"Pokemon Theory" - Where Are All The Pokemon Regions? Main And The Side Pokemon Games

[@martijnvanweele6204]

I feel like Unova shouldn't be that close to Sinnoh. In Black and White there's a conversation between Mistralton Gym Leader Skyla and Professor Cedric Juniper. In this conversation, at one point Skyla says "you're talking as if places like Kanto and Sinnoh are right around the corner!", implying that, while Sinnoh and Kanto are indeed close together, Unova is definitely not close to them. In fact, it is implied that the easiest way to travel between the regions is by plane. This leads me to think that Unova has to be at least on a different continent than Sinnoh, Kanto and Johto, and possibly even all the way on the other side of the world. This would make sense, since in the first games set in Unova, you encounter _not a single pokémon from another region_ until after you've beaten the Elite 4, in other words, the region shares very little fauna with other regions. Then what about the connection between the Cave of Being and the Aquity, Verity and Valor caves? I feel like it's the Pokémon World's equivalent of the "digging to china" joke, the hoax of the transatlantic tunnel, a legend of the kind that inspired _Voyage au centre de la terre_ by Jules Verne, or a combination of those...

[@TopOfAllWorlds]

martijn van weele I agree with this!

[@chaotixthefox]

You realize that by "right around the corner" she may simply mean the level of closeness Johto has with Kanto

[@taco_tycoon7931]

I agree and I also think it has an easy fix. I think the land to the west of sinnoh shouldn't connect with the continent that unova is on. If you just take away that strip of land and make them two separate continents all is good.

[@fatuusdottore]

martijn van weele I agree. Hokkaido and the US are nowhere near each other.

[@willpower4351]

I think they are still far enough apart for this to be reasonable. Also, Mistralton City is in the westernmost half of the region, so it is the farthest away from Sinnoh. Besides, there seems to be no organized way of travel in the strip of land between the two, so travel by plane is still feasible.

[@ijenslin6292]

The real question is will Nintendo ever release an official map so we can see how close Toby was?

[@linkheroofwinds]

InnesChan Probably not, especially if they continue to add regions

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

InnesChan this is horribly incorrect

[@ivanbackfromthecardshop8093]

What part is horribly incorrect

[@PixelOverload]

Ivan Hammell, everything other than Kanto and Johto, lol.

[@ivanbackfromthecardshop8093]

Marshal Walker when I said what's wrong I meant point out an actual example if something he bit wrong not just say it all is

[@Bekka88]

You know what should be officially released? An official Pokemon world globe, that's what. I really want something like that in my room.

[@radinthesamandi5307]

Me too

[@revolvingworld2676]

That wont happen anytime soon, if they make a map or a globe, that would just limit them for creating new regions.

[@AlexanderGonzalez-ox8rw]

@@revolvingworld2676 i mean honestly they should just make games based on all of the regions without a mainseries game so far, i think it would be cool to flesh them out and give them new pokemon, and how much longer do you think they can make new pokemon, we could get to a poing where theres just so many that they cant put them all in a game

[@GladDestronger]

by arceus' rings thats one of the best ideas i've heard all day on the internet. a world globe/map is a great idea.

[@alessandrocwilliam]

It would end getting obsolete 2 months after you bought it because will announce a new generation + region...

[@MandJTV]

This was excellent

[@amogharsekar1488]

MandJTV Pokevids Agreed! Gud work Toby 👍👍

[@unreallyhooman]

MandJTV pokevids! I watch your channel and I like watching your videos!

[@cassiusfelix2805]

MandJTV Pokevids hey 👋

[@unreallyhooman]

MandJTV Pokevids!!!

[@elijahkhoo5143]

MandJTV Pokevids very WHALE done

[@logandulken163]

7.8/10 too much water.

[@notarxw]

Logan Dulk

[@blueblade6174]

Logan Dulken is that IGN?

[@alessandrocwilliam]

@@blueblade6174 it is

[@RookCooks]

Just add Galar and your done! They have wishy washi and mountains

[@Soleilune1995]

There are almost certainly other regions across the sea that haven't been revealed yet.

[@Arcadapapaya]

Pokemon Conquest should count because a person in the game even says," I've heard of a far away land where they catch Pokemon in balls " or something like that.

[@cheesemcbean7716]

Asgorepapaya i totally argree with you and your the only person in these comments that mentions that

[@RoxyAshNightwing]

I know it should be

[@espeonlz5839]

Wait, what if the Unovan cave connects to Sinnoh in the same way that they say if you dig a hole deep enough in the US, you'll reach China, i.e. Unovan is on the complete opposite side of the world as Sinnoh and the cave is simply so deep that people say it goes through the center of the world

[@Kazimie]

Except the fact that if you dug deep enough, you'd reach the Earth's core and start a massive volcanic eruption. lol I see the comparison, but it's probably just the game devs trying to make it easier for you complete the Pokedex. "Let's put this cave here that lets the player catch the Lake trio from Sinnoh. If someone asks, just tell 'em the cave leads to Sinnoh or something."

[@IraJMead]

False.

[@espeonlz5839]

Ira J. Mead ?

[@Savannah_Simpson]

Espeon LZ Except digging a hole in most of the continental US would get you to the Indian Ocean not China.

[@espeonlz5839]

Savannah Simpson The point is not that it works, but that people say it works. We have no evidence that the cave leads to Sinnoh, just that people say it does.

