Geology of the Sinnoh and Hisui regions

(Original upload - January 21, 2023 - Fixed some audio/visual issues)
Hello! Thank you for checking out my video. Ever since Legends: Arceus came out last year, I've been obsessed with the different Geological/Geomorphological changes between the Sinnoh and Hisui regions. Because Earth is always moving it's continents and landmasses, it's cool that we have a look into what the Sinnoh looked like in the past, as Hisui, and comparing the changes between the two. This was a whole rabbit hole of investigation, and I'm so happy I finished this video, so again thank you for checking this video out, and leave a comment down below if you learned something new!

[maciejpietka]

I think legendary Pokemon may be responsible for speeding up geological processes. For example, regigigas can move continents. Graudon and heatran may have accelerated volcanism, and the Kyurem attack may be responsible for post-glacial formations.

[Kamidio]

A lot of the inconsistencies between Hisui and Sinnoh's maps are more explained by geography - after all, how many coasts were mislabeled by explorers who couldn't spare the time and resources to check if that river they passed was actually a strait, or vice versa?

I don't think Firespit Island is Stark Mountain, as its location roughly matches with the location of the Sinnoh Pokémon League - which is shown to be an island with steep cliffs and a mountain cave on top.

Stark Mountain is in the Battle Zone, an island which is implied to not be considered part of Sinnoh, with its own folklore about Heatran. Thus, its absence from the map of Hisui makes a lot more sense.



Overall though, this video was pretty fun to have on while I work.

[EuphratesCanyon]

This is such a fun and niche topic to explore, thank you for sharing your expertise!

[LagrimaArdiente]

I am so glad I came across this video! I had been wondering about this sort of thing for so long!

[BlackReaper]

Lots of interesting things in this video, never thought much about the geology of the games.

[lompass]

One of my favorite thing to do while exploring Hisui was looking at the geographical easter eggs of sinnoh, or the faint lake music you hear when near one. So it's a really cool vid, even going throug the trouble of explaining the gems that were meant to represent ruby, saphire, emerald, pearl and diamond

[averyyy]

This is one of the best most researched video I have seen in a LONG time. Such an interesting concept too and I love how much thought was put into every element and possibility!!

[jamesbodnarchuk]

This is amazing and I love your passion and enthusiasm! More content like this please!

[Diomedes]

This is the type of content I really want to see on youtube. I would love to see a video about deserts in the Pokemon world. Specifically, I always thought the arid region surrounding Route 4 in Unova felt out of place if it was formed due to the climate of the region due to its proximity to two large rivers, lush forests to the north, east, and west, and lack of mountains to create a rain shadow. I'd like to hear your thoughts on my hypothesis that the region was formed by anthropogenic factors such as deforestation, overgrazing by livestock, and depletion of aquifers.

[CitadelBrulee]

Great video! Will definitely check out your other stuff

[dragonturtleab.]

as someone who had geoscience and studied for a bit over a year geoecology i can not understate how well you described everything to the audiance. It is in my opinion a great video for those interested in geology. I can also understand why you kept the section with the rocktypes short. The best part for me of this video was definitly when you showed the selected rocks.

[autumrnk]

This is genuinely one of the better videos I've seen in a while

[ImThylacine]

28:33 There are a lot of characters in Hisui who can be linked to characters in Sinnoh, but of them, the least problematic for assuming a larger time difference biologically is Volo!

Volo and Cogita are implied to be related somehow and also immortal? There are lines in the Old Verses that tell of Cogita (the presumed author) outliving her people, and Volo is convinced he can wait millennia to reset the world. It’s weird… but anyway my point is, Volo could probably spread his genes all over spacetime, if you know what I mean lol

[cecerafferty]

Thank you so much for this video! It covered a lot of stuff PLA brought to mind for me and I learned a lot. The volume is a little low but your manner of speech and enunciation are clear and unhampered enough to make up for that. Very professional! Some fantasticism has to be accounted for, since Pokemon is a world full of magical creatures that can influence tectonics or call down meteors, but looking from a very realistic point of view is extremely cool and deeply, deeply fascinating.

You've earned my sub with one video, and I can't wait to see more from you!

[superspider]

just a small heads up you are REALLY quiet, i had to put you up to 100 volume on my headphones just to be able to hear ya and I usually keep my headphone volume between 20-50

[thisismyaltaccount]

Fantastic job here! I love the more genuine and sincere videos like this, and in the first 3 minutes you had me laugh so hard I'd spit my coffee! After that I relocated to watch this on my computer, and I wasn't disappointed! Would LOVE to see more videos like this one! I'm curious of what you'd have to say about Kanto's Sevii Islands. Can't wait for your next upload!

[negil]

Super cool video! It was really neat to have so many Canadian examples used. It genuinely shocked me when BC was the first location you brought up! It's funny how that immediately made me think you must be Canadian, cause I feel like no one outside of Canada ever thinks to use specific names of locations here, every part of the country is just "Canada" 😅

[danielsimmich]

Love it! Now we need a geographical analysis of the Sinnoh region ❤️

[CloudsAndDays]

I love people analyzing video game maps and landscapes for realism. More, more, more!

[fingerstyleguitas]

It's a very entertaining content you have here.
As for it's correctness. When you have divine Llama god it's all possible either way.