokemon gen, but then the anime happened

[@k9blazesensation]

10:15 fun fact: in Gen 5 there’s actually another hint for X/Y If you go to the Pokéstar studio, there’s an NPC that makes a reference to Diantha

[@Enethil]

I also found it really curious how Honey from Island of Armor, when you donate ~3m watts, just randomly says that she wanted to invite all champions to a battle on the island, but wasn't able to get them there due to this event not being eunogh of a reason to get them there. At first, I thought it hinted to some "PWT-like event happening at the end of the crown tundra DLC, but maybe it's a hint to gen 9 instead?

[@serge2cool]

If they included that on top of the battle dojo... MWAH!

[@TheOGButterfreeguy]

It could also refer to the Pokémon Masters EX App?

[@nickdentoom1173]

tbh, i think that was just for the Galarian Star Tournament.

[@Trainer-Red]

I wish they actually went through with it I would've loved fighting Cynthia/Steven/Red and all the others up to that point. I paid all the Watts she wanted and thought the ending of it was a bit disappointing.

[@vladislavspataru2109]

it can also be black and white since that did have the PWT, also in addition to that, the bike lady in front of that same dojo can change your bike into "Glistening Black" and "Sparkiling White" Colors

[@silentsamurai6622]

Italian could be the next Region very likely. Because the CIAO of matsuda and the imperator Hannibal comes with elephants (Copperajah) over the Alpes

[@bodgmasterxionobst3r983]

ti prego no...

[@bodgmasterxionobst3r983]

Non voglio 100000000 teorie di Cydonia. Non riuscirei a guardarle tutte. Per ora mi basta Xenoverse

[@lovelysakurapetalsyt]

The ciao was in the original games tho

[@animestreetgamer6836]

Did you know that word rajah in Copperajah is an Indian word which means king so the 9th generation probably be India.

[@mattrogers6107]

@GemsOfLilyheart-WSP, and the picture has a building reminiscent of the Sydney opera house. And I’ve seen others saying that the stars overhead look like the Southern Cross, and looking at a picture I’ve got to say I can see that as well. Honestly, ignore the building, the constellation alone should be enough. If he says ciao in the original games, and the only other “evidence” of Italy is the picture, G’day, mates!

[@RebeckyMiguel]

The idea of legendaries foreshadowing regions could fit with Italy too - Zacien and Zamazenta could maybe reference the story of Romulus and Remus?

[@TsuriaDragon]

Gen 8 might of been hinting Legends Arceus Anicent Fossils, Gen 4, Possibly the WildAreas, and the Crown Tundra

[@lemonadogirl4082]

The Pixie Plate was included in Sword and Shield because no other, non-plate type booster (in the vein of Charcoal or Silk Scarf) hold item yet exists for the Fairy Type. And before you ask "What about Steel?" the Metal Coat actually pulls double duty as both an evolution item and the Steel type booster, ever since Gen 4.

[@inshaneguy]

One hint from gen 7 to gen 8 is Magearna...it definitely feels out of place in Alola but feels right at home in Galar.

[@damond4346]

iirc there was a map in one of the recent games that looked like australia.also the italian one, wasnt it mentioned at some point that there was a mysterious region next to kalos? considering kalos is based on france it would make sense

[@eragon1957]

I think it's the globe in the Isle of armor dojo

[@monotonexylophone1623]

That could be referencing galar

[@greninja9520]

either Germany or Spain

[@Lyokoheros-KLPXTV]

Well It's kinga obvious there are some region next to Kalos, as it is not an island... but it can be not only Italian but also Spain or Germany based.

[@TreeckoDX64]

If you think a little deeper thats kinda sad. Pokémon has became so big that, even when working in one game/generation, the developers need to be working on the next one at the same time to don't delay the other parts of the company

[@yoluuwee]

You're video has inspired me to start over my Sword version gameplay again, this time I'm going to go through every detail hopefully finding any sort of clue of what's to come in the 9th region

[@mascott1157]

There was also Jasmine in Sunyshore that was a throwback to Johto and then a couple years later, HGSS were released.

[@HectorT52]

Both Italian and Indian pokemon regions sound great and although the last real world country/region I wanted didn't turned out as I wished those could do better.