[@Dendanskeanmelder]

I can´t for him to theorize where the Galar Region could be

[@michaelabbott5999]

There's a lot of unused space in the water and places on land that have nothing there

[@milessaxton]

Remember that South America exist, well at least in the game

[@BirdKeeperToby]

I address that idea in the video ^_^

[@MewxPro]

Haven't watched it yet, but what about that northern area in Russia they mentioned in Red and Blue?

[@lime2779]

It also mentions China in Parasects Dec entry

[@adamski69er]

And Minnesota in the first movie

[@IanRomErv]

Maybe "South America" refers to a South American based region. Same thing can be said about "China".

[@Rene-ij1ut]

That Kanto/Johto map is a thing of beauty, definitely getting one!

[@Borchert97]

I think the only one you're wrong about is Hoenn's placement, Hoenn seems to have a good connection with the regions of Kanto, Johto, and the Sevii Islands, with many references across both regions, like Brawly and Bruno training in the Sevii Islands together, unlocking connectivity with the Hoenn region by retrieving a Ruby and Sapphire, the fact that Kyogre sleeps in HeartGold but Groudon sleeps in SoulSilver, indicating maybe the two legendaries would sometimes flee from Hoenn to rest from their battles, because if we split the games continuity up between the "red" games and "blue" games, that means HeartGold would take place after Ruby, and SoulSilver would take place after Sapphire, and if you combine the games in that order, you get one of each Groudon and Kyogre, additionally, a lot of Pokemon in the Johto Safari Zone not only are also available in eastern Kalos, but in northern parts of Hoenn as well, like Zangoose, Trapich, and Cacnea. Also, the Deoxys from ORAS, while not necessarily present in the GBA universe, might have a counterpart with the Birth Island Deoxys, which is available in FRLG and Emerald, it's also Island 9 of the Sevii Islands, and you can visit Island 8 and 9 from Emerald, which suggests that Hoenn is close to the Sevii Islands, and by extension, Kanto and Johto. The Sevii Islands also have a nod to the Battle Tower with the "Trainer Tower", and use braille puzzles, only otherwise seen with the Regi trio in Hoenn and Sinnoh. In the GBA universe, the Deoxys may have successfully crash landed, albeit from a much smaller meteor, but landed onto Birth Island. That Deoxys may be the multiverse counterpart to the one fought in ORAS. Island 8 also serves as an alternative resting place for both Ho-Oh and Lugia, another visitable area from Emerald. And lastly, a lot of the people and Pokemon at Hoenn's Battle Frontier are clearly of Johto or Kanto origin, especially the Frontier Brains. So I've modified your map, by sneaking Hoenn in south of Johto, and moving the Sevii Islands a tiny bit east to accommodate this fitment, I think that awkward triangle portion of land sprouting south from Kalos is getting in the way a little, Hoenn clearly isn't too close to regions like Kanto and Johto are to Sinnoh and Kalos by way of all the available lore, but it certainly shouldn't be that close to Unova like you have it, Unova was clearly stated to be much, MUCH farther away from the regions before it than they are to each other(this stated before Kalos was known). Anyways, the fact that you can visit some of the Sevii Islands in both FRLG and Emerald suggests they're close, but that's not all, those two games have a cave by the same name Altering Cave, which the inside layout is identical in both, clearly suggesting either, the two caves are connected if you could dig deeper, or the same person, Pokemon, or group of people/Pokemon had visited both Hoenn and the Sevii Islands to make both caves. Also, the player character and his family in the Hoenn games are from Johto. Anyways, I also think the Pokemon world, even down to it's layout, would be largely based on the real world's layout, that is why Unova was stated to be farther away from Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh, because those four make up Japan. In my version of the map, you have all of the Japan territories to the easternmost side, then Kalos in the middle representing the placement of Europe, Unova west of that representing the Atlantic side of America, and then Alola on the westernmost end, representing it's closeness to Japan, yet also representing the Pacific side of America. i.imgur.com/JOv5eBF.png

[@NitroProductions0123]

Japan, Japan, Japan, japan, NYC, Paris, Hawaii

[@roccaluce]

NitroProductions0123 Kalos is the whole of France.

[@ArkaSaurusRex218]

orre is confirmed to be based of texas

[@abyssstrider2547]

Eric Xu sounds... Mexican?

[@lordjftw6991]

And Almia is based on Greece

[@VenaCava]

The Official Fa Mulan only Northern France

[@xopha]

I believe the continents are still named like their Earth counterparts, and they are in a similar place on the globe, just with slightly tweaked shapes and geography. In the Pokémon world, the emphasis seems to placed more on smaller regions, rather than countries. There is no United States of America, but there is Unova, Orre and Alola. There is a North American continent though.

[@myleswatts8062]

Was anyone else just staring at the Togepi egg plush?

[@nobro6971]

Myles Watts Yup.

[@nobro6971]

Cabba's Amvs uh okay

[@mezasepkmn]

TOS Gaming And Music IM DEADDS

[@nobro6971]

Cabba's Amvs k

[@RoxyAshNightwing]

me I was stare at all the time

[@mirtevv]

Now all I want to do is travel to all regions..

[@Barry864]

Be sure to carry Pokemon so you are protected from tall grass and trainers

[@rutherford5247]

True.

