Hoenn

The Hoenn Region is a Region found in the Pokémon series. The Region is a more tropical region compared to most and is located some distance from the other regions being notably further from Kanto or Johto, the preceding regions which were neighbouring locations. Hoenn's real-life counterpart is the Japanese Island, Kyushu.
==Environment==
The Hoenn Region is predominantly tropical with many warm environments with large amounts of foliage covering the region, it is the only region without a noticeable cold location like Kanto's Seafoam Islands, Johto's Icy Path, much of Sinnoh, Unova in Winter, Kalos' Frost Cavern & Route 17, Alola's Mt. Lanakila or Galar's Routes 9 & 10, the closest equivalent in Hoenn being the basement floor of Shoal Cave, a single floor in a four floor dungeon.
Hoenn does include a wide variety of other environments from the Desert of Route 111, the Ashlands of Route 113, the Petalburg Woods, Sootopolis City, jungles of Route 119 and vast beaches that cover parts of the region. Many of the Routes in Hoenn can be categorized as grassy plains and hills for the land routes and oceanic for most of the water routes.
The region also has a few natural landmarks which stand out in the region such as Mt. Chimney, a large active volcano in the Western half of the Region, Mt. Pyre a sacred island where the dead are buried, the Seafloor Cavern a massive underground cavern said to contain Legendary Pokémon and Meteor Falls a large area in the North-West which is categorized by the large craters formed by asteroid falling from long ago.
==Population==
The population of Hoenn is considerably more built up than the previous Kanto and Johto Regions and also its successor region, Sinnoh. The Region is categorized by four large cities and a number of smaller settlements scattered across the region. The largest of the settlements being Mauville City located in the central bay of the region with the fourth highest population of any city in the Pokémon series falling short of Wyndon, Nimbasa City & Lumiose City. Along with Mauville the other large cities of the region include Lilycove City and Slateport City, important trading hubs and ports found on the Southern and Eastern tips of the region and Rustboro City, a large, developed city found on the Western side of the region.
Although not as large, Mossdeep City and Sootopolis City are fairly large island settlements found off the coast of the mainland with Sootopolis City being notable for being built within an ancient crater that had filled with water long ago meanwhile Mossdeep City is notable for its cutting-edge space program. Also among the medium-sized cities is Fortree City an unusual location found on the North reaches of Hoenn, the city is primarily comprised of building built atop massive trees.
The rest of the population in Hoenn can be found in small Towns scattered across the region, predominantly in the South-West where four of the eight remaining settlements; Petalburg City, Dewford Town, Oldale Town and Littleroot Town can be found, the North where another three can be found; Verdanturf Town, Lavaridge Town and Fallarbor Town as well as the solitary Pacifidlog Town located on the Southern seaway of Hoenn and is one of the most isolated settlements in the entire series.
==Legendary Pokémon==
Hoenn is the official home of the legendary Weather Trio, a group of powerful Pokémon that are said to have in ancient times been capable of summoning great changes in the weather and alter the surface of the planet by causing the land to grow or the sea to rise. Groudon, the Continent Pokémon is long spoken to have been able to cause the land to expand whilst Kyogre, the Sea Basin Pokémon is said to have been able to make it recede. The leader of the trio, Rayquaza, the Sky High Pokémon is noted to be able to control in some form the other two and is able to settle the chaotic weather they would bring. This trio are central to much of the Hoenn Region and are generally regarded as among the most powerful Pokémon to exist in the region with an ancient group known as the Draconids even forming around to worship Rayquaza.
The region is home to a number of lesser known Legendaries who've often been associated with the region, notably being the Legendary Titans, a trio of powerful Pokémon said to be made from magma, rocks and an icy mountain. There is an ancient link between these Pokémon and their leader, a Pokémon once worshipped, known as Regigigas. Due to fear of its power Regigigas was sealed in the Sinnoh Region whilst the Legendary Titans; Regirock, Regice and Registeel were brought to the Hoenn Region and locked away in their own chambers, remaining inert until they would be awakened once again.
One of the more well-known of the lesser legendaries are Latias and Latios, the Eon Duo who appear to be known by some as Steven, the region's champion at the time recognizes them. The duo are an elusive pair often avoiding direct contact with humans and those that seek them often must chase them across the entire region just to find them.
The last two legendaries associated with the Hoenn Region are more tangential than the previous eight, Jirachi, the Wish Pokémon and Deoxys, the DNA Pokémon are listed under the Hoenn Region however Jirachi has an unknown location where it resides whereas Deoxys is an extra-terrestrial so does not technically originate from Hoenn or any region.
==Pokémon League==
Like most other regions, Hoenn has a traditional league system, eight Gym Leaders and an Elite Four followed by a battle against a Champion. Hoenn uses the linear Elite Four approach having trainers battle the four Elite Four members in succession with increasing levels of difficulty. The Eight Gym Leaders are scattered across the region and generally must be battled in a set order however much of this set order is due to restriction of the player character themselves.
Without considering story events trainers must battle Wattson before Flannery as the HM for Rock Smash is required to reach her, trainers must defeat Norman to battle Tate & Liza as well as Wallace/Juan due to the need for Surf and if the Ferry system is not available also to reach Winona. In-game the player cannot battle Norman until they've defeated the prior four gym leaders; Roxanne, Brawly, Wattson & Flannery to prove the player's capability as a trainer. One must also defeat Tate & Liza before facing Wallace/Juan as the HM for Dive is required to access Sootopolis City.
Once the eight Gym Leaders are defeated trainers must ascend the Waterfall at Ever Grande City, surpass the trials of Victory Road and reach the Pokémon League located on the north side of the island. There trainers will face against Sidney, Phoebe, Glacia and Drake who form the Elite Four as well as the Champion who was originally Steven although later abdicates to Wallace.
The Gym Leaders of the region are a bit mixed about whether or not they have external duties beyond that of their gyms, some like Roxanne, Wattson and Wallace do have roles while others like Brawly & Winona it is not as clear.
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