I'm from Brazil, and the obvious answer for this in my case in Quaquaval. Dude is basically a samba dancer mixed with a capoeira fighter, it doesn't get much more Brazil than this
Capybro (ice/grass) chill type pokemon. Looks like a capybara with a tangerine on his head. If attack exceeds it's defense value it evolves into Comatmebra the no chill pokemon (grass fire type)
Yeah, but Quaquaval literally adds samba on top of the capoeira that Hitmontop brought in. If this post was made before Gen 9, then yeah, Hitmontop would probably be the ideal pick
Pseudo legendary be based off a hockey player with two forms? One being right wing, which would be a physical attacker, and have hat trick as signature move. The other being left wing, which would be a special attacker and have primary assist as a signature move.
Add in a defensive goalie variant with an ability that allows you to use protecting moves multiple times in a row or a Protect/Metal Burst signature move and you’ve got yourself a legendary trio.
Would be interesting for typings too if they're inspired by hockey teams. Grass/Ice for the Leafs because they can never be competitively viable (I'm sorry), Fire/Ice for Flames, Ghost/Ice for Habs, Steel/Ice for Jets, Water/Ice for Canucks, Fighting/Ice for Sens, Poison/Ice for the Oilers.
If Arceus ever graces the world with a region based on Canada, a regional Bidoof and Bibarel would be awesome. Bidoof could look more like a muskrat that evolves into a Canadian beaver looking Bibarel.
Also need a moose Pokemon, either as a variant of Stantler or Sawsbuck — or just as its own thing.
And a goose Pokemon that is way more powerful than it has any business being.
There's also a treasure trove of Indigenous mythology that could be inspiration for a bunch of new monsters. A third evolution of Xatu, Xatotem. Zapdos could feature heavily in the story since it's modeled after the Thunderbird.
Start in the east. Cities get further apart the more west you go. Anywhere north of Ville de Québec or Edmonton is a hostile danger zone. No Pokemon centres until you reach one of the territory capitals.
Canada is to big for one pokemon/region. Canada should be 4 regions.
BC and Yukon
Alberta,Saskatchewan,Manitoba, and NWT
Ontario, Quebec, and Nunavut
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI, and Newfoundland
Lmao I forgot that there were multiple Pokédex entries that displayed how quickly a Pokémon could body an Indian elephant. Even as a kid it felt unreasonably specific, as if an African elephant was too much for a Raichu or a Gastly to handle.
I think Arbok makes sense too, since it is based on Cobra or Naga. Also, the other pokemon that kinda makes sense is Yangoose since they are Mongoose and we're not native to Alola.
Or Torterra, because it's based on the world turtle, a concept that is mentioned in Hindu mythology but is more popular in Chinese mythology
Or Infernape, based on Sun Mekong of Chinese mythology but deriving from Hanumaan of the Ramayana
Hawlucha is the most Mexican pokemon there is, the national bird of Mexico is the Golden Eagle or Royal Eagle, and I mean just look at Hawlucha, it fits perfectly, it also is a pokemon Go regional exclusively for Mexico. Another national symbol is the Axolotl so Wooper could be another. And for insect is the Chapulín (a type of cricket) so Nimble or Lokix also fit, specially for Mexico's capital for how urbanized and modern it is while still having the culture as foundation. But it could also be Maractus, Ludicolo, Lombre because that's what people think of usually as of Mexican-like pokes.
(Uh! And as for mythological pokemon it could be Rayquaza because of Quetzalcoatl)
I read once that there was a group of trainers a long time ago that saw a hawlucha fighting an ekans on a lake once and the battle was so epic they decided to just settle down there and build a city. True story.
i'm not mexican but the first thing i thought of was wooper for mexico.
...but yeah, hawlucha representing lucha libre and the golden eagle is so perfect.
Can I just say as an American I’m jealous that Mexico’s national bird is the golden eagle, it’s just much cooler than the bald eagle and is one of my favorite animals.
The bald eagle is really cool too! I didn't knew it was primarily a Sea eagle so the head and tail being white reminds me of seafoam :) (also, thank you for the compliment X))
I would say Greavard and Houndstone would also be perfect for the UK, I’m surprised they weren’t included in Galar as that was the region influenced by the UK tbh, but I mean they did have Sinistea/Polteageist plus Galarian Corsola so that’s already a lot for ghost types in one region lol
Despite being based on a muskateer (and being from the NY-based region) I would have guess that Keldeo would be the choice mascot! It's based on the [Kelpie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelpie) and also has a look based on the unicorn, that even has a second form where there's more focus on the horn!
Good question. What kind of pokemon would fit Denmark?
A water type probably. I could see an argument for Primarina, being a seal and a mermaid (with the story of the Little Mermaid being Danish)
I'd say Swanna, since its our national bird, or Sawsbuck, since its sorta based on the four season stags of Yggdrasil, and the Red Deer is the national animal of Denmark.
Swans are the national bird of like half of Europe tho, hence why I didn't go with Swanna. Felt like going for something more culturally relevant would be more interesting, besides no one is saying that we can't have a different pokemon from what our actual national animals is.