[@nikesweatshirt3681]

I love that sinnoh is north of kanto and johto

[@TheMadCroctor]

Wait..... ARE YOU SERIOUSLY USING A GAMECUBE AS A TRAY FOR A CACTUS (check the background of the video)

[@nintendo64_lover6]

It's a venusaur

[@hotwax9376]

It's probably a action figure of some sort.

[@JoeChadburn702]

Hahahaaaa i think its an Ivysaur statue lol. Made me look tho hahahaaaaa.

[@emilyeslam]

Every single Pokemon region has an 'o' sound in it's name. KantO, JOhtO, HOenn, SinnOh, UnOva, KalOs, AlOla.

[@nirhar-chen9565]

Emily Andress illuminaty confirmed?????

[@lilbonsly]

ooooooo

[@abigailshaver1137]

Nir Har-Chen more like Olluminaty!

[@Dreq458]

Iam RSabLeye the Japanese name for unova is *isshu*

[@DerGetrollte]

in germany unova is "einall" lol

[@gaidencastro9706]

You didin't mention it, but parasect's pokedex entree also includes China.

[@pkmneightseven5076]

they were just being lazy and decided that they did not want to make a region based off of china

[@liltone9614]

Yeah because there Japanese

[@Darkrai4294]

Aren't Unova, Kalos, and Alola supposed to be "really far away"? Assuming far from Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh

[@minermole101]

Yes technically, but again, this is his theory map.

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

Miner Mole horribly geographically incorrect

[@hornyanddepressed6805]

Well johto and Sinnoh are close to each other since The region of Fiore is among are Johto and Sinnoh, and Jasmine being in Sinnoh and Lucas/Dawn being in HG/SS. And of course Cynthia in the SinJoh ruins

[@presidenthaltmann4395]

No, they aren't, im pretty sure they made it perfectly clear that Alola was reletively close to Kanto. And there is no evidence to suggest that Kalos is really far away. I will give you Unova though, cause its far from the other regions.

[@Spitfire_94]

When was that stated Haltmann? There is a globe of the Pokémon world in Sun and Moon, as well as Ultra Sun and Moon, at the very beginning of the game that states upon observation "Even on a tiny globe like this one, Kanto and Alola are awfully far apart". Numerous NPC's states Kanto is very far from Alola and how different the culture is between the distant regions. In fact a female Sightseer at the Malie City library ask you numerous questions about Alola and its culture and she's blown away at how the Alolan people use ride Pokémon when in her homeland, Johto, they use Fly to get around.

[@noahgomes4647]

I'm sure there is an argument to what I'm about to say, but can't you rotate the regions? Like with Unova and Sinnoh, wouldn't you be able to rotate Unova a good 90 degrees clockwise and then that cave would match perfectly with Sinnoh. It does ruin what you said about the seas of Kalos and Unova though but it's just a thought. All I'm trying to say is that we don't know each regions North South East West.

[@raphaelkgh218]

Noah Gomes yeah!😍😍😍😍😉

[@mathiashummer9599]

We do with Sinnoh because of the East/West Shellos

[@revolvingworld2676]

Mathias Hummer Shellos is irrelevant since they both appear in hoenn.

[@FireflyJuu]

If you did that North wouldn't be North anymore

[@metleon]

At first, I thought it was weird to have the region based on France to be so close to the regions based on Japan, but then I realized that Coastal Kalos and Hoenn share a ton of Pokemon, even moreso than Mountain Kalos and Kanto and Johto. So since Unova was the first region to be considered 'far away', that means Hoenn wasn't and should be near Kanto and Johto, so Kalos being next to Johto fits perfectly.

[@TimReviewsEveryNAWiiGame]

Pokemon Conquest's region should be on here. The grass kingdom Lord mentions the normal game regions in one of the pre-fight dialogues.

[@belovedwarrior3192]

Considering the time period that game is set in it's possible that it is already in the pokeearth he mentioned but under a new name. Several countries are no longer called what they were called when they were founded.

[@Pogiforce]

your map hates the southern hemisphere.

[@g_v_m2318]

Pogiforce it will be added as soon as their is a region based of a country in the southern hemisphere

[@xMrCh33s3x]

To be fair, much of the Earth's southern hemisphere IS just water.

[@usaydt]

Pogiforce it actually looks good when he put it on a globe.

[@LunamFlore]

7.8/10, I'm very disappointed with the Earth

[@StuffWePlay]

I'm sure that we'll someday get Australia: The Region, where everything can try to kill you!

[@beagamegirl2724]

I'd like to see a 3D globe with all the regions printed/painted onto it. :) (Although new ones would have to be added when new games are released with new regions... :p)

[@crazyweirdgirl4488]

I know this is three years late but, maybe they could make stickers you can add onto the globe once new regions are introduced? Or they could sell globes once Pokemon ends.

[@matthewconnors9256]

This is something I've wanted to work on for years tbh. Glad to see I'm not alone :)

[@DexterityYTC]

As a history major geography has always been extremely pleasing to me so seeing a visual representation of the world in which some of my favorite things from childhood up to today is so amazing

[@ravager0292]

i was thinking if the deepest part of the cave leads to sinnoh maybe its like the joke about digging too deep and you get to china

[@sommor001]

The day a game with all the regions comes out, I'm too busy playing Half Life 3.