[@Aesc_the_voyager]

15:53 this aged greatly

[@doceonbane7443]

There is that one globe inside the players house in SwSh that shows Australia's landmass which could yet still hont at an Australia based region.

[@silversonic1]

Mr. Masuda has said "ciao" for the longest time IRL. I can't count that as a clue. Fun fact: Ciao means both hello and good bye.

[@dharrison6504]

In gen 8 there is an Npc you can battle that speaks Spanish and talks about her home region, being Paldea, and in the final hotel in the game you can see wallpaper depicting oranges and grapes the symbols of the schools in scarlet and violet

[@sadmonke6639]

I really like the Alolan music. I poured a lot of hours into that game mostly because it was my first Pokémon game completed, I live in the state, and because trading didn’t require subscriptions.

[@chiefpenguin1728]

Most likely, because they thought gen 2 was going to be the end of the games, they based pacifidog town on corosola's dex entry

[@brettgrisar7635]

Fantina speaks English in the Japanese versions of gen 4, possibly hinting that Gen 5 would take place in an English speaking region (New York). She speaks French in other versions, which was the region that appeared right after Unova. Although it could be coincidental, I believe that Fantina was hinting Kalos and Unova.

[@MagicNinja-hk8tp]

I'd also like to point out that there was a good bit of French things in Gen 5, especially the anime. Like in the Victini movies, the treats that make an appearance throughout the movies are macarons, which are actually a French treat. Heck, in the main anime, one of the characters, Burgundy, actually has some French words sprinkled into her dialogue, even Japanese.

[@dr.rockso2703]

How did you forget to mention the dude in black and white who used to be a former team rocket member who spoke about his region and how he talked with a french accent?

[@alibaba3568]

Probably not french in the original japanese version (which is the only one that matters for this)

[@pauljumpman359]

Following Lockstin's theory about the mythicals, the interview where Masuda says redwood as a hint, and Copperajah's pokedex entry, I believe the next region will be based off of India.

[@MarisaClardy]

Watching this knowing that Gen 9 will be in Spain makes the hints you mentioned for Gen 9 a little... confusing... Ciao is especially confusing, considering....

[@SuspiciousZorua]

i think gamefreak realized we were all thirsty for new gen hints so they gave us "hints" to an Italian region so we wouldn't notice the real hints until its released

[@PokeMadness1996]

I thought corsola’s dex entry was a reference to the anime the episode misty caught her corsola there was a town near whirl islands surrounded by corsola nests

[@lilweedle6013]

Fun fact: in 2019. (Before isle of Amor and Crown Tundra) there are hints of a future dlc. The train tracks. I noticed these in 2019 on the map. And at one point tried to follow them. But got no where. In 2020 Isle of Amor and Crown Tundra those train Tracks are used as away to fly to the Isle of Amor and Crown Tundra.

[@officerx2150]

A hint for Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl from Sword and Shield are the three dragons Dracovish, Duraludon, and Dragapult, that have the same types as Palkia, Dialga, and Giratina

[@n4h1d98]

That's a very good hint

[@sammypenguin1257]

The reason the Pixie Plate is the only Arceus Plate found within Sword and Shield is because it's the only item that boosts the power of Fairy-type moves. (Charcoal and Flame Plate, Soft Sand and Earth Plate, Twisted Spoon and Mind Plate, etc.) All the Plates' counterparts are available in Sword and Shield, but since there is no counterpart to Pixie Plate, it was left in so Fairy-types could have a boosting item.

[@compatriot852]

It makes a lot more sense that the hints would become more obvious in later games considering how much shorter the development times were getting. Earlier games had no items nor direct statements towards another region.

[@darkhelliadarkfire6109]

The next region for gen 9 is based off of Spain. But the Italy and India possibilities could come later down the line like how an npc in either gen 1 or 2 made mention of Munna way before it was introduced to us in gen 5.

[@thewintercat5534]

there are a few things i would like to point out that you didnt mention from the tv series, such as in black/white where alexa shows up with helioptile and noivern. and in x & y when team rocket is rushing to get on a plane, they drop solrock and lunatone baubles

[@RitoWarrior]

when those had happened, the games were already out.

[@Lyokoheros-KLPXTV]

Well anime generally tends to move from one region to another quite smoothly, so such things happened often (Ho-oh, being at the very beginning of the anime is the only actual exception here).