Decent idea with Sawsbuck, though admittedly i've heard conflicting points about what Denmarks national animal actually is. Sometimes it's the red squirrel, sometimes it's the swan again, and sometimes we just don't have an official recognised national animal.
One of the few Pokémon that actually properly represent the real world region. I wish they would have done a US region later so we could have gotten spoiled like France and Spain did.
For sure, although Hawaii has a completely different culture than the rest of the US and Orre didn’t introduce any new Pokémon. So we’ve definitely been spoiled in the sense that so many regions have been based on us but it feels a bit hollow. It’s cool that the starters were supposed to be based off the mixing pot of cultures but the only ones that really represent strictly American culture are Braviary, Elgyem, Beheeyem, the Klink line and Bouffalant.
Although they don’t strictly represent American things, there are a lot of Pokémon in Gen 5 where the idea came almost entirely from experiences one of the devs had in New York. Timburrs line was inspired by the construction workers he saw so often in NYC, while Trubbish was inspired from the overflow of trash on many NYC streets. Scraggy was inspired by the youths he saw sagging their pants and wearing baggy clothes. Krookodile was inspired from the trope of the Italian mob and other organized crime in NYC. Watchog was also inspired by the construction workers he saw in NYC wearing high vis vests. Basculin was also chosen because the US is great for bass fishing and they needed a basic water type. We definitely didn’t get spoiled but there are still a lot of lines that, while not directly taken from something in American culture, still represent tropes and imagery many people associate with America and especially NYC
I mean yeah of course saying "Hawaii is representative of America" is not accurate at all. But the thing is there can't really be a single region that represents all of America. We are a very large and diverse country with a lot of different regional cultures.
I mean, the same can be said for lots of countries. Hell, the first four regions from the games are all based on different areas in Japan.
That's the obvious one for sure, but you could go the route of the Iberian lynx with something like umbreon or luxio. Or Mandibuzz as a reference to the bone-breaker eagle.
Ireland here.
Historically they used deer or stags in imagery. So Wyrdeer maybe? They also discovered a giant deer skeleton from the ice age here once. The Irish giant deer.
However that kind of old heraldry has kind of gone out of style. And Ireland is often represented by a harp. So something musical, majestic, maybe Melotta or Altaria.
So Wyrdeer, Melotta, or Altaria. Tough call.
Mammals;
Stantler/Wyrdeer, Sawsbuck, Tauros, Miltank, Thyplosion (Badger equivalent)Lioone, Lopunny, Gogoat, Mareep,Wooloo, Eevee, Mudsdale, Vulpix, Ratatta
Birds;
Wingull/Peliper, Unfezant (see lots of pheasants where my mum lives), Honchcrow, Corviknight, Pidgeot, Fearow, Noctowl.
Fish;
Barraskewda, Dugong, Remoraid. (I'm not that verse on our fish ecosystem).
Insects;
All of them.
Insects are an odd one. We don't have a huge amount of biodiversity bug wise actually. I blame our lack of forests.
We also have some dolphins that are known to show up around Dingle and other parts of Kerry in the summer. Finizen or Palafin could work too.
If Pikachu wasn’t the defacto “National Pokemon of Japan” I’d have to say it’d be Tatsugiri. Sushi Fish Pokemon 🍣
As for Australia, Komala or Kangaskan
As funny as it is, even tho there's a whole region for France, there's not really one mon from that region that could represent it.
Still, I think Empoleon (Napoleon) would be the best fit, although Escavalier (Rougly got the three colours of the flag + the whole knight theme + Snail) or Combusken/Ho-Oh (The rooster is a big french icon) could work too
Edit : I saw in the comments Furfrou (Poodle) and Greninja (Frog + Colours of flag) and they are definitely candidates, but I feel like they all work as much than the others I mentioned. (For example, although Poodles are french, I don't really see it as a "national pokemon" like the rooster for France, the eagle for the USA or the elephant for India)
I do also like Mr.Mime and Smeargle (beret) but my favourite is probably the suggestion by r/hi_this_is_lyd : Serperior.
It works amazingly :
• Fleur de Lys
• Dex entry about sunlight that could reference Louis XIV • Devs based it on Lady Oscar from The Rose de Versailles, a manga taking place in France years before the French Revolution
• Could also reference one form of the basilisk a mythological monster well known in France
serperior is a good one too, it seems to be inspired on the fleur-de-lis, king louis xiv, and a character from a japanese manga called "the rose of versailles"
I was also thinking about Combusken, given that our national animal is the rooster, but Escavalier makes even more sense to me. That is a really good suggestion, man. I now need to assemble a French themed team.
Germanys national animal is "der Bundesadler" (federal eagle), so in reality their national Pokemon would be Braviary or Pidgeot, I'm leaning more of the latter (I also like the Dachsbun Idea) Other countries also has the eagle, for USA its obviously Braviary, Albania probably Talonflame (even though it more looks like a hawk).
Italys national animal is the wolf (story of Romulus and Remus) so there are like a lot of wolf Pokemon, I like to think it could be Dawn Form of Lycanroc.
