Nintendo officially unveiled two new Pokémon games on Friday, but they didn’t show off much more of the games than a few pieces of concept art, their names, and a release window; however, that hasn’t stopped fans from speculating about the setting and story of Pokémon Sun and Moon, with some fans theorizing that the games’ setting could be based on Spain or Singapore and that they could somehow be linked to X and Y. However, YouTuber Gaijin Goombah has a different theory, suggesting that the games’ region will be based on Japan and that the games’ legendary Pokémon will be based on the Shinto religion.

Gaijin Goombah, one of the Game Theorists, believes that the next Pokémon region will be based on Japan much like Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh, because of the immense popularity of Yokai Watch in Japan; one of the reasons for Yokai Watch‘s success is the game’s focus on Japanese mythology and tropes, which leads Gaijin to believe that Game Freak will want to return Pokémon to its Japanese roots. From there, he theorized that the games’ legendary Pokémon will be based on Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi from Shinto mythology. In Shinto, Amaterasu is the sun goddess and Tsukuyomi is the moon god; they were married until they had a falling out, which is why the sun and the moon are never together in the sky. Gaijin theorizes that these two Shinto gods will be the basis of the cover legendaries for Sun and Moon, and the conflict between them will be the overarching story of the games.

What do you guys think? Check out his video above, then sound off in the comments!

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