Old Canon

This page will talk about the three "What If...Was A Pokemon Region?" that are considered non-canon to the actual Buddyverse.

## What If Greece Was A Pokemon Region?

### Geography and Old Pokemon

This region has a variety of locales, such as mountainous areas (Skiddo and Gogoat, Teddiursa and Ursaring, Riolu), plains and forests (Dedenne, Bunnelby, Zubat, Noibat, Deerling, Stantler, Shinx), seaside areas (Tortuga, Skrelp, Seel, Basculin, Ducklett) and snowy areas (Beartic, Swinub, Snorunt, Delibird). Ancient ruins (Bronzong, Golett) are also found scattered across the region.

### Towns and Locations

* Araxos: Starting town of the region.
* Tripoli: Second town on the Player's journey.
* Sparta: Ruins of an old city.
* Athens: Capital and largest city of the region. The Acropolis would be home to the town's Gym Leader or the Region's Legendary Pokemon.
* Delphi: Town featuring the ruins of an ancient theater, would have lore tying to Delphox.
* Larissa: Town at the base of mountains.
* Monasteries of Meteora: Monasteries situated along a mountain route.
* Hot Springs of Polichnitos: Island.
* Samos: Island featuring vineyards and home to a Gym Leader.
* Crete: Major island housing two towns.
* Thessaloniki: Town.
* Mount Olympus: Mountain housing the Victory Road and Pokemon League of the region.

### Side Activity

In this region, the Player will get the opportunity to participate in the Poké-World equivalent of the Olympics, as they originate from ancient Greece. This side activity would be similar to the Pokéathlon, even borrowing events like the Relay Run and Pennant Capture. But it would also add some based on modern activities, like Long Jump and Weight Lifting, and others based on ancient Greek sports, like Discus Throw.

### Characters

#### Gym Leaders

* Grass type, based on Demeter.
* Fairy type, based on Aphrodite.
* Steel type, based on Hephaestus.
* Flying type, based on Hermes.
* Fighting type double battle, based on Ares and Athena.
* Fire type, based on Apollo.
* Rock type, based on Hestia.
* Poison type, based on Dionysus.

#### Elite Four

* Electric type, based on Zeus.
* Water type, based on Poseidon.
* Dark/Ghost type, based on Hades.
* Normal type, based on Hera.

The Gym Leaders and Elite Four of this region are based on the Twelve Olympians from the Greek Pantheon.

#### Champion

The Champion would be your Rival, based on a Greek Hero like Perseus, Achilles, Odysseus or Jason. He would start off as immature, naïve, maybe even a jerk, and would better himself through his adventure until climbing to the Champion seat.

#### Evil Team

The Main Antagonist would be based on Chronos and the Evil Team Admins on other Titans. To mirror the Titanomachy, the war between Titans and Olympians, the current Gym Leaders and Elite Four have overthrown the previous Elite Four in the past and now they are back to take back their place or take over the region using a regional Legendary Pokemon.

### New Pokemon

#### Common Pokemon

* A wild boar Pokemon, either Fire type or Electric type (or both), that stays quadrupedal.

* A dolphin Pokemon, either Water/Psychic type or Water/Fairy type, with the Prankster Ability, keeping a basic/simple design.

* An inanimate object Pokemon based on Pandora's Box, either Dark type or Dark/Ghost type.

#### Legendary Pokemon

* A Steel/Fire type automaton horse, based on the Cabeirian Horses.

* A Ground/Flying type griffin, with the Aerilate Ability.

## What If The Western United States Was A Pokemon Region?

### Geography and Old Pokemon

This region features a lot of different environments: coastal areas (Wailmer and Wailord, Seel, Stunky and Skuntank, Vulpix, Spearow), mountains and forests (Meowth and Persian, Teddiursa and Ursaring, Deerling and Sawsbuck, Pachirisu, Zigzagoon), deserts (Elgyem and Beheeyem, Skorupi and Drapion, Ekans and Arbok, Salandit, Torkoal), plains and grasslands (Bouffalant, Miltank, Mareep and Flaaffy, Ponyta, Rufflet and Braviary) and snowy areas.

A particularity of this region is the various dig sites where the Player can play a mini-game similar to the Underground Digging from Sinnoh to obtain fossils from past generations.