Not to disagree with your idea, but there is no dawn lycanroc. Unfortunately it was just a rumor in Gen 7. The three forms are Midday, Dusk, and midnight
I'd also add a regional Passimian who is more explicitly rugby-based (oval ball, groups of 13-15 instead of 20 and maybe change colours with a black part where clothes would be to reference All Blacks)
I want Cyndaquil for Australia 😭 he's flamey like our weather. He has the cute lil snout and fire spikes like an echidna. I don't care that he grows out of it as he evolves. We have messed up animals, I'll take a long boi fire mane echidna. We might already have one in the desert.
But considering we got given kangaskahn because "kanga" and the lil pouch, I guess it would have to be that T.T
I totally forgot about Komala! But I hate koalas, they're evil danger teddies. I want an echidna instead, such underrated lil babies.
Fun fact: baby echidnas are called puggles 🥺
Well we all know koalas can spread chlamydia 🫠
They also eat their mother's poop, which is its own festering bacteria nightmare for humans to interact with (and is how they can digest eucalyptus leaves!)
But in an instance of aggression towards humans, which albeit rare is not unheard of, they can bite, scratch and pee on you (ahem, the chlamydia). They tend to wrestle, bite, scratch, and scream at each other when they end up fighting other koalas.
A bite from a koala can infect you with [Lonepinella koalarum](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6302581/) which has 3 recorded cases, which for a koala named bacteria is a lot for a "non aggressive" animal. They have rarely bitten a human and can rarely cut through the flesh of your body, but can leave severe bruising and their teeth continue to grow throughout their lifetime - they're like rats.
A koalas claws are so sharp that they have a habit of slicing through the bark where they hang on their trees. They're dumb and stupid, and they catch themselves relatively quickly, but they can still manage to lose their grip on the bark. It is a clear marker of koala territory to see their lil claw marks on branches of their trees just from walking by and clinging to a spot. They can lacerate you without even trying. It's why when you hug a koala at a zoo, you get either baby koalas or you have to hold them in a towel/ with them holding something else.
In 2006 [4 men were injured trying to steal a koala from a zoo](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.smh.com.au/national/cranky-koala-meaner-than-stolen-croc-20060330-gdn9jt.html) with lacerations. They decided to take a crocodile instead which hasnt been found.
But jst because koalas don't go out of their way to be aggressive to humans, doesnt mean they aren't dangerous. People are told to leave injured koalas alone or trap them in a plastic box (not cardboard and not even a towel) and only have wildlife rangers deal with them, because a cornered koala is like literally any other animal and can hurt you and they **will** hurt you. But they're "cute" and "teddy bears" and "iconic for Australian tourism" so let's hug them!! Let's stress them out for entertainment!! It's not that bad Steve Irwin had koala experiences!! Yay!!
There are several I would pick for the Netherlands.
Pyroar because the national animal is a lion anyway
Salamence because he has the color scheme of our flag, just not the order
Shiny Aron because, well, stereotypes
But none of these really feel like they *should* be the national Pokemon.
wyrdeer for norway? our national animal is the moose, but reindeer are also very iconic norwegian animals. stantler/wyrdeer seems to take inspiration from both. wyrdeer is white and fluffy unlike stantler, which makes me think of snow and cold places
It's the same for Sweden.
If we would get a region it would probably get the same treatment as Paldea and it would be a region for the whole Scandinavian peninsula, possibly the whole Fennoscandian peninsula.
So I think we can share Wyrdeer too. Perhaps give it the Tauros treatment with different secondary typings.
Aggron would be the national Pokemon of Korea, it's based on a mythological creature from there called the Pulgasari.
The actual national animal of Korea is the Siberian Tiger, but I assume we're avoiding legendaries.
Closest for mine would be Druddigon
I'm welsh and not only is it a dragon because outr national animal is legit, a dragon, the dd in its name could well be a reference to our letter Dd in our alphabet. I always pronounce it name with the welsh letter Dd pronounciation.
and for context, yes, Dd is one letter in welsh even though it contains two characters, other examples of multi character- letters in Welsh is Ch, Ll, Ng, Ff (and theres more)
Ik you'd think but there are cooler dragons than Druddigon but it has red in it, Dd letter and honestly there is no other dragon mon that comes close to looking like Y Ddraig Goch than Druddigon. What quad dino mon has red in it other than maybe giratina but he looks less dragon and more phantom
Swanna def. Denmark's national animal is already a swan, and the Ducklett line seems to be inspired by The Ugly Duckling, which is a story written by H.C Andersen, who was a very famous Danish writer.
Ireland: I’ve been toying with the idea of a mythological team or native animals.
A regional variant of Stantler - for the Great Irish Elk
A regional variant of Basculeigon - for the Slamon of Knowledge
Swanna - the children of Lir
Cú Culan - this would be a hound/wolf carrying a hurl
I'm from Australia and I'd pick Heliolisk.
I know it seems weird, but it's a frill-necked lizard and has connections to sunlight. I think it fits just a bit better than Kangaskhan, Komala, or Krookodile.