[@horricule451]

I hope those map guys have a map of Lordran, but that would be very hard to make due to how interconnected and realistic Dark Souls 1 is in it's use of verticality, so a traditional map might not work. And yes, I just brought up Dark Souls in the comments section of a Pokemon video.

[@2dark4u88]

Aaahhh, i see your a man of culture as well!

[@renniks8441]

I've got this. Ransei is based on Great Britain so what if it is to the North-West of Kalos, and is to far away and isolated to transer, or maybe it makes a triangle with Kalos and Sinnoh. Also, Ferrum means iron, so maybe Gold, Silver, Iron? I think it could be an isolated island firstly populated by People from Johto? Maybe by the equator because of "Gaia Energy", or maybe they have just learned in there isolation to harness infinity energy using Z-crystal like stones, and also burst attacks are kinda like Z-moves, so maybe? Idk leave you're thoughts and a like so Toby can see this.

[@FrigginBoomToys]

I've always been annoyed by the lack of continuity amongst different games. I can understand retconned stuff, like a lot of the Pokedex entries in gen 1 mentioned real countries but I get that at that stage they didn't imagine the Pokemon world would get as massive as it is. But I don't see any excuse for two different relatively current games showing different looking maps of the same area, just seems lazy.

[@JohnnyBeeMon]

The cave in unova goes through the ground, it's literally on the opposite side of the planet as sinnoh

[@abigailshaver1137]

I like this theory, but I have a small problem with this. Correct me if I'm mistaken, but don't you catch WEST Shalous (Sorry if misspelled) and its evolution in Alola? This means that Alola is west of Sinoh, due to the east/west difference being because of the mountains there. Again, I might be wrong on this, but if I am right, you should probably go over the map again and double check the east/west versions.

[@cpMetis]

Would it even matter, considering they are basically on opposite ends of the globe?

[@Dukstless]

Shellos is not an answer, considering you catch one variant in Omega Ruby and the other one in Alpha Sapphire.

[@meangirls2547]

Shellos could have been brought over to Alola by tourists or settlers just like how lots of animal were brought to the new world

[@BleachO]

Just a thought, the saying in Unova about how the deepest part of the cave is said to reach all the way to Sinnoh, in my opinion is probably an Easter egg type thing about how in America there is an urban legend/saying that children are told and it goes, “if you dig a hole in the ground deep enough eventually you will end up in China/Japan on the other side of the world” and I’m thinking that since Unova is based off of an American place then it stands to logically infer that they may have adapted an common America saying to the game universe. Which tells us that Unova is/should be on the opposite side of the globe from Sinnoh. This actually works great too because Orre is based off of USA state Arizona so I’m thinking that Orre and Unova are on a separate continent that is on the opposite side of the globe from the Sinnoh, Kant’s, Johto regions. Hope this helps.

[@MaxArceus]

One thing that I find very unlikely about this, is that Mt Coronet and Mt Silver are regarded as basically the biggest mountains there are.. yet in the map you've made to connect them, there's a gigantic, region-sized mountain range in between the 2, that's obviously far bigger than either of them.

[@ohkokohtpy]

I think this is really cool and really sparks My imagination of the pokemon world compared to our world! They're similiar, yet very different!

[@muouy]

I think this map still works with some adjustments with Galar (gen 8) now existing. I'm not sure if you've seen with maps but I think GameFreak has directly put Galar right above Kalos. So maybe Sinnoh is farther east meaning more north of Kanto than Johto. Also, with your theory the Mt Coronet being equivalent to the North Pole, that could put Johto/Kanto as far north as say Canada for reference. Still warm enough for seasons but not south enough for any tropical areas, which makes sense because there's no tropical area in any of those regions. Now I know said due to geography of Kalos and Hoenn, Hoenn is west of Kalos....but thanks to the addition of the safari zone in Johto, there a big cliff there and the real world equivalent of Hoenn is actually sideways. Would it be possible that Hoenn is south of Johto and Alola southwest of Kalos (still coinciding with the "east" reference?

[@cr1msonok]

Pokemon world is too big to be explained.

[@fayev1360]

Our it's as big as our world and they can explain that

[@milesmatheson1142]

Much of our, real, world hasn't been mapped out yet (rain forests, etc) and we're discovering new species of creatures, all the time.

[@phantom2615]

Miles Matheson true,and not going to even mention the ocean

[@cpMetis]

Wow you, seem to type like, you, are Captain James, Tiberius Kirk.

[@IraJMead]

False. Nothing is too big to be explained. The Universe is not even too big to explained.

[@jish55]

Whenever I see a fan region, the thing many fans seem to ignore is that no one region is that big. Like the closest we have is Kalos which is the size of France, but even that's not that big (we're talking at most the size of Johto and some of Hoenn). But like when I see an Australia themed region, fans always use all of Australia, ignoring that Kalos is only around the size of New South Whales, which is only 25% of all of Australia. So for me, a major rule of thumb whenever one wants to make a full blown region, it's imperative that fans stick to size restrictions. This means that if we get a region based on California, it'll either be based around Northern California or Southern California. An Australian based region would most likely need 3 separate regions, one for New South Whales, one for Queensland, and one for the western part. India would be very similar with size restrictions due to how massive it is, a Canada region would most likely be the area of Vancouver, the pacific North West would only focus on either the Seattle area or Portland area, etc.