[@travispotthoff6131]

Copperajah comically could also support the hint at Italy being the next setting. Not only do you have the paintings and ciao, Italy was also famously invaded by elephants once...

[@NightoftheLivingcookies10]

The mysterious painting looks more like it resembles Australia to me. Zooming in what I see are whale tails coming out of a large harbor with a large lit city in the distance. This immediately makes me think Sidney and the waters where the opera house is located However my personal theory is the next region is gonna be India due to little hints I’ve been seeing. It also would be a great choice in historical context to tie it to Galar

[@MerkhVision]

I thought it looked pretty obviously like a Van Gogh Starry Night painting and was surprised he didn’t mention that aspect of it.

[@nickdentoom1173]

@@MerkhVision It did. Van Gogh is a Dutch Painter and Masuda has tweeted a picture with 2 Pikachu that obviously resembled the Netherlands (There was a Pikachu in Orange, the Dutch National Colors and a Pikachu wearing old Dutch attire, there is even merch for this one).

[@GPrinceps]

@@nickdentoom1173 A region based on the Netherlands would be amazing. I would totally die of excitement, omg. We'd need a Fairy Pokemon based on cheese, LOL. And maybe a Grass type based on a tulip. And some sort of windmill Pokemon? hehehe. My best friend is from the Netherlands and we both love Pokemon. Such a game region would be fantastic.

[@nickdentoom1173]

@@GPrinceps Oddish tulip regional variant. They can make it Grass/Ice type, based on the original White Tulip. There is also the thing that the Dutch have made CD's, so you can even make the TM's/TR's/HM's have Dutch region origins. You can potentially even make more Flabebe colours based on the Tulip colors. Like, this is a thing. Tulip flowers come in a wide variety of colours, except pure blue (several tulips with "blue" in the name have a faint violet hue). So you can potentially switch out the Blue Flower Flabebe. While tulips can be bred to display a wide variety of colours, black tulips have historically been difficult to achieve. The Queen of the Night tulip is as close to black as a flower gets, though it is, in fact, a dark and glossy maroonish purple - nonetheless, an effect prized by the Dutch. Then there is also this: The first truly black tulip was bred in 1986 by a Dutch flower grower in Bovenkarspel, Netherlands. The specimen was created by cross-breeding two deep purple tulips, the Queen of the Night and Wienerwald tulips. So maybe to achieve the rare Black Flower Florges, you need to have 2 Purple Flower Floette's in your team. So you can have Regional Forms/Variants for Floette as well, which can only be obtained in this region.

[@edwardoconnell1304]

I moved to a different country a while back, and misplaced an old copy of my Pokémon moon. Just recently, I found it then went to see all my progress after 6-7 years. While in the game directors office, I didn’t notice the g-max toxicitry, but after talking to the guy in the light blue shirt on the far right, he also says “Ciao!” Followed by “I just finished an awesome song!” I don’t know if it was a reference or hint or what, but I thought it was pretty cool and noticed you didn’t mention it

[@flyinghalos96]

So for the amount of comments I've seen im surprised that no one references the scientists from devoncorp in emerald that states hes working on being able to explore Pokémon and people's dreams... a gen 5 reference all the way back in gen 3

[@nickdentoom1173]

An NPC mentions a Pink Pokemon with a Floral Pattern in gen 1. In hindsight, this is obviously Munna.

[@woodyd167]

it should be stated that silver was revealed to be giovani's son in the pokemon adventures manga. which the games very often make manga events canon

[@soltandvinegar]

People don't seem to mention that Sword and Shield had a trainer that says they're from another region and speaks in Spanish. I mean... they can't be more obvious than that.

[@Lokear]

Several past games had different-language-speaking NPCs, including Black/White and X/Y. There's Spanish, as you said, and also German and Italian. I believe there was also French in Black/White, which then hinted at Kalos.

[@nickdentoom1173]

I mean, that a character speaks a certain language doesn't mean much as a hint to a next game. Looker spoke German in the Alola games.

[@soltandvinegar]

@@nickdentoom1173 it was more the fact that they specified the fact that they had travelled from another region.

[@DariusKetchum2010]

One thing in Gen 1: After you exit the Rock Tunnel above Lavender Town, one NPC talks about wanting a pink and pudgy Pokemon with a floral pattern. Come Gen 5, we get Munna.

