The launch of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet later this year will mark nine generations of main series Pokemon games, dating all the way back to Pokemon Red and Blue from the 90s. Each new generation of Pokemon introduces a new region for players to explore, filled with familiar Pokemon as well as brand-new creatures to collect. The same holds true for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, though their new region has not been named at the time of this writing.

While Pokemon Scarlet and Violet’s region doesn’t have a name just yet and official details about it are hard to come by, the reveal trailer suggests that the new games are set in a region based on Spain. Every Pokemon region is based on an existing region in the real world, and it seems like Pokemon Scarlet and Violet will be carrying on that tradition with their new region.

Assuming Pokemon Scarlet and Violet’s region is based on Spain as fans have guessed, it will bring the number of Pokemon regions set in European countries to three, preceded by Pokemon Sword and Shield’s Galar region and Pokemon X and Y’s Kalos region. There’s also been two Pokemon regions based on locations from the United States, with Pokemon Black and White’s Unova region based on New York City and Pokemon Sun and Moon’s Alola region taking inspiration from Hawaii.

Pokemon Regions and the Real World Locations They’re Based On

  • Kanto - Japan Johto - Japan Hoenn - Japan Sinnoh - Japan Unova - USA Kalos - France Alola - USA Galar - United Kingdom

All other Pokemon generations have been based on different regions of Japan. There have been nine Pokemon generations so far and all have stuck with either the USA, Europe, or Japan, and so there are huge swaths of the world that have yet to be featured in the main series Pokemon games. Some pointed out by Reddit user Fluffy_Mood5781 include Africa, Australia, and South America.

Since the Pokemon franchise remains incredibly popular to this day, there’s a chance that regions representing these neglected areas of the world will be introduced at some point down the line. After all, Nintendo and Game Freak will run out of European countries eventually. In the meantime, some Pokemon fans have been taking it upon themselves to come up with their own regions based on the unused countries, with one artist showing off what Pokemon in an Indian region might look like.

Fans may be waiting a long time for regions based on other parts of the world, but in the meantime, they can look forward to checking out what Pokemon Scarlet and Violet have to offer when they release for the Nintendo Switch later this year.