### Towns and Locations

* Casper: Starting town of the region.
* Oregon Trail: Large route passing through the region featuring landmarks like Independence Rock, Soda Springs and a fort.
* Salmon Falls Reservoir: Area housing Water type Pokemon like Remoraid and Basculin.
* Boise: Second town on the Player's journey.
* Portland: Town centered on a river featuring a Japanese garden tying to Kanto or Johto.
* Boulder/Denver: Town in the region's snowy area.
* Park City: Town housing one of the region's dig sites and home to a Gym Leader.
* Great Salt Lake: Lake area housing Pokemon like the Clauncher line and the Skrelp line.
* Great Basin Desert: Desert featuring a ghost town as the region's Ghost type area.
* Reno: Town.
* San Francisco: Town separated in a city part and an entertainment part.
* Redwood National Park: Forest.
* Los Angeles: Capital of the region featuring the main Pokestar Studio and a Pikaland theme park. Also home to a Gym Leader.
* California Channel Islands: Archipelago.
* Las Vegas: Town housing the region's Battle Frontier.

### Characters and Story

#### Professor

This region's Professor is considered a Pokemon Paleontologist, as his area of research is Pokemon Fossils.

#### Team Relic

Team Relic's aesthetic is based on Old West outlaws. Their goal is to find the fossilized Legendary Pokemon Catacacta and use its powers to restore the other fossilized Pokemon back to life and destroy the current region by reverting it to its prehistoric state (this goal is a nod to a theme that was present in some western movies, how some people aren't capable of modernizing/adapting to the new state of the world and fight against time to keep the old ways going). The other Legendary Pokemon would aid the Player to stop their plan.

### New Pokemon

The Regional Variants were done by mahyohan, all the others by DevilDman.

#### Regional Variants

* A Rock type Variant of the Meowth line, based on the cougar/mountain lion, with Intimidate or Keen Eye as Ability.

* A Ground type or Ground/Fire type Variant of Torkoal, based on the desert tortoise, with Dry Skin or Sand Stream as Ability.

#### Common Pokémon

* Groundzila, a Ground/Poison type gila monster, with the Corrosion Ability.

* Rabijack, a Fairy/Fighting type jackalope, with Huge Power or Pixilate as Ability.

* Dreemy, a Fairy/Dark type dreamcatcher, with Insomnia or Comatose as Ability, with a lot of sleep-related moves in its movepool.

#### Legendary Pokemon

* Catacacta, a Rock/Grass type Cactus Cat, with an upgraded version of the Chlorophyll Ability, representing being steadfast and unmoving in your beliefs.

* Wabawolf, a Psychic/Ghost type wolf, representing moving on and adapting in life.

#### Cut Pokémon

* Merculope, the evolution of Rabijack, still Fairy/Fighting.

## What If Australia Was A Pokemon Region?

### Geography and Old Pokemon

This region isn't just a giant arid desert (Joltik and Galvantula, Spinarak and Ariados, Skorupi and Drapion, the Sandile line, Helioptile and Heliolisk, Cacnea and Cacturne, Mightyena, Ekans and Arbok, Seviper, the Larvitar line, the Gible line), it also consists of rainforests(Hoothoot and Noctowl, Croagunk and Toxicroak, Spoink and Grumpig, the Caterpie line, Heracross, Goomy and Sliggoo, Morelull, Carnivine, Paras), mountains (Komala, Vulpix, Emolga, Zangoose, Skiddo and Gogoat, Stantler, Bunnelby, Zubat and Golbat, Woobat, Chatot, Starly and Staravia), grasslands, snowy areas and coastal beaches (Alomomola, Barboach, Seel, Mantine, Carvanha and Sharpedo, Goldeen and Seaking, Wailmer, Krabby, Spheal and Sealeo, Corsola).

### Towns and Locations

* Albany: Starting town of the region.
* Perth: Second town on the Player's journey and home to the region's Professor.
* Port Hedland: Town featuring a Battle-Subway type area and home to a Gym Leader.
* Halls Creek: Town featuring a crater housing alien Pokemon like the Elgyem line.
* Desert Area: Large desert.
* Uluru: Landmark home to the Legendary Pokemon Lyredala.
* Alice Springs: Town.
* Finke River: Route housing fossils to be dug up.
* Super Pit Gold Mine: Mine area.
* Eucla: Town featuring a meteorological center.
* Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre: Lake area that changes based on weather.
* Cobar: Town featuring a mine housing Pokemon like Sableye or Carbink.
* Adelaide: Town.
* Melbourne: Town.
* Canberra: Town housing the Victory Road and the Pokemon League of the region.
* Sidney: Capital of the region and home to a Gym Leader.
* Jenolan Caves: Cave area.
* Brisbane: Town.
* Great Barrier Reef: Sea area.
* Cairns: Town.
* Barron Gorge National Park: Rainforest area.
* Evil Team Hideout: Castle.
* Tasmania: Major island housing a town, a Berry farm, the region's Safari Zone and home to the Legendary Pokemon Dhakkolor. Possibly a post-game area.