[@brandikaienglish7945]

I'm early, so let me make a joke. People's opinions on Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

[@lizthomas431]

Brandikai English I feel like it's going to be close to Pokemon Black and White 2 because how they have Solgaleo and Lunala merged with Necrozma is similar to that game. But it could possibly connect all the the games together like how bird keeper Toby stated in his theory video last year that Sun and moon could be the beginning of the end.

[@codynguyen9539]

Elizabeth Thomas No one asked

[@lizthomas431]

Leopardair Xx Spiked Hair Master xX it was just a thought.

[@Shierajackylnsword]

Elizabeth Thomas good theory here an other one what about its what is beyond the ultra space

[@tuckinatorinator787]

Elizabeth Thomas Personally I feel like they are taking "Alternate Universe" concept they jave.been running with since ORAS and take it a step further by making two main series games that blatantly making ut an alternate universe of Sun and Moon. instead of subtly hinting it like they did with ORAS or B2&W2 We know that Lusamine wanted to open the Ultra Wormhole and we know Necrozma awakened in the presence of Ultra Beasts entering it's resting space. What if they get opened earlier? What if Lusamine accidentally woke up Necrozma early or even doing it on purpose? Who knows how far this string of events could change things or are changed from the beginning?

[@oucyan]

I think the Regions are where they would be in relation to their real life versions are.

[@michaelcard1725]

I have two major problems with this map. Firstly Sinnoh is NOT a polar region if it were, at least three quarters of it would be covered in snow at all times. The only places that have permanent snow are the upper reaches of Mt Coronet, routes 216/217 and Snowpoint City, which all have permanent snow due to being at least halfway up one of the tallest mountains in the Pokemon world. Yes, Sinnoh is north of Kanto/Johto, but not that far north. It is highly unlikely to be as far north as the UK is in our world. Secondly, and more importantly, these regions are ridiculously large. While not neccesarily geographically identical, or even in the same geographic locations, the regions are likely roughly the same size as their Earth counterparts. Indeed, the comparitively short distances involved suggests that some of the regions based on larger areas, like Unova and Kalos, may well be quite a bit smaller than their Earth counterparts. Your map shows the first four regions, based on less than half of Japan, taking up the better part of half of what is clearly an Earth-sized planet. The scale of your map compared to the Pokemon world simply does not make any sense. Still, it was a fascinating video, which you clearly put a lot of thought and effort into. Despite disagreeing with you on those two points, I still think you have everything in roughly the right positions relative to one another. So, overall, you did a really good job.

[@IraJMead]

Replay Pokémon Sun and Moon.

[@lexroza6422]

Eric Slim it was explained when Platinum was first coming out the colder climate change was do to the distortions occurring in sinnoh due to giratina

[@louish5068]

Michael Card If the regions were the same size as the irl counter parts most of the map would be entirely ocean, and like he said Unova clearly is meant to be bigger than irl New York

[@michaelcard1725]

Firstly, the map of our world is mostly ocean, secondly there is a lot of the pokemon world still to see and thirdly no, Unova is not larger than New York. It is smaller. you can't hike from one side of New York state to the other in 20 minutes, which is roughly how long it would take to get right around the map of Unova.

[@louish5068]

Michael Card Unova is clearly meant to be bigger though because of all the varying terrains, obviously they can't make it the same size as irl new york on a ds. and i know most of the world is ocean but if the pokemon regions were the same size as the irl counterparts there'd barely be any land

[@hotwax9376]

Kanto is based on the Kanto plain of Japan, Unova is based on the New York metro region, Kalos is based on France (with Lumiose City specifically being based on Paris), and Orre from Pokémon Colosseum is based on Phoenix and the surrounding area.

[@TheTurdle]

Me who looked up "pokemon regions based on real places" : I came looking for copper and I found gold

[@frozencube0925]

@@S.S.1993 kalos is france🤦‍♂️

[@aayawn1324]

Sinnjo. I ship it.

[@beedieessem6446]

Aayan Chowdhoury *Sinjoh

[@Querez8504]

Aayan Chowdhoury Sinjoh*

[@salvatorecastellitto1375]

*Sinnjoh

[@LanieMae]

Hello all da *sinjoh comments!

[@parkerjd7198]

Hi Toby! I thought of an idea for a theory. What if the reason ash doesn't age because when he died in the episode with gastly, haunter, and gengar it stoped his body from aging but his soul is aging that explains why he is not aging but is getting more mature over time.

[@ahmadilyas5736]

Pqrker oh my!why i've never thought of this one nice one bro

[@ahmadilyas5736]

Pqrker but maybe he is aging but slowly like that of Android 17 and 18 in dbz and dbs and like those of many Marvel character

[@parkerjd7198]

Ahmad Ilyas anything could be possible that's a good theory to

[@pkmneightseven5076]

ash gets really mature in kalos but it feels like he becomes like 5 years old or something and looses all of his maturity and common sense in alola.

[@MxPokirby]

In my version of the Pokemon World, every region "takes the place of" whatever location they were based off of. For example, in my version, where we have Paris, France, in that "exact same space" (relatively speaking) would be where Kalos is in the hypothetical version of their World I've envisioned. Sure, there may be inconsistencies with that, but in a hypothetical alternate version, who's to say I can't make a few re-writes?