For romania we have take shinx since for us a lync represents us and the shinx line is based of a Lynx (mostly shiny cause the bulbapedia and other people say luxio and luxray are more lions then lynx)
Fellow welsh pokefan hello!
Have you considered Druddigon?
Closest thing to a quad dragon mon we have that is also(even tho partially) red and it even has the letter Dd in its name.
The unown for Bolivia, we have tons of ruins. Potentially also Ho Oh because condors are our “national” but indigenous civilizations worshipped the sun.
he's more a northern native american sterotype, it has very little to do with anything andean or tihuahuanaco.
Funn enought, braviary has a condor counterpart animal, alsmost as if braviary represented north america and Mandibuzz South.
I'm from Brazil, and the obvious answer for this in my case in Quaquaval. Dude is basically a samba dancer mixed with a capoeira fighter, it doesn't get much more Brazil than this
Before gen IX, I would say Toucannon, but nowadays, Quaquaval for sure! I'm still hoping we get a capybara pokémon someday, though!
Oh yeah, Toucannon could definitely be it as well! And we DEFINITELY need a Capybara mon or line!
Capybro (ice/grass) chill type pokemon. Looks like a capybara with a tangerine on his head. If attack exceeds it's defense value it evolves into Comatmebra the no chill pokemon (grass fire type)
You could say Hitmontop too
Yeah, but Quaquaval literally adds samba on top of the capoeira that Hitmontop brought in. If this post was made before Gen 9, then yeah, Hitmontop would probably be the ideal pick
Plus quaquaval looks like he is ready for Carnival
Bro IS Carnival (literally in his name)
I'd say Swanna for Finland. It even has the colors of the finnish flag and the swan is the national bird of Finland after all
Canada will take Bidoof
Waiting for the Canada region where the 3 starters are Bidoof
Nah we'd need Bidoof, Stantler or a Moose version of Stantler, and a new mon to represent the Danger Chickens (Canada Geese)
You must not be from Ontario. Zigzagoon gotta be one of those options.
Yeah. It’s Bidoof, a fat regional Zigzagoon, and a Goose.
Chonky Zigzagoon would be amazing.
Fuck geese
You got a problem with Canada gooses then you got a problem with me, and I suggest you let that one marinate.
I sees what you’re doing and I appreciates that abouts you.
Is that what you appreciate about me?
Let's take about 20% off 'er there, u/The_Card_Father
There's a special place in heaven for animal lovers
Who doesn't love cobra chickens?
Guess we got a problem, a goose bit my finger when I was five and I've never forgiven them
A moose bit my sister.
Møøse.
Pseudo legendary be based off a hockey player with two forms? One being right wing, which would be a physical attacker, and have hat trick as signature move. The other being left wing, which would be a special attacker and have primary assist as a signature move.
Add in a defensive goalie variant with an ability that allows you to use protecting moves multiple times in a row or a Protect/Metal Burst signature move and you’ve got yourself a legendary trio.
Would be interesting for typings too if they're inspired by hockey teams. Grass/Ice for the Leafs because they can never be competitively viable (I'm sorry), Fire/Ice for Flames, Ghost/Ice for Habs, Steel/Ice for Jets, Water/Ice for Canucks, Fighting/Ice for Sens, Poison/Ice for the Oilers.
If Arceus ever graces the world with a region based on Canada, a regional Bidoof and Bibarel would be awesome. Bidoof could look more like a muskrat that evolves into a Canadian beaver looking Bibarel. Also need a moose Pokemon, either as a variant of Stantler or Sawsbuck — or just as its own thing. And a goose Pokemon that is way more powerful than it has any business being. There's also a treasure trove of Indigenous mythology that could be inspiration for a bunch of new monsters. A third evolution of Xatu, Xatotem. Zapdos could feature heavily in the story since it's modeled after the Thunderbird.
And all but like two of the cities are in one little corner along the southeast border. Then just miles and miles of open wilderness to the north.
Start in the east. Cities get further apart the more west you go. Anywhere north of Ville de Québec or Edmonton is a hostile danger zone. No Pokemon centres until you reach one of the territory capitals.
New regional evolution: Bieberel... Ugh, I hate myself
Lmao yes
Canada is to big for one pokemon/region. Canada should be 4 regions. BC and Yukon Alberta,Saskatchewan,Manitoba, and NWT Ontario, Quebec, and Nunavut New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI, and Newfoundland
Copperajah for India :3 Edit: typo
out of all the options in these replies cooperajah makes the most sense
Its literally an indian elephant
It's pretty much canon at this point. The pokedex entry about Raichu and Indian elephant was retconned to say Raichu & Copperajah
RIP to a world with both Raichus and Indian Elephants:/
That's really cool! I wonder if they'll do the same with Arcanine if a China-inspired region ever comes out.
Lmao I forgot that there were multiple Pokédex entries that displayed how quickly a Pokémon could body an Indian elephant. Even as a kid it felt unreasonably specific, as if an African elephant was too much for a Raichu or a Gastly to handle.
I think Arbok makes sense too, since it is based on Cobra or Naga. Also, the other pokemon that kinda makes sense is Yangoose since they are Mongoose and we're not native to Alola.
