The Sinnoh region in thePokemonworld is one that proved incredibly popular with fans. The fourth major region to be detailed byPokemongames, it contains the fourth generation of the popular pocket monsters and has become the setting forPokemon’snewest titles as well, inPokemon Legends: ArceusandPokemon Brilliant PearlandShining Diamond. The latter of these titles is a 3D remake of the originalPokemon DiamondandPearl, which originally released in 2008, whilePokemon Legends: Arceustakes fans on a wholly new adventure.
Pokemon Legends: Arceusthough, takes fans to a Sinnoh region the likes of which they’ve not seen before. Taking players hundreds of years in the past,Pokemon Legends: Arceus’version of the Sinnoh region is similar to a historical, feudal Japan than it is the modern Sinnoh region seen in theDiamondandPearltitles. This historical setting has brought some welcome changes, such as the introduction of new Hisuian forms ofPokemonalongside some more controversial additions, like theretcon about Pokeball lore.
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Something that fans have enjoyed in the return to Sinnoh though is comparing how the map ofLegends: Arceuscompares to theDiamondandPearlmaps. Jubilife City, for example, is a sprawling settlement inDiamondandPearl,while inPokemon Legends: ArceusJubilife is a villagerather than a city, showing how different the Sinnoh landscape was historically. Perhaps the most clear difference in the maps of both games is in Floaroma Town, specifically the Floarama Garden.
Outlined by a post on Reddit, the Garden inDiamondandPearlis one of the most colorful places in the Sinnoh region, with flowers all over the place. InPokemon Legends: Arceusthough, the Floara Garden is a barren hill, filled with attempts by people to plant flowers, though all of them have withered and died. The keen-eyed Redditor who posted the comparison also collected all the lines of dialogue concerning the lore of Floaroma Town inPokemon Platinum.Floara Garden is one of manySinnoh locations based on real-life Japanese locations.
Floara Garden is one of many nods to the originalDiamondandPearlgames hidden inPokemon Legends: Arceus. The latest mainline game in thePokemonuniverse may return to a previous region, yet it is placing a new spin on Sinnoh with more than just areas of the map experiencing change. New variations of existingPokemonhave been designed, alongside a change tohowPokemonlearn movesthat is being praised by the community.
Pokemon Legends Arceusis available now on Switch.
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