[@megaplays2748]

Mr. Pokirby I've thought the same thing as well

[@MarineNyx]

Same. As cool as this theory is, I don't agree with all the positions because I imagine there are more regions representative of other countries/places. This map cuts out the majority of the Euro-Asian continent by connecting Johto and Kalos directly.

[@StaraptorEagle]

Mr. Pokirby I thought the same thing. Well before Kalos existed, I used to pretend France existed.

[@gloriaa.2109]

I always thought the same thing. Then I became convinced that this was the case when I saw how similar in shape the regions were to their inspirations and saw the globes scattered around Sun and Moon. The globes clearly had continents in the shapes and sizes of Africa, Europe, and South America on them. I'm pretty sure that many people have already noticed this, but it's an interesting choice from GameFreak.

[@geichgange71]

Coming back to this a year later after the announcement of the Galar region, kind of reinforces your theory as well. (I've always thought the same, just makes sense).

[@claytongriffith8323]

Those Fantasy Engineering Studios Maps look amazing.

[@verylostdoommarauder]

I think that the regions are in the same places their inspirations are in real life. Sinnoh is not just north, but northeast and across a channel. Hoenn is southeast of Kanto and Johto, and the map we see is actually sideways. Kalos, Galar, and the new gen 9 region are next to each other, and across the ocean from Unova. Also, I can only assume that Unova replaces part of the US East Coast, from Delaware up to Connecticut. The lining up in Johto and Kalos is because they're both mountainous terrain. Unless there's a trans-Siberian railway in the Pokemon world, Sycamore probably flew to the equivalent of Italy or Germany and then took a train into Kalos. The lining up of the sea Pokemon in Kalos and Unova is because they're both on the equivalent of the North Atlantic

[@arrogantvegan3167]

While i really like the map, i realised a hole in it while playing through Alpha sapphire recently. Mr. stone states that the Kalos region is far away, in the beginning of the delta episode. This of course makes it unlikely that Kalos is as close as shown on your map. I dont have a better placement of Hoenn myself, but i would love to see what you could come up with.

[@thesaltyokie729]

Sinroz Moon Perspective my friend, I find that sufficiently far, looks like Texas to maybe the north of West Virginia? Plus a body of water, and generally any secluding geographical mass tend to make a distance longer.

[@TheWeevil2000]

Pokemon conquest has a reference to the main series, a character says that "somewhere there is a place that holds Pokemon in balls" keyword there is 'somewhere'

[@katekhan8893]

Underwater tunnel for unova

[@SparkyRaichu]

I think the cave actually does connect.... but you'd have to spend at least a week walking in a dank cave to get there. And there are "Magnetic Pulls" in every other region following that to evolve your nosepass's and such.

[@dumpling1263]

yes plz ask the guy to make the map in that kind of style

[@tonyhakston536]

Dear god, the way these regions connect is absolutely GROTESQUE!

[@大銀河帝国の皇帝]

It's actually possible to purchase an official map in Japan. I bought one in the Pokemon Center, it only includes the regions up to Gen 4 though. And it's literally stated in Green/Blue/Red (Japanese version) that Kanto is in Japan and that Major Bob (3rd gym leader) is American

[@FireallyXTheories]

Pokémon Conquest quite obviously mentions the other regions and Pokéballs. I like the map, but personally (take my opinion with a grain of salt), I think it should have Rensei (Pokémon Conquest's region), because, even if you can't "transfer" Pokémon, it seems largely isolated, similar to Alola. In fact, it's confirmed to be an island and one game where Arceus actually bothers to visit the player, outside of events. To my knowledge, the only games to actually have Arceus as a character involved at all are Conquest and Super Mystery Dungeon. Only one is confirmed to exist in the Pokéworld from the game itself, and that's Conquest. But that's just my thoughts. Great video! Gave me a lot to think about. : )

[@zephyrias]

that could be an interesting take on arceus. if theres only one, it means it is capable of travesering to various dimensions ie. human world (the pokemon games including ransei) and the MD games. now that ultra wormholes exist. its possible arcues uses those wormwholes or some means of dimmension hopping to get around.

[@JesusChrist-iu3mh]

Kanto: East Asia Johto: South Asia Hoenn: Asia Sinnoh: North Asia Unova: USA Kalos: France Alola: Hawaii Galar: UK

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

Kanto, johto are Kanto and Kansai regions of Japan Honshu Island. Hoenn is Japan Okinawa and Kyushu Islands. Sinnoh is Hokkaido which is a island of Japan

[@Ryan-xj5et]

it will be so fun to see this map expand as more games are made

[@DaiMie]

This theory completely fall apart due to the globe in the Pokemon Game. Unova, Kalos, and Alola are all far away from the other 4 regions and it is somewhat base on our Real Earth. It not going to be 1 to 1, but that how it is.

[@Julian0505z]

Definitely looks like Galar is under Kalos.

[@JCardo2502]

you need to update the map with Galar now

[@fotisrohis701]

Galara region is in Great Britain

[@gunnarpederson73]

Regions are quite small (at max around 130 miles by at max around 75 miles )so the pokemon globe is either somewhat smaller,it's stretched out, or a bit of both

[@heathchisenhall1732]

You did this!

[@RockRedGenesis]

MUST GET MAP! That Kanto/Johto map looks so freaking cool, payday can't come soon enough, might have to fork over some money to get one of those.