#### Side Activity

In this region, precisely at the Great Barrier Reef, the Player can take a diving tour to explore the reef by renting a specific Pokemon. The different Pokemon available would have different abilities (swimming through currents, breaking rocks, illuminating dark areas, etc), allowing the Player to explore different parts of the reef.

### Characters and Story

This region's story is based on the theme of Safety, opposing Control and Coexistence, embodied by the conflicting views of two brothers, Professor Acacia and Team Noble's King.

#### Professor

This region's Professor, Steve Acacia, is an expert on relations between humans and Pokemon and is more adventurous than most Professors.

#### Team Noble

Team Noble's belief is that some Pokemon are too dangerous and need to be contained. While their methods are extreme, their motivations are explained to not make them an "evil" Team, and they have no other goal than make the region safe. Team Noble's aesthetic is based on medieval knights and nobility. All members of Team Noble are people who have been hurt or had a close person hurt, intentionally or not, by a Pokemon.

#### Story

Team Noble is already well established in the region when the Player's journey begins. Professor Acacia encourages you to help Pokemon endangered by Team Noble. At roughly the middle of the game, Team Noble manages to capture Lyredala. After going through their Hideout, battling Grunts and Admins, the Player confronts the King and Queen. They're trying to use Lyredala's power to amplify and diminish emotions to "tone down" any Pokemon they deem "too dangerous". Just before fighting them in a double battle with Professor Acacia by your side, the Player learns the backstory of the two brothers and Team Noble's creation. While the King admits defeat, the Queen defies the Player one more time with Lyredala on her team.

#### Gym Leaders

* Steel type, an industrial artist, ace is Lairon.
* Ground type, an archelogist, ace is Golurk.
* Rock type, a ranger, ace is Midnight Lycanroc.
* Water type, a surfer, ace is Marill.
* Normal type, a musician, ace is Loudred.
* Bug type, an entomologist, ace is Venonat.
* Fighting type, a boxer, ace is Primeape.
* Ghost type, old-timey bed-and-breakfast manager, ace is Lampent.

### New Pokemon

DevilDman did the Australian Joltik line, Womborable, Pygoxin, Cobbingo, Lyredala and Dhakkolor. mahyohan did Australian Komala and the Kungroo line. DarknWindie did the Australian Geodude line and Leafu.

#### Regional Variants

* A Dark type Variant of Komala, based on the drop bear, with Intimidate or Arena Trap as Ability, with a high Attack stat.

* A Bug/Dark type Variant of the Joltik line, based on the Australian redback spider, with a signature version of Tangling Hair or a Confusion version of Poison Point as Ability.

* A Rock/Psychic Variant of the Geodude line, based on crystal geodes, with Levitate, Forewarn, Telepathy or Infiltrator as Ability.

#### Fossil Pokemon

* Obdurock, a Rock/Water type obdurodon, with a signature version of Sticky Hold or Lightning Rod as Ability.

#### Common Pokemon

* Womborable, a Normal/Ground type wombat, with the Tough Claws Ability.

* Kungroo and Jumparu, a Fighting type red kangaroo line, with Moxie or a signature Kick-Accuracy Ability.

* Pygoxin, a Poison/Fairy type pygopodidae, with Fairy Aura or Shed Skin as Ability.

* Cobbingo, a Ground/Steel type dingo, with Magnet Pull or Steelworker as Ability.

* Leafu, a Grass type emu, with Chlorophyll or Flower Veil as Ability.

#### Legendary Pokemon

* Lyredala, a Fairy/Flying type lyrebird, with a Voice-moves version of Singer Ability, representing emotion.

* Dhakkolor, a Water/Dragon type Rainbow Serpent, with a Aqua-Rings-Summoning Ability, representing logic.