Shinou's culture

[PDL]

anyone know or speculate on what the people of Shinou are like?

if anyone has noticed, the NPCs of the pokemon world always have something to say, some of it is valuable information that's vital to your quest, and some of it is interesting information that adds depth to the pokemon world you're inhabiting. Even the setting speaks volumes about the culture and overall feel of the game.

let's look at some of the past games:

Kanto's culture was very modern, and borrowed heavly from modern Japan and USA's culture (Or at least the Japanese preception of it.) Very few legends are talked about, only a handful of NPC sources mention anything on the legendary birds, and there are journals that speak about Mewtwo (though it could be treated as an urban legend that's true)

Jotho's cultrue was more prominent, more like old japan then it's modernized neighbour Kanto. Even the inside of NPC's houses reflected this, especially Ecruteak's. Their legendary pokemon and monuments actually have legends to them this time, spoken of by the elders of the respective villages.

Hoenn's cultre seems to be more "rugged" compared to Kanto and Jotho. The routes and cities all seem to work in harmony with nature, such as the tree houses of Fortree. Each of the cities has it's own charm associated with it. Their legends are more cryptic then compared to Jotho's legends, which are outright spelled out for you. With Hoenn's legends, you actually need to think about them for a bit to make sense of some of it.

Even the Sevii Islands has it's own unique culture, even though it's infact a mixture of all three of the above regions.

So what might Shinou's culture and legends be like? My guess is that, much like Hokkaido's (since it's probably the most likely the island it's based upon)

With it's human inhabitants only being around for only a few hundred years or so, Shinou could still be a mostly wild place, but the people there could have thriving farmland and agriculture, along with some industry.

The people could also be crazy for winter sports and the outdoors in general.

 

[Team Gamma Leader Bryan]

hmm you havea intresting Point about the culture fo each region. I think that
the Culture of the new region will bemore high tech&more modern than the rest of them. I was thinking of a place with many huge cities and not just little tons im not saying that there wont be any small towns but it will mostly be cities. it may have alot more missions and even more than 1 evil team since the 3rd gen had 2 evil team but who knows. any ways about the legends from what i see from Manifi&Lucario is that they appear to look more modern than that acient look that groudon,Kyogre&rayquaza has espeacily like the regis.

my point is that with this gen evrything will most likely be more larger in scale.hopefuly larger legends.bigger places.&lots more pokemon hopefully 250 but who knows;136;

 

[MetalMario]

I always found Hoenn's culture to be very bland. The whole region felt more like a giant tourist trap than anything. All the people seemed to care about were all the random attractions like climbing the mountains or dancing around in volcanic ash. (That stuff can suffocate you; that game sets a seriously bad example for kids. o_0;‍)

I'm hoping the culture for Shin'ou is a bit like Johto's, only adapted to a more rugged, secluded region. The people should be used to living largely independent lives, rarely making contact with anyone outside their own town, and despite the advent of high speed transportation and instantaneous rich communications networks, the old life is still very much a central part of the people's culture.

 

[NES]

I think Shinou is going to be more influenciated for European cultures, i don't know why, but i get the feeling of it.

 

[Cipher]

I think Shinou is going to be more influenciated for European cultures, i don't know why, but i get the feeling of it.

It'st the berett. Could we possibly expect something with a more olden time European feeling? It's a culture we certaintly haven't seen yet. Picture Rustboro, but with an entire region using that feel, and the people acting accordingly.

 

[Eszett]

If I had to choose one word that would best summate what I expect - and by that I mean hope - from Shinou's culture, I'd select diversity.

Instead of something which could be considered more or less a single culture, I'm envisioning Shinou to contain a mixed tapestry of different traditions, from more rural settings that receive little contact from the outside world exhibiting a more quaint, peaceful lifestyle emphasizing well-being and spirituality, to those of giant, bustling metropolises, where time and money reign above all else, including paying attention to your protagonist. While to a degree this exists in other games as well, meeting its greatest extent in Johto, it still feels like something binds the many cities of those regions besides their geography.

This will be a trailblazer among precedent-breakers. Not only will each area of the region you visit radiate a distinct character from the interactions you experience there, but also this will be apparent from the dresses the people wear and other cosmetic features. A vibrant community of individuals from Hoenn could reside in one of the port towns, even, while deep in the forests you could experience a more traditional setting reminiscent of a rural Baltic culture. As you go throughout your quest, you would seek to try and unify these cultures to form a more regular Shinou culture, using the fame you achieve after defeating the E4 to achieve this end.

Yea I could phrased it better but I'm rather tired now.

 

[Char1016]

Kanto is like an old-style place, I don't really like it, Johto was good, and still with old things. Hoenn was a tourist place, like MetalMario said. Many people climbing mountains and too many beaches, and lot of people aswell. Only in Lilycove there are three people that aren't from Hoenn, the one west of PokeCenter that says I am from Kanto and the other two [boy&girl] that have seen a long-green-thing like a dragon flying towards Route 131.

I hope this Region, Shinou is a modern one with big cities and not many towns, more big buildings and not much sea. And I think that Shinou will not have much sea, I don't really know why but Manafi seems that isn't in Diamond and Pearl, so maybe Shinou has not much sea.

 

[[AceAussie]]

the new region will be more high tech and it should have a city in the sky how cool would that be??

 

[sin]

the new region will be more high tech and it should have a city in the sky how cool would that be??

Why does everyone say a city in the sky. o.o

I think the new region will be similar to Johto wil monks and shrines and stuff. Semi old fashioned.

 

[AJ Flibble]

I'm expecting a mix here, but a lot of futuristic stuff around as well, more than ever before, while with an older style culture in other places, and perhaps another Ho-oh and Legendary beasts esque story, because that was what made Crystal. But perhaps more European as well, we haven't seen that yet.

 

[[AceAussie]]

i said city in the sky because it would be sweet i hate old school style i want an advanced area

 

[Pkm Trainer_Dewgong]

Old european style for me, with just one or two big cities. I saw somewhere that not many people live in Shinou, so i'm guessing more towns and maybe villages in the place of cities. Also, by the screenshots, IMO the region will have a good harmony with the nature.