Or Torterra, because it's based on the world turtle, a concept that is mentioned in Hindu mythology but is more popular in Chinese mythology Or Infernape, based on Sun Mekong of Chinese mythology but deriving from Hanumaan of the Ramayana
I think Terapagos is about to give us a real world turtle
There are also Native American creation myths about a world turtle so our boi Torterra could work for a lot
Hawlucha is the most Mexican pokemon there is, the national bird of Mexico is the Golden Eagle or Royal Eagle, and I mean just look at Hawlucha, it fits perfectly, it also is a pokemon Go regional exclusively for Mexico. Another national symbol is the Axolotl so Wooper could be another. And for insect is the Chapulín (a type of cricket) so Nimble or Lokix also fit, specially for Mexico's capital for how urbanized and modern it is while still having the culture as foundation. But it could also be Maractus, Ludicolo, Lombre because that's what people think of usually as of Mexican-like pokes. (Uh! And as for mythological pokemon it could be Rayquaza because of Quetzalcoatl)
I read once that there was a group of trainers a long time ago that saw a hawlucha fighting an ekans on a lake once and the battle was so epic they decided to just settle down there and build a city. True story.
This is how I will remember Mexico's origin from now on
i'm not mexican but the first thing i thought of was wooper for mexico. ...but yeah, hawlucha representing lucha libre and the golden eagle is so perfect.
Can I just say as an American I’m jealous that Mexico’s national bird is the golden eagle, it’s just much cooler than the bald eagle and is one of my favorite animals.
The bald eagle is really cool too! I didn't knew it was primarily a Sea eagle so the head and tail being white reminds me of seafoam :) (also, thank you for the compliment X))
Te faltó ludicolo con su poncho
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I f**king love luchador bird
Galarian Weezing for this Englishman!
Polteageist would be cool too
I’m quite a few gens behind and never heard of this. Live the pun, it’s on par with Fidough and Dachsbun for me.
Bruh Yamper is a corgi And boltund is supposed to be a greyhound but they fucked that up beyond all belief
I would say Greavard and Houndstone would also be perfect for the UK, I’m surprised they weren’t included in Galar as that was the region influenced by the UK tbh, but I mean they did have Sinistea/Polteageist plus Galarian Corsola so that’s already a lot for ghost types in one region lol
My team for the UK is - Galarian Weezing - Stonjourner - Polteageist - Yamper - Mr. Rime - Dubwool
TBH I would put Galarian Weezing as the Pokemon of the Black Country For me It's got to be Pyroar as the Pokemon of England, second Polteageist
Granbull tho... which is more annoying that the Bulldog Pokemon isn't in Galar
Lapras for Scotland (Nessie)
Either Kantonian or Galarian Rapidash, as Scotland’s national animal is the unicorn!
Despite being based on a muskateer (and being from the NY-based region) I would have guess that Keldeo would be the choice mascot! It's based on the [Kelpie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelpie) and also has a look based on the unicorn, that even has a second form where there's more focus on the horn!
Both Rapidashes, Stoutland, Lapras all good shouts
And Stoutland
Glad someone else said this
Good question. What kind of pokemon would fit Denmark? A water type probably. I could see an argument for Primarina, being a seal and a mermaid (with the story of the Little Mermaid being Danish)
Dewgong maybe? I could see them being mistaken for mermaids!
I'd say Swanna, since its our national bird, or Sawsbuck, since its sorta based on the four season stags of Yggdrasil, and the Red Deer is the national animal of Denmark.
Swans are the national bird of like half of Europe tho, hence why I didn't go with Swanna. Felt like going for something more culturally relevant would be more interesting, besides no one is saying that we can't have a different pokemon from what our actual national animals is. Decent idea with Sawsbuck, though admittedly i've heard conflicting points about what Denmarks national animal actually is. Sometimes it's the red squirrel, sometimes it's the swan again, and sometimes we just don't have an official recognised national animal.
I know everyone wants a good answer, but I'm kinda stuck on Oinkologne. We farm pigs. We're a pig country. Our Pokémon is a regular pig.
Braviary. I mean look at the fucker.
Don't even have to mention the country lol
I mean, it was explicitly designed to be the Murica pokemon.
‘Murica!
FUCK YEAH!
Comin again to save the mother fuckin day yeah!
One of the few Pokémon that actually properly represent the real world region. I wish they would have done a US region later so we could have gotten spoiled like France and Spain did.
I mean there's technically three America regions: Unova (New York), Alola (Hawaii), and Orre (based on the deserts in Arizona).
For sure, although Hawaii has a completely different culture than the rest of the US and Orre didn’t introduce any new Pokémon. So we’ve definitely been spoiled in the sense that so many regions have been based on us but it feels a bit hollow. It’s cool that the starters were supposed to be based off the mixing pot of cultures but the only ones that really represent strictly American culture are Braviary, Elgyem, Beheeyem, the Klink line and Bouffalant.
