The player character doesn't have a deadpan face in cutscenes now! YAY!
I hope we might see Wikstrom or something like that.
Gonna figure out which cities in the Galar region correspond to which real life city. (Also, saying Galarian is gonna be fun)
So, for anybody who hasn't noticed yet, Galar is vertically flipped in relations to IRL Britian (which means that Kalos, if it was really France, would be to the North in-game; but Kalos might be located to the south of Galar, as Kalos would show up on north side of the map if it stayed true to its IRL counterpart.)
Really hoping the big tower is supposed to be this region's Battle facility and the area to most northern part has a Dover-based area. GOTTA SEE THOSE WHITE CLIFFS
Analysis:
Locations:
Steampunk city = Edinburgh
Sci-fi megalopolis = London - Has Big Ben/Parliment, London Eye, and Tower may be based on the "Gherkin"
The mountain area seems to based on, get this, Snowdonia National Park; the town within those mountain, not sure.
The Draconian city position IRL screams Birmingham/Nottingham.
The area with all of the lakes (lochs) seems to line up with Trossachs National Park
The town at bottom of the map, Trainer School, and the player's house may based on Inverness & North Kessock (There is are rivers feeding into a lake, splitting the southern area obscured with cloud from the northern area.)
The aformentioned lake may be based on Loch Ness
Island on the bottom left may be a repositioned Isle of Man; there's nothing there IRL
(I might need some help from you British users on the Draconian city and maybe a few other towns.)
GYMS:
The gyms are the soccer stadiums seen in the trailer. I wonder what gimmicks are gonna be.
Visible gyms and their possible types (according to their colors and surrounding area):
Grass - Confirmed (In the plains)
Water (In the port town)
Ground (By the Diglett murals)
Rock, Steel, or, hopefully, Dark (In the snow mountain area. Trailer shows black-ish/gray-ish poles, but it's nighttime.)
Fairy/Poison ("Not Laverre Town" above the Ground Gym area)
Possible gym locations:
"Edinburgh" has a circular area under the "clock tower" that might be an arena (Steel would make the most sense)
Draconian city (Dragon)
Red and white building in "London", might be something else.