[@oisinholz]

Seems pretty spot on! :D

[@thebliboshow4279]

It’s been so long!! I remember when you released this video,You look so different now.

[@larvid9984]

I like the new setup

[@thesteadfastduelist6258]

*My head cannon map is just the real world but pokemon regions in places where their real world counterparts are.*

[@RoxyAshNightwing]

Can you do an video about the anime map please

[@natvralharmoniagropivs9130]

I've got a good one: In all games from gen 4 to 5, in the GTS and in every Pokemon Center we have a globe with the locations of the human world, in Guzma's room at Po Town we also see a world globe similar to the one of our world (and probably there are more cases where it's shown the globe of our world), in the Kanto games, it's mentioned that Mew was found in SOUTH AMERICA, but the point is, there are a lot of references of real world locations in Pokemon games, and as we know every pokemon region is based on a real world places. Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh are based on parts of Japan, Unova in New York, Kalos in France, and Alola in Hawaii. The conclusion is: These regions are actually located just like their counterparts are located in our world but there are many other regions(the other places in our world) where there isn't a Pokemon game based on, but doens't mean they're nonexistent.

[@jmell458]

"Eastern Influence" doesn't this mean that Kanto and Johto are to the East of Alola, not to the West?

[@louish5068]

J Mell Kanto and Johto are east to Alola on a map he literally said that it was like that in the vid

[@jmell458]

If you were in Alola, according to Toby's map you would have to travel West to get to Kanto. But the sign that says "Eastern Influence" refers to Kanto/Johto being to the East OF Alola, not Alola being TO the East of Kanto/Johto Because Johto is the influence, which should be to the East of Alola "Eastern Influence"

[@blueblade6174]

J Mell it's east across the entire globe when on the full world sized map. Yeah, it's closest to the west, but like in real life, America refers to Aisa as the east, despite it being closer west of it.

[@louish5068]

J Mell But Kanto and Johto are technically east of Alola if u look on a map he says so in the video

[@jmell458]

America refers to Asia as the East because that terminology originated from Europe, the West. You might as well say that Sinnoh is South of Johto because "Yeah it's closest to the North" but its "technically South if you go across the globe"

[@mrmuffins951]

I definitely think Kalos is North of Kanto. If that were the case, the caves we find Mewtwo in line up, and it’s closer to Sinnoh where Sycamore apparently came from. If Kalos were straight west, of Johto, it wouldn’t make sense for there to be a train only connecting Sinnoh to Kalos when there is already and East to West train that connects Johto to Kanto. Hoenn should also probably be south of Johto then because you can reach Birth Island in the Sevii Islands to catch Deoxys from both Kanto and Hoenn.

[@CameronKiesser]

The Pokemon world is like the DC world... which is Earth but slightly different. Just put the regions where they are based off. There... done.

[@trevisk]

So where do we put unova? It's an entire region based off of one city

[@CameronKiesser]

Trevisk It's New York City.

[@CameronKiesser]

Trevisk Please note: Pokemon regions aren't to scale. If they are.... It's Whoville.

[@trevisk]

Dude I don't wanna be rude but i don't think you get my comment, what I'm trying to say is how can one entire region be only equal to one city while 2 are equal to japan, New York isn't an entire continent

[@CameronKiesser]

Trevisk It's not to scale. That's the short answer. There's only so much you can put in a game. New York is crammed pack with stuff, while the real life Kanto has its iconic locations more spread out.

[@silviasansegundo]

Doing a pause of studying for my finals to enjoy the video! I discovered your channel through the map videos and these are def my favourites. I mostly agree with your map (I would place Alola souther though) but I feel like the southern hemisphere is too empty! I would love to see a southern-hemisphere like region in pokemon in which climate is kind of "flipped" and we get the hotter regions up north.

[@BirdKeeperToby]

Thank you to those of you who came out to the weekly stream. Look for all links in the description of this video ^_^

[@siberian_khatru]

I only came for the last minutes :(

[@hydrangea2636]

You're welcome

[@psydish6414]

Toby you blew me a kiss in the stream I love you😱im so surprised😳

[@cookie_chicken]

Love the new video Toby!!

[@raiguyzac7559]

Bird Keeper Toby loved the live stream Toby :)

[@Stephen-Fox]

It seems well reasoned speculation based on the evidence, I just wish there was a bit more evidence for Kalos, Unova, Alola. and Hoenn (and, definitely, the side games), but with the information we have to work with it seems the best that can be done to me.

[@blue-lf1po]

306th

[@nirou3691]

I care

[@testedalexthegreat1759]

W K lol you gut more likes than the original comment

[@mastertucker]

You shoulda included Snap, being hinted at in the manga, it's region is mentioned in multiple media and so its worth looking into.

[@AdeptCharon]

You got me convinced that Kalos is practically between Johto and Hoenn, and that it is part of the same continent as Johto (and Kanto and Sinnoh of course). Unova feels like the only non-island region that should be on a separate continent though, but definitely west of the main one. Did you guys leave that big space below Kalos in case southern Kalos becomes a thing some day?

[@pkmneightseven5076]

i like reading through comments and seeing what all the pokemon fans talk about. im happy that im not the only one in the world with a HUGE obsession with pokemon.

[@scezaira491]

In the Orre region games, the region is described to be closest to Hoenn and Johto as the vast majority of pokemon in the region are transferred from those regions.