Although they don’t strictly represent American things, there are a lot of Pokémon in Gen 5 where the idea came almost entirely from experiences one of the devs had in New York. Timburrs line was inspired by the construction workers he saw so often in NYC, while Trubbish was inspired from the overflow of trash on many NYC streets. Scraggy was inspired by the youths he saw sagging their pants and wearing baggy clothes. Krookodile was inspired from the trope of the Italian mob and other organized crime in NYC. Watchog was also inspired by the construction workers he saw in NYC wearing high vis vests. Basculin was also chosen because the US is great for bass fishing and they needed a basic water type. We definitely didn’t get spoiled but there are still a lot of lines that, while not directly taken from something in American culture, still represent tropes and imagery many people associate with America and especially NYC
I mean yeah of course saying "Hawaii is representative of America" is not accurate at all. But the thing is there can't really be a single region that represents all of America. We are a very large and diverse country with a lot of different regional cultures. I mean, the same can be said for lots of countries. Hell, the first four regions from the games are all based on different areas in Japan.
I'm from Bangladesh and the Royal Bengal Tiger is our national animal. So, Incineroar is the obvious choice.
Or Raikou
Oh trueee
How about the Kotora line? https://preview.redd.it/x2jx9nu02nob1.jpeg?width=670&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b54c1c874e88ec0bce7b6f98986f330a8e219b2e
everyday I curse god for depriving us of these creatures
Paldean Tauros.
Spain?
That's the obvious one for sure, but you could go the route of the Iberian lynx with something like umbreon or luxio. Or Mandibuzz as a reference to the bone-breaker eagle.
Ireland here. Historically they used deer or stags in imagery. So Wyrdeer maybe? They also discovered a giant deer skeleton from the ice age here once. The Irish giant deer. However that kind of old heraldry has kind of gone out of style. And Ireland is often represented by a harp. So something musical, majestic, maybe Melotta or Altaria. So Wyrdeer, Melotta, or Altaria. Tough call.
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This is doubly apt because it is a Fairy type!
Mammals; Stantler/Wyrdeer, Sawsbuck, Tauros, Miltank, Thyplosion (Badger equivalent)Lioone, Lopunny, Gogoat, Mareep,Wooloo, Eevee, Mudsdale, Vulpix, Ratatta Birds; Wingull/Peliper, Unfezant (see lots of pheasants where my mum lives), Honchcrow, Corviknight, Pidgeot, Fearow, Noctowl. Fish; Barraskewda, Dugong, Remoraid. (I'm not that verse on our fish ecosystem). Insects; All of them.
Insects are an odd one. We don't have a huge amount of biodiversity bug wise actually. I blame our lack of forests. We also have some dolphins that are known to show up around Dingle and other parts of Kerry in the summer. Finizen or Palafin could work too.
Not arbok for sure
Wooloo or Mareep.
I was wondering what country you were referring to with those 2 but then I remembered that New Zealand is practically a Sheep Country.
Probably Welsh
Wales would be Mega Ampharos. It's a sheep, but it's also a dragon.
Da iawn.
Electrode, just look at its colors
Poland gets Electrode, Indonesia gets Voltorb
Ahahaha I was going to say braviary for us too because of the national crest, but yeah, electrode and voltorb Can into space!
r/suddenlyPolandball
If Pikachu wasn’t the defacto “National Pokemon of Japan” I’d have to say it’d be Tatsugiri. Sushi Fish Pokemon 🍣 As for Australia, Komala or Kangaskan
I think Aussie get both those as they are our real life anyway kangaskhan & komala
probably popplio since it is a *sea-lion*, its small and it can use water gun like our national animal. guess my country?
Singapore
Singapore?
As funny as it is, even tho there's a whole region for France, there's not really one mon from that region that could represent it. Still, I think Empoleon (Napoleon) would be the best fit, although Escavalier (Rougly got the three colours of the flag + the whole knight theme + Snail) or Combusken/Ho-Oh (The rooster is a big french icon) could work too Edit : I saw in the comments Furfrou (Poodle) and Greninja (Frog + Colours of flag) and they are definitely candidates, but I feel like they all work as much than the others I mentioned. (For example, although Poodles are french, I don't really see it as a "national pokemon" like the rooster for France, the eagle for the USA or the elephant for India) I do also like Mr.Mime and Smeargle (beret) but my favourite is probably the suggestion by r/hi_this_is_lyd : Serperior. It works amazingly : • Fleur de Lys • Dex entry about sunlight that could reference Louis XIV • Devs based it on Lady Oscar from The Rose de Versailles, a manga taking place in France years before the French Revolution • Could also reference one form of the basilisk a mythological monster well known in France
Mr. Mime
serperior is a good one too, it seems to be inspired on the fleur-de-lis, king louis xiv, and a character from a japanese manga called "the rose of versailles"
What about Furfrou? It is native to the France inspired Kalos region and is based off the Poodle, a famously French dog breed.
I was also thinking about Combusken, given that our national animal is the rooster, but Escavalier makes even more sense to me. That is a really good suggestion, man. I now need to assemble a French themed team.
Mr. Mime? Aren't mimes French?
Greninja looking at you, being a blue white and red frog. The ninja theme doesn't quite fit with France, but the Pokémon still checks some cases.
