>>433580Not all pokemon fit into the region they originate it, like what do pandas have to do with France? Overall they do make maybe 30% that seem to reference the real life country/region, but most are just normal pokemon.
Though I do think it's fun to TRY to see if it was intentional so here's my attempt:
>Archaeopteryx was kind of a weird choice for Gamefreak to base the Unova >Damask and Kofagrigus were weird, too, like why is there Egypt-inspired stuff in the America region?I think this may not be intended to tie into American history, but to the fact that the Nacrene city gym is also a museum. So it's more that they thought "what kind of cool stuff can you find in a western museum" and went from there. Also kofagrigus could be a reference to movies, since Hollywood is also heavily referenced in BW.
>The Samurai-inspired-Oshawott line is a bizarre choice for a region based on AmericaPossibly because they see America as a melting pot of cultures, so every starter is from a different culture. Especially because to them as Japanese people the US isn't "home" so they didn't care to make the starters feel native to the region. They don't care that there isn't a "true American" starter, they just want to have a Japanese samurai starter they can play with there as Japanese people visiting. I think that's a shame, I'd love a gimmicky cowboy starter kek
>Pumpkaboo and Gorgeist shouldn't have been in Kalos, either.Perhaps they were partly thinking of it in terms of fairy tales, like how it transforms in Cinderella into a carriage. Fairy type had it's debut in Kalos so it wouldn't surprise me. Sometimes it may also just be their personal experience. We know they sometimes go to a country to do research on it, so if they happened to go to modern France around halloween and saw pumpkins they may very well use that as if it was a French thing because to them it is. I have to say it's very funny that they gave the French region a frog starter, that is a bold move kek