On November 21/28 there will be the new Remakes Pokémon Omega Ruby und Alpha Sapphire. One of the things I like most about Hoenn is the map. GF released a new artwork of the map with a lot of new features. In the past games things like ice covered some parts of the map, in Hoenn there are clouds.
GF also announced some new Pkmns like Slowbro, Lopunny and Audino which didn’t exist in the original games.
So I was studying the map for a while and noticed a lot of differences to the “old” Hoenn map…
Question: Have you seen anything new on this map? Which parts of the map will change most, or will there even be a new part of the map like the Sevii Islands in FireRed LeafGreen?
I have noticed a lot of things and marked them on this map here:
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Some are obvious, like the fact that Mauville City is in a powerhouse or that there is a gigantic purple cloud.
But here are the other things I noticed:
- On Route 119 is covered with clouds, so one reason could be that it will get a totally new design like we’ve seen in the trailer.
- clouds are covering the part of the map where the Battle Frontier was in Pokèmon Emerald. Will there be a Battle Frontier again (I hope so much:) )
- On Route 114 it looks like there are some woof of meteorites, maybe we can change the forms of Deoxys here. This would mean that we are able to get Deoxys in ORAS <3
- I also noticed some caves which didn’t exist in RS. I can’t see it exactly but I think there are two entrances in Dewford Town. There seems to be also a cave on the mountain in the middle of the sea routs. Do you think it has something to do with the story?
- As we have seen in the trailer, the Gym in Fortree City looks different, so every Gym will have its own design.
- On the new map the Abandoned Ship on Route 108 seems a lot bigger, but this doesn’t mean that it has anything to do with the main story.
- May people said, that the purple cloud should cover an important part of the map, where we will get the new forms of the legendary. But for me it looks like its float above Mt. Pyre. Mt. Pyre is also known as a kind of the end of live, and the Cave of Origin as the origin^^
- One interesting thing I noticed was that Ever Grande City is now really a city and not only a pokèmon center. Another city that is redesigned is Sootopolis City. It has a kind of an “T” way in the middle, so I think you haven’t to surf anymore, if you want from the pokèmon center to the marked.
- But the thing I found most interesting was Route 130. It totally seems to have a new design where you can dive and also some new dry paces to walk on. On the top of route 130 there is an island, I think it’s the Sky Pillar with a new design. But here’s the thing I like most on the whole new map: the little island at the right corner of route 130! What is this? Is this the place where we’re going to find Lopunny and these pokemons? All the other routes are surrounded by stones, but at the end which points to the battle frontier is a beach which seems to be not surrounded by anything! Will there also be a new Route under these clouds, which guide to the Battle Frontier or any other unknown place?!?