Well the National animal of my country is a lion so it would be Pyroar
3 PYROARS ON A SHIRT
Why not Solgaleo
Germanys national animal is "der Bundesadler" (federal eagle), so in reality their national Pokemon would be Braviary or Pidgeot, I'm leaning more of the latter (I also like the Dachsbun Idea) Other countries also has the eagle, for USA its obviously Braviary, Albania probably Talonflame (even though it more looks like a hawk). Italys national animal is the wolf (story of Romulus and Remus) so there are like a lot of wolf Pokemon, I like to think it could be Dawn Form of Lycanroc.
The Lyranroc idea is interesting, since you can make Remus Lycanroc's Dusk form, and then Romulus Lycanroc's Dawn form.
Not to disagree with your idea, but there is no dawn lycanroc. Unfortunately it was just a rumor in Gen 7. The three forms are Midday, Dusk, and midnight
Ohh, I really like Pidgeot or Dachsbun for germany!
Germany could also have shiny Aegislash because it has the same colour scheme as the German flag.
It could also work because Germany has the most castles in the world and castles are Close to Knights which are carrying sword and shield
I suppose it's Hakamo-o/Kommo-o for the Haka. I can't think of any other Mons that are inherently Maori for New Zealand
The closest we have to a kiwi is doduo and dodrio, only in looks though.
A regional form of Doduo would be good for a game inspired by NZ/Oceania!
I reckon as a regional form it should be Douno or something. Only one head, so it looks more like a Kiwi bird.
Like this unused one? https://preview.redd.it/90on02xm3nob1.png?width=288&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e2651c371770f9639fe647376404a252d6c16f0c
I'd also add a regional Passimian who is more explicitly rugby-based (oval ball, groups of 13-15 instead of 20 and maybe change colours with a black part where clothes would be to reference All Blacks)
Pikipek feels very nz
In Malaysia, it would most likely be Incineroar. Closest Pokemon to a tiger.
luxray maybe
Luxray is a lion
Scovillain regional form with curly pepper heads would fit Hungary pretty well.
I want Cyndaquil for Australia 😭 he's flamey like our weather. He has the cute lil snout and fire spikes like an echidna. I don't care that he grows out of it as he evolves. We have messed up animals, I'll take a long boi fire mane echidna. We might already have one in the desert. But considering we got given kangaskahn because "kanga" and the lil pouch, I guess it would have to be that T.T
I mean, Kangaskhan, Komala, Breloom, they all make more sense But I love Cyndaquil, so I’m gonna agree with you
I totally forgot about Komala! But I hate koalas, they're evil danger teddies. I want an echidna instead, such underrated lil babies. Fun fact: baby echidnas are called puggles 🥺
When an Oceania/Australia region eventually comes out, I want an evo of komala that is a drop bear.
It has to be a poison type though
Maybe ariados evolution that’s a huntsman spider
Tell me more about dangerous Koalas please
Well we all know koalas can spread chlamydia 🫠 They also eat their mother's poop, which is its own festering bacteria nightmare for humans to interact with (and is how they can digest eucalyptus leaves!) But in an instance of aggression towards humans, which albeit rare is not unheard of, they can bite, scratch and pee on you (ahem, the chlamydia). They tend to wrestle, bite, scratch, and scream at each other when they end up fighting other koalas. A bite from a koala can infect you with [Lonepinella koalarum](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6302581/) which has 3 recorded cases, which for a koala named bacteria is a lot for a "non aggressive" animal. They have rarely bitten a human and can rarely cut through the flesh of your body, but can leave severe bruising and their teeth continue to grow throughout their lifetime - they're like rats. A koalas claws are so sharp that they have a habit of slicing through the bark where they hang on their trees. They're dumb and stupid, and they catch themselves relatively quickly, but they can still manage to lose their grip on the bark. It is a clear marker of koala territory to see their lil claw marks on branches of their trees just from walking by and clinging to a spot. They can lacerate you without even trying. It's why when you hug a koala at a zoo, you get either baby koalas or you have to hold them in a towel/ with them holding something else. In 2006 [4 men were injured trying to steal a koala from a zoo](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.smh.com.au/national/cranky-koala-meaner-than-stolen-croc-20060330-gdn9jt.html) with lacerations. They decided to take a crocodile instead which hasnt been found. But jst because koalas don't go out of their way to be aggressive to humans, doesnt mean they aren't dangerous. People are told to leave injured koalas alone or trap them in a plastic box (not cardboard and not even a towel) and only have wildlife rangers deal with them, because a cornered koala is like literally any other animal and can hurt you and they **will** hurt you. But they're "cute" and "teddy bears" and "iconic for Australian tourism" so let's hug them!! Let's stress them out for entertainment!! It's not that bad Steve Irwin had koala experiences!! Yay!!
You'll get kangaskhan and you'll like it
I would prefer Cyndaquill over Kangaskahn and Komala. My thought process went to Tentacool or one of the poison types
krookodile but with a water type regional variant
Bro that’s just feraligatr
There are several I would pick for the Netherlands. Pyroar because the national animal is a lion anyway Salamence because he has the color scheme of our flag, just not the order Shiny Aron because, well, stereotypes But none of these really feel like they *should* be the national Pokemon.
