POKEMON IN HAWAII. WHAT COUNTRY IS NEXT?

Just kinda remembered this, unfortunately, the games that take place outside of Japan seem to be picked based on simply the places in which Japanese people want to vacation at.
France, Continental United States, Hawaii are all places that Japanese enjoy visiting. So my hopes for anything in Africa or South America are very unlikely.

So if they continue the trend of popular Japanese vacation spots the most likely places are: Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Guam, Singapore, and Germany.
From what I see online that appears to be where Japanese people have vacationed most outside the regions that have already appeared in the game.

author=alterego

Just kinda remembered this, unfortunately, the games that take place outside of Japan seem to be picked based on simply the places in which Japanese people want to vacation at.
France, Continental United States, Hawaii are all places that Japanese enjoy visiting. So my hopes for anything in Africa or South America are very unlikely.

I don't know, I think Brazil might be a viable candidate for South America, both as a site the Japanese "want to vacation at" and from the historical/cultural ties they have with that country (and Portugal). They're both often featured in Japanese media, anime, games, etc... I remember playing Terranigma back in the day, and be "disappointed" that Brazil was the only country present in the game and not mine. Later when the Internet became more of a thing and I started looking around, I came to understand why.

Also, Easter Island is well known in pop-culture and it's technically part of Latin America, so that may be a possibility too. =P

Am I expecting too much out of videogames? Maybe but if we want to say games are important art forms than we need them to comment on shit that matters. And what better game to do that than with a super popular RPG set in modern times. Which many players of which are no longer children.

I think you're expecting of this franchise something that is not. There's always hints to cultural/social aspects in Pokemon's designs, but that's not the focus of the series. I don't know who you have been listening to (I have an idea, though =/) But many of us already believe videogames are an important art form. That does not mean every game needs to further a cause, however...

Who do you think I listen too? My opinions are my own I've been working on my African themed game since 2008. You want to know what got me interested in Africa? It was a college class about the Art and Culture of Africa. I've continued to learn about Africa and other cultures as the years have gone by. So who is this person you imagine I'm listening to?

I'm well aware videogames are already an art form I wrote a whole paper about it in college that I got an A grade on. And a presentation as well. I am a huge defender of games as art. And thats why I want this art form to tackle big issues.

Edit: Furthermore if you want to know about who I listen to when it comes to political and social issues it's The Young Turks, Bernie Sanders, and Noam Chomsky. So there you go there's some people I listen too. But just know that I think for myself and don't agree with everything I listen to so please don't insult me by implying that I blindly follow whoever I listen to.

Edit Again: Anyway, on a lighter note, I agree with you that Brazil and Easter Island would be interesting places for the game to take place.

Fair enough alterego, I'll take you at your word that you didn't mean to offend but please try to be more aware of how your words can be heard by others.

And yeah not every game will comment on big issues like, the still huge problem of the threat of nuclear war like Metal Gear does but my point is that more games could be saying more. Do I realistically expect a Pokemon game to deal with issues of something like Global Warming? Not really but it'd be great if it did. Another popular kids entertainment, the studio Ghibli films, do a great job of talking about environmental issues.

Welp since a lot of people are bringing up Canada I just want to say that Inuit designs would be worth considering for that hypothetical Pokemon game. I have an Inuit bird sculpture, it's really awesomely carved the details are really intricate. Also it has eyes on its wings.