Talk:Orre
Better Map
Does anyone have better (bigger) image of Orre from Pokémon XD? --Maxim 19:31, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Arizona Desert
Wikipedia's article on Orre states and cites that Orre is based off of the Arizona Desert.......
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orre
That it's based off the area of Japan with Hiroshima does seem more logical to me....Cheesedude 04:20, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
Im convinced its based off Arizona. Since last I checked, Hiroshima was not next to a desert. Besides, I seem to recall a Nintendo Power article with an interview with the creator of Colluseum stating it was there, and the name is pretty obvious(phenac/pheonix).--Bandit1108 04:54, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
- Far as I'm concerned, the town names are after minerals, Phenac seems more off of phenakite than Phoenix, Arizona. After all, the region's name is Orre, which seems to be a play on ore, and we have Agate, Pyrite, and Phenac, all minerals. Gateon Port... probably from Agate (which it is near to) and "eon", the suffix of the Eeveelutions, which can be obtained here due to being able to get one of their evolutionary items here. It could also be from "gate", as it's the gate to the sea and to Citadark Isle. --TTEchidna 12:21, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
I don't want to be so quick to delete all that about how it could be based on Hiroshima. I mean, it's almost all fan speculation anyway. Who's to say that it couldn't have been inspired by both Arizona and Hiroshima post-bomb? I thought it was a very interesting addition to the article. Maybe there should be a section on possible basis for the region with both theories instead of assuming one or neither is correct. --Greengiant 16:37, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
- If you want to add something like that, go ahead, but the problem is that the Hiroshima thing is totally speculation from fans while Arizona was specifically mentioned in an interview long ago, when the the first Colosseum came out. It seemed very odd to me that the latter was there while the former was left out. Also, someone else removed the part about Orre being west of Johto/Kanto (I'm sure it's just another assumption because Hiroshima is west of the real-life Kansai/Kantou) for being completely unfounded but left the rest in. The article on the Pokemon world's relation to the real world also mentions the Arizona connection, so it would also be inconsistant to attribute it to Hiroshima here.--AuthorX 11:00, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
In the case of Arizona being the basis of Orre, maybe Orre is on a different continent entirely, like comparing to Arizona and Japan. --Mooshykris 02:29, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