[@earthsruby]

I'm actually a little thrown off after the Gen9 reveal now. I think Copperajah's dex entry is not just an empty phrase and India seems very plausible as a new region inspiration for a future gen; even though now we know that it's Gen10 at the earliest. But these hints towards Italy are what really confuses me. We now know that we'll be in Spain/Portugal, which are at least in South Europe, but certainly not Italy. And they wouldn't hint towards a game that comes out, at least, six years from now, would they? Although: If Copperajah's dex entry was a hint towards Gen10, they would've done that way in advance too. Sooo was all of that just a coincidence or what were these hints for...?

[@rosssstudio7786]

Loved the video, another hint is that in the back of the usum box it says “let’s go” and then has the pikachu trailer from pikachu valley right next to it

[@helious1818]

14:00 I personally do not think this is a reference to BDSP, but rather that it is the only fairy-boosting item akin to charcoal, mystic water, etc.

[@wedding6515]

they could just make a new fairy boosting item, but they chose to make it an arceus plate even though arceus do not exist in sw/sh. definitely a hint bro

[@andreaquadrati]

Actually, Copperajah might very well be an hint to Italy. Hannibal was known to have used war elephants against the Roman empire, in the stories of the Punic wars..

[@michaelolympus5994]

You didn't mention Cubfu and Urshifu hinting Agile and Strong Styles in Legends Arceus.

[@rafaelepapa109]

The Elephant is the symbol of Catania, a city from the very south of Italy, so the two hints about gen9 are linked to Italy somehow ;)

[@matthijsfehrmann5632]

With regards to Cynthia, the black and white anime also has some episodes where cynthia stays in the unova region

[@flareblitz198]

GameFreak really just said "Get Spain'd" with that whole Ciao thing

[@dr.rockso2703]

I definatly think its India. Copperajah, cooking curry in sw/sh, and zarude.

[@Tharja-iBW]

In gen 5 Shauntal makes reference to Ash-Greninja which appeared in the last part of gen 6 via the anime and then the game in gen 7. She says this: "'The Trainer's thoughts joined with the Pokémon's mind, and a lustrous Aqua Ring unfurled...'"

[@soviet_soyuz]

Legends Arceus possibly reveals Unova remakes

[@SuspiciousZorua]

so im not just going insane lol glad to know others are seeing it too

[@SeanTheOriginal]

Not sure if it's a hint or not, but certain mechanics of Black and White were foreshadowed in Platinum, not sure about Diamond and Pearl. In Platinum at least, you'll be given a White Flute and a Black Flute. The White Flute decreases encounter rates (easy mode) and the Black Flute increases the encounter rates (hard mode). This is a hint to the fact that you unlock Easy Mode by beating White and Hard Mode by beating Black.

[@dylanduke1075]

Connections are very easy to draw between unrelated things once you know both of the things. I think a lot of these are coincidences.

[@sb6196]

There definitely are some hints like the strange souvenir but most of them are just coincidences.

[@amvcity6076]

They had actually just Built Pacifilog town after the Pokédex entry because Gen 2 was meant to be the end of the series which is why they let us go back to Kanto and face red

[@CristianNavia0807]

Ho-Oh glimpse at the first anime episode worked for me. I felt the mystery surrounding the figure as I already knew the 151 pkmn thanks to a game guide, and as the anime advanced in its plot and the golden bird was still not mentioned I knew at some point it was to be revealed as a new species and of course they would reveal not one but a whole bunch of new creatures. Then came 2 gen and it was beautiful to finally meet the legendary bird, I never felt like this again about a pkmn mystery.

[@vivi-wr8nm]

i skipped sun and moon so idk if that cleared anything up, but the ongoing ghost girl(s) mystery captures it for me

[@kyleninjagokyle6717]

I’d absolutely love a Italian region. The more of the world we see adapted to Pokémon the batter. And I think a Ravioli Pokémon or something would be hilarious.