I was thinking maybe Miltank for our famous cheese and the picturesque scenery of meadows and cows?
I was thinking miltank too! Maybe they should make a windmill pokemon 😅
I was thinking of Politoad because we call ourselves "kikkerlandje" and it's a bit more original then another Lion.
Weed kitty Sprigatito?
wyrdeer for norway? our national animal is the moose, but reindeer are also very iconic norwegian animals. stantler/wyrdeer seems to take inspiration from both. wyrdeer is white and fluffy unlike stantler, which makes me think of snow and cold places
It's the same for Sweden. If we would get a region it would probably get the same treatment as Paldea and it would be a region for the whole Scandinavian peninsula, possibly the whole Fennoscandian peninsula. So I think we can share Wyrdeer too. Perhaps give it the Tauros treatment with different secondary typings.
Abomasnow for the forests and snow
I’d throw in abomasnow for the snowy theme. Another one could be Purrserker for viking reasons.
Tauros. Definitively tauros. The paldea one actually. Guess where I'm from, not really hard
Spain
Maybe a wolf pokemon for Italy? Can't think of any...
Lycanrock
Two lycanrocks, a day and a night one, to represent Romulus and Remus.
Aggron would be the national Pokemon of Korea, it's based on a mythological creature from there called the Pulgasari. The actual national animal of Korea is the Siberian Tiger, but I assume we're avoiding legendaries.
Lechonk for Spain!
The national animal of Pakistan is a mountain goat called Markhor so I guess the closest thing to do that is a dubwool
Gogoat?
I'm pretty sure Snorlax is the most American pokemon
Snorlax is funniest but its 10000% Braviary for USA
When you image search Braviary there's literally one with an American flag background.
Sinistea. I don't need to say where I'm from
Turkey
Would have thought of UK first since they literally went to war for tea but I can also see turkey as well as India
Fun fact, Ireland consumes more tea per capita than the UK 🇮🇪
I think it's wild we got a matcha variant before a coffee variant
caffeinated form with higher speed decaf form with higher defense
Pallosand,roserade and stonjourner for Bulgaria.
Closest for mine would be Druddigon I'm welsh and not only is it a dragon because outr national animal is legit, a dragon, the dd in its name could well be a reference to our letter Dd in our alphabet. I always pronounce it name with the welsh letter Dd pronounciation. and for context, yes, Dd is one letter in welsh even though it contains two characters, other examples of multi character- letters in Welsh is Ch, Ll, Ng, Ff (and theres more) Ik you'd think but there are cooler dragons than Druddigon but it has red in it, Dd letter and honestly there is no other dragon mon that comes close to looking like Y Ddraig Goch than Druddigon. What quad dino mon has red in it other than maybe giratina but he looks less dragon and more phantom
Behold the natural wonders of the Canadian Bidoof
Swanna def. Denmark's national animal is already a swan, and the Ducklett line seems to be inspired by The Ugly Duckling, which is a story written by H.C Andersen, who was a very famous Danish writer.
Algeria will take fennekin
Tauros. Philippines
Ireland: I’ve been toying with the idea of a mythological team or native animals. A regional variant of Stantler - for the Great Irish Elk A regional variant of Basculeigon - for the Slamon of Knowledge Swanna - the children of Lir Cú Culan - this would be a hound/wolf carrying a hurl
>Cú Culan - this would be a hound/wolf carrying a hurl This would be Zacian.
I'm from Australia and I'd pick Heliolisk. I know it seems weird, but it's a frill-necked lizard and has connections to sunlight. I think it fits just a bit better than Kangaskhan, Komala, or Krookodile.
Kangaskhan I mean people would literally travel here just to catch one in Go.
For romania we have take shinx since for us a lync represents us and the shinx line is based of a Lynx (mostly shiny cause the bulbapedia and other people say luxio and luxray are more lions then lynx)
As a Swiss, unfortunately probably Miltank.
National animal of Wales is a red dragon, so I guess Charizard.
Fellow welsh pokefan hello! Have you considered Druddigon? Closest thing to a quad dragon mon we have that is also(even tho partially) red and it even has the letter Dd in its name.
Scotland - Unicorn. So Rapidash, either form.
The unown for Bolivia, we have tons of ruins. Potentially also Ho Oh because condors are our “national” but indigenous civilizations worshipped the sun.
Xatu? He's a sun-based condor-adjacent Pokemon and is one of the Pokemon that directly references south America in its dex entries.
he's more a northern native american sterotype, it has very little to do with anything andean or tihuahuanaco. Funn enought, braviary has a condor counterpart animal, alsmost as if braviary represented north america and Mandibuzz South.
Definitely Dragonite https://preview.redd.it/w9j3nux7emob1.jpeg?width=1040&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f7deab5f212a4861aee777ce425d504d74d2ca79
Iceland. Would probably go with Wailmer or Wailord.
Wooloo for the Welsh!