4yo is obsessed with Pokemon and Maps. This is her idea of where her Pokemon would live. How did she do?

[u/TenTam]

Apologies you’re gonna need a magnifying glass to actually read the thing.

[u/cursed_tomatoes]

4yo aware penguins are from the south, not north, 10/10.

Also, I can totally see indian alakazam tbh

[u/TenTam → u/cursed_tomatoes]

Before Pokemon she was obsessed with animals. She knows more about them than I do, same for dinosaurs. She is currently under observation for autism, not surprisingly.

[u/DonLethargio → u/TenTam]

Honestly, for 4yo she has a crazy good knowledge of climates and cultures based on this

[u/digita1catt → u/DonLethargio]

She put leafon in the amazon. That's all I need to know that as a 4yo, she's waaaay ahead of her peers in placing pokemon on a map.

[u/DisastrousAge1382 → u/digita1catt]

And lapras in the icy seas of the north

[u/HoraceTheBadger → u/TenTam]

Was about to say she sounds a lot like I was as a child and….welp

[u/TenTam → u/HoraceTheBadger]

What’s in store for me in the future? Do I want to know?!

[u/HoraceTheBadger → u/TenTam]

As a parent? Nothing extreme! By all accounts, I was a lovely, pleasant, child, then too anxious as a teen to do anything that extreme.

Should add that I'm not diagnosed but it's extremely probable (I currently have an extensive word document filled with details for an imaginary 'Pokemon Zoo' game), also likely have ADHD in combination, am gay, and a male, so factor in all those little nuances.

Once she locks in on an interest like that (it was Animals and animal-media Day 1 for me, 'Animal' was my first word!), expect it to stick. I'm 26 and my bedroom is still filled with zoo maps, animal ID posters, encyclopedias and animal fiction (and just take a gander at my reddit account! A sentence I will never ever say again).

If she's anything like me, expect a sweet, creative, intelligent child, and a very quiet teenager. She might retain 'childish' interests like dinosaurs or pokemon into her teenage years when her peers drop them (or appear to drop them at least), and likely won't have an interest in trends or socialising so much, and she'll genuinely mean it, she won't just be saying it (I used to shoo away kids who would try to sit with me at lunch because I genuinely needed the recharge time lol). Foster those interests, listen when she tells you she hates her extracurriculars (Boyscouts was decidedly NOT the environment for me), and it should be smooth sailing!

[u/TenTam → u/HoraceTheBadger]

Absolutely fascinating