[@buhgingo2933]

I make-a da meatball 🤌

[@kyleninjagokyle6717]

@@buhgingo2933 a meatball Pokémon. Tho I don’t know about having a Pokémon just made out of cooked meat but it’d be hilarious

[@shinydoubloon8237]

@@kyleninjagokyle6717 in kalos there was cooked Slowpoke tail

[@kyleninjagokyle6717]

@@shinydoubloon8237 that is true but a sentient meatball and eating a peace of a creature are two different situations. I wonder how slowpoke tail tastes tho

[@shinydoubloon8237]

@@kyleninjagokyle6717 probably tastes like chicken

[@brandonm8901]

This is Hoops' favourite topic in Pokémon 😅 absolutely loves the hints

[@Satokaさとか]

A character appeared in Legends Arceus may be hinting that there would be something involving Unova in the next generation.

[@GPrinceps]

Plus the fact that Ingo has mysteriously appeared on Hisui via time travelling...

[@danteswildlife4411]

In Sword & Shield Peony is used to hint at a region that uses steam-engine trains. His nickname “The Steel Peony” is strikingly similar to the nickname that steam trains go by; which is “Iron Horses”.

[@ssaltsorf5708]

steam trains is a reference to...britain...

[@MrEnKaye]

Peony is a flower, Pony is a horse.

[@danteswildlife4411]

@@MrEnKaye I know, but they sound alike and I believe is what they where going for when choosing his name. Plus with how his arm thrusts you could see the connection.

[@danteswildlife4411]

@@ssaltsorf5708 yes that is true, but it could also reference America. Steam trains were significant in both countries.

[@Tsukune2001]

@@danteswildlife4411 unova is already an American based region.

[@iwearleatherjackets1]

Finding a hint for Gen 10 in S&V gets me very excited, 'cause Gen 10 will probably be a huge deal as it will likely coincide with the 30th anniversary (from Japanese release date of RBY) of the series.

[@strawberrijam3676]

There is no space theme in diamond and pearl, not in the way it was described in the video. Deoxys and Jirachi are extra terrastrial pokemon, they do not possess any quality regarding the dimension of space, which is totally different. This could be more related to the sun and moon plot rather than gen4, putting the chronological order aside. I mean, in the same sense, celebi could also hint gen4, since it's literally the time travel pokemon. Post edit comment: I've thought about it and yeah, there is no space theme in D/P/Pt... atleast in the legendaries. You have team Galactic however and you could say that the grunts suit could look like a spacesuit, or fashion that's a thing in another ''galaxy'', and galaxy i think it's part of space? But it wasnt mentioned in the video so...

[@JohnnyHikesSW]

It doesn’t sound like you’ve played B2W2 recently, Colress’s comment sets up an in-game storyline which is resolved when the player beats him in the final battle, proving that the best way to bring out the power of your Pokémon is to create a strong bond with them

[@RobynAnarchist]

Which is... still how Mega Evolution works, yes

[@cofagrigusfan24]

15:42 he also says that in the original Diamond & Pearl

[@adripurdy1998]

remember how munna was based on an NPC describing a “pink pokémon with a floral pattern” from gen 1 or 2? oh also, i vaguely remember NPC dialogue from a hotel room in kalos where they literally used the words ruby and sapphire…

[@nickdentoom1173]

Gen 1. The NPC mentioning Munna was past Rock Tunnel.

[@adripurdy1998]

@@nickdentoom1173 thank u!

[@Greninja08]

That painting in bdsp is a painting of Dal Lake in Kashmir

[@SithLordMalco]

I am curious as to why you think it's Dal Lake and not Venice

[@Greninja08]

@@SithLordMalco because honestly I'm from India and personality want a Pokemon region based on India so just comforting myself Pls it actually looks like a view in Dal Lake of Kashmir with all lights in shikaras and everything

[@lucadomenichini4926]

In ORAS you can find Looker who has lost all of his memories. I think that that was a hint to what would have happened in Sun and Moon with him and Anabel

[@hunterpikachu1763]

If gen 9 is based on Italy, I'm kinda expecting a super Mario reference. Also I'm predicting the fire starter will be a horse. Makes the most sense when you mention Italy and horses.

[@isaac-77]

What if its grass type?

[@randyrrs7028]

@@isaac-77 or what if its water type?

[@atharvdingal6346]

This is really cool. Another thing, I don't remember if it was sun and moon or it was ultra sun and ultra moon, but a building inside one of those games had a map of the UK, which is what Galar is based on. I saw this in CandyEvie's video.

[@HaeonSeoul2019]

The next generation is 9 is going to take place in Italian

[@gaylordcomic]

Your a genius

[@StateBlaze1989]

What?! No way!

