JVLightningLover
Veteran Trainer
It would be hilarious if it were like the Onix monument in the Sevii Islands. Like if a trainer wanted to bury their precious, deceased partner, but they dug too small of a hole, so it just stuck out of the ground.
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Alola Region Discussion Thread
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It would be hilarious if it were like the Onix monument in the Sevii Islands. Like if a trainer wanted to bury their precious, deceased partner, but they dug too small of a hole, so it just stuck out of the ground.
Hauke_von_Arding
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Still strange that the ingame map overs this area with a cloth too... it's suspectious.
clbgolden12
Alolan (and soon to be Galarian) trainer
Then why would they try and hide it behind some clouds? It definitely seems important.
R_N
Well-Known Member
Even if it's just a sapling it's still not really related to AZ at all
The one tree he is associated with is big, but it's normal-tree-big not giagantic sapling big
clbgolden12
Alolan (and soon to be Galarian) trainer
Nunn
Pokermanz Meister!
It's not really hidden.
But hidden enough that they clearly want people to notice it and go, "Wait what's that?"
Happy Hydreigon
Kahuna Mikah
well the shroud of clouds makes it seem mysterious and important
JVLightningLover
Veteran Trainer
But we do know that the said island is not present on the in-game map, and is actually hidden until post-game.
True, and even post game areas (the Sevii Islands and Kanto not withstanding, as they had separate maps/sections of the map) typically appear on the map unobscured.
That said, I wouldn't be surprised if we had some post game area(s) we could explore, but given the nature of Alola's geography, I wouldn't be surprised if it was off the main map.
R_N
Well-Known Member
I really want to know what's going on under the lower center clouds
They're so eye catching that there's gotta be something under there, but even the offiicial artwork doesn't have cloud cover, just open ocean. But also, the entire island lay out is position liked it goes around it!
They're so eye catching that there's gotta be something under there, but even the offiicial artwork doesn't have cloud cover, just open ocean. But also, the entire island lay out is position liked it goes around it!
Nunn
Pokermanz Meister!
Maybe, or maybe it's just there to add some life to the artwork. It's just a tiny island with one tree, nothing special.
maniacmaison
New Member
I don't think that thing on the hidden island in the upper right corner is a tree, its shape is weird and way too big. I has to be the actual shape of the island seen in perspective.
Also, if you look at the official artwork of the Alola region it looks like there's a submarine island in the part that is hidden in clouds in the in-game map. Like there's something there that will come to surface sometime during the story?
Anyway, I made a size comparison of the different islands using Melemele:
Akala is almost three times bigger
The big island is five times bigger
The legend island is almost two times bigger
How big do you think this region is? Im having trouble imagining the scale using the official artwork, it looks small to me.
Also, if you look at the official artwork of the Alola region it looks like there's a submarine island in the part that is hidden in clouds in the in-game map. Like there's something there that will come to surface sometime during the story?
Anyway, I made a size comparison of the different islands using Melemele:
Akala is almost three times bigger
The big island is five times bigger
The legend island is almost two times bigger
How big do you think this region is? Im having trouble imagining the scale using the official artwork, it looks small to me.
Inconspicuosaurus
Bone-ified dinosaur
As maniacmaison said, it does appear as if there is a shallower (lighter blue) area on the official art and it could well be that it is an island that rises during the course of the game. Hotspots form new islands all the time, and sometimes their emergence from the sea can be quite sudden and dramatic. A new island in the chain appearing in the middle of the curve would require some seriously weird plate movement, but GF isn't exactly one for following real world geological convention.
Because of the curvature on the image, we're almost seeing that island in profile, so I don't think it can just be the shape of it. It's definitely something sprout-shaped sticking out of it.
clbgolden12
Alolan (and soon to be Galarian) trainer
If it's just some tiny tree, how much more "life" could it add to the artwork?
yumenokage
faerie dragon ghost
oo, a "secret" area, not plot-important, that you only find if you cross a large stretch of ocean that doesn't look immediately crossible because of rocks and no trainers and whatnot would be fun. I'm the type who in open-world games will stubbornly run along all the edges of a place until I find a loophole to climb up (ie. mountain climbing up sheer cliff-faces in skyrim), in ways that you're not necessarily supposed to, so them making an area like that would be a fun surprise.
Inconspicuosaurus
Bone-ified dinosaur
There is literally no reason to add an island, add a weird single tree, then cover it up with clouds. It is obviously hinting something. If it was just map flavour, there would likely be more than one scattered around (like, say, the boats), and there'd be no reason to obscure it.
Tiny!? Do you realise how huge that tree is compared to the other islands? It's taller than the hotel on the north-eastern island! This on a map where all other trees are so small as to be blurs. (I mean, except the other giant one...). Whatever the thing is, it's huge.
goodpeople25
Well-Known Member
While I'm in the middle here, the obscured by clouds thing has a bit less wieght for me in alola than other regions due to the whole 4 islands thing. So there's kinda a reason to only focus on the main 4. (And the mini islands closer to them)
clbgolden12
Alolan (and soon to be Galarian) trainer
I only described it as "tiny" because that's how Nuun described it. I know it is decently large.
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