[@Amber_xo_133]

Kanto is based on the Kanto area of Japan Johto is based on the Kansai area of Japan Hoenn is based on the Kyushu island of Japan Sinnoh is based on the Hokkaido island of Japan Unova is based on the United States, with many similarities to New York Kalos is based on France Alola is based on Hawaii Galar is based on the United Kingdom

[@amirwilliams8890]

At 4:18 if u look at the globe in the pokemon game if u look close and long enough that u will see Africa And eurasia (Europe and Asia) those 2 continents are connected so I thought I would put them together.

[@TehEpicViper]

What if there was a very deep cave in Stark Mountain that connected to the cave in Unova? Plus we've seen that with the underwater tunnel, they aren't neglectful of the idea of pathways under the sea. It says the cave goes deep, but in what sense? Deep as in length, or maybe that and deep underground..? Because it seems like that could be plausible

[@AGuyWithTheFace]

As to the thing regarding the cave "connecting" Sinnoh and Unova. It could just be magic that you get teleported to Sinnoh when you leave the other side, and vice versa.

[@project4061]

This is a theoretical map but is very close to what the game cannon world map may be, so great work. One small side note, gamefreak did experiment with darker stories in the ranger games.

[@KingTaltia]

Psst; Description of the "Sinjoh Ruins" in game in the map as I recall Literally mentions it's on the border between Sinnoh and Johto.

[@twarnold14]

To further support the Hoenn placement, the Embedded Tower from HGSS is said to be the closest point in Johto to Hoenn. And the tower is along the cliff routes leading the safari zone which head to Kalos in your map and eventually to Hoenn. So, more supporting evidence!!

[@BoraCM]

If you go onto poke info (an app), the sinnoh map mountains in the south match up perfectly with the northern mountains of kanto and johto.

[@shadowsear1312]

Game Freak has actually specifically said that each region in the games is based of of somewhere in real life Here's a quick list Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh are all based off of places in Japan Kanto is based off of the real Kantō region of Japan Johto is based off of the Kansai region of Japan The Hoenn region is based on the real-world Japanese main island of Kyushu Sinnoh is based off of the Japanese island of Hokkaido Meanwhile, Orre, Unova, and Alola are all based off of places in America Orre is based off Phoenix, Arizona Unova is based off New York And Alola is very clearly based off Hawaii Kalos and Galar are based off France and the UK Ferrum (the region in Pokken Tournament) bears a strong resemblance to Iriomote Island, the largest of the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan The Ransei region from Pokemon Conquest is based off Feudal Japan Even the regions in the Pokemon ranger games, Fiore, Almia, and Oblivia, are based off of places IRL Fiore is based on the Japanese prefectures Okayama and Hyōgo, as well as Shodo Island of the Kagawa prefecture Almia is geographically based off Greece and Turkey Oblivia seems to be based off the Oki Islands of Japan So, knowing this information makes it pretty easy to know where the regions are IRL (two more things: (1. credit to Bulbapedia, since I got a decent amount of this information from there) (2. sorry for the long comment)

[@bigdickdaddy12]

In the delta episode in oras Mr stone mentions Kalos as being far away, leading me to believe hoenn is either farther out to sea, or not near Kalos at all

[@muouy]

Mike Dillon which leads me to believe that Hoenn is south of Johto

[@Daniel_Coffman]

I'm now curious where Galar would be. I feel like it would be somewhere East of Hoenn. That would pretty much sandwich it between Hoenn and Kalos, so given France and England's connection, it would be fitting in real life, and it would very much be close enough that Zigzagoon would be able to travel to Hoenn some way and adapt to the more lazy life there. However, it would be kind of difficult for Ponyta to get there, likely, as it's only found in the Fire-Type Friend Safari. And since Galar appears to just have ocean in the north, I'm not sure the part of the "peninsula" of sorts just south of Kalos would fit with it unless the map were to get redrawn again. Though, being on that that "peninsula" would position it in a possibly advantageous area for Ponyta, being closer to Johto and Kanto. I don't know the story, though, nor if any of the other regions are ever mentioned or at least alluded to in Sword and Shield, so I don't know. If it were to be in the area that I stated, though, even thought it would be separate, I probably would include the Channel Tunnel for obvious reasons, lol.

[@muouy]

Daniel Coffman it's directly north of Kalos

[@mewtical1840]

man imagine a pokemon game in the future with 100 generations and all old and new regions combined into one map

[@mitrikgaduk347]

Funnily enough Serebii confirmed their map was copied by gamefreak and placed in a dewford town house in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire. So if you wanted to be technical, serebii's pokeearth map is canon now it seems, as when you look at the texture of the map it looks nearly identical to serebii's. Just some food for thought.

[@Chaotic.Fish88]

I disagree with Unova having that weird landmass connecting to Sinnoh. Sinnoh does not have a landmass to the east nor the west that connects to it

[@Sr.Papiricky]

To my previous knowledge. Orre region was based around Phoenix, Arizona. Map wise anyways.

[@britishchicken6926]

It's nice to just imagine living in in your own world with Pokémon though, that would be the dream life 😊

[@avatarkorra]

Seeing as the Hokkaido Shinkansen was finished last year, the Pokemon universe is pretty incredible to connect Shinnoh to Kalos lol

[@danielmangold4628]

liked before watching. Already know that every BirdKeeperToby video will be great.