[@LfrancisDrums]

Sadly not. It is *most likely and hopefully* going to take place in India, because of Yungoose *look it's entry up, they came from India irl to combat a real rat problem*, and there's copperajah in swsh

[@StateBlaze1989]

In Italian? But I don't know italian.

[@damond4346]

@@StateBlaze1989 well then better learn it before it comes out

[@Flightning99]

The FRLG reference to Silver isn't hinting at HGSS specifically actually. They actually revealed Giovanni's connection to Silver in the PokeSpe manga for GSC, which was hinted at here and set into canon proper with HGSS if we only consider this an Easter Egg. It was likely considered as such during the development of GSC, and just never explained in game.

[@epicphantom589]

He missed Pokémon being revealed before their debut generation in games like XD Gale of Darkness and the movies.

[@joaov.3275]

I Think that the Urshifu forms were a good hint at strong style and agile style :)

[@anthonyrichards1454]

I just wanna say that I'm seeing too many people say, infamous when they mean, famous. Infamous means you're famous for doing something bad. Awesome video though!

[@arturoperezify]

Since gen 4 had such a strong presence in Gen 8 due to Legends Arceus and BDSP I wonder if Cynthia's home is actually going to be in Scarlet and Violets region. Maybe her ancestor Volo could have traveled there too after he left the Hisui region.

[@FunGeekZNerdParty1984]

You forgot to mention the NPC in one of the generation 1 pokemon centers, i believe Mt Moon, that talks about the pokemon with the floral pattern, that being Munna from generation 5

[@sabata414]

She was actually a trainer outside Rock Tunnel, on the Lavender Town side.

[@FunGeekZNerdParty1984]

@@sabata414 thanks

[@sabata414]

@@FunGeekZNerdParty1984 no problem.

[@alibaba3568]

That was no hint. They just made a Pokémon out of that 10+ years later.

[@ordinary_deepfake]

That was a scrapped mon theyade later

[@tylerbush7047]

Before Gen 4 games even came out I had already thought that Silver was related to Giovanni.

[@jimcecil4558]

could the single/rapid strike cards have hinted at agile and strong style moves? also in an interview didn't they say redwood?

[@meiji_tom]

At the end of the Isle of Armor storyline, Mustard tells the player: “Just so we're ready for when the time comes..." "Heh heh! Oh, don't worry! You'll find out what I'm talking about eventually!” I always figured this would relate to Crown Tundra, but Mustard doesn’t show up. Ruling out DLC3, I think Mustard and Honey might appear in Gen 9.

[@roxasbaker]

I think Colress bringing out the power of Pokémon also involves Z moves which is why he was in gen 7 too and not gen 6

[@Xixity]

Inside on bdsp there is a library and one of those books says something about the East Sea, and quilfish’s “big spikes” as his new evolution that’s been already leaked in legends arceus!

[@redwolfe16]

I honestly hope they don't do 2 Europe based regions back to back. I love the idea of an Indian based region, but what I really want is an Australian based region since there are so many unique evolutionary species there in real life. It could spawn some amazing pokemon.

[@SzandorQuinn]

India happens to be on the Asian continent, so it actually wouldn't be 2 European based regions in a row.

[@redwolfe16]

@@SzandorQuinn I know.... I was referring to the "Italian" region with the 2 European regions. That's why I said I wouldn't mind Indian, cause it's Asian. My comment boils down too "I do not want Britain to be followed immediately by Italy."

[@SzandorQuinn]

@@redwolfe16 ah, i see. thank you for the clarification, as my brain took the context clues of "I don't want two European regions back to back" and "while i love the idea of India, Australia would be super pog too" and sort of jumped to the conclusion that you might have thought that India was part of Europe. my apologies for the misinterpretation. have a wonderful rest of your day and if you feel down in the dumps, remember, like the band Disturbed says, there is always.. A Reason To Fight. (very powerful song, by the way, 10/10 recommend it)

[@redwolfe16]

@@SzandorQuinn Thanks!

[@MimiSimps]

@@SzandorQuinn I need to see more people like you on KZbin. You are very wholesome and I love it.

[@angelskysilver5219]

Kinda glad you didn't mention munna in gen 1's section cause I feel it's more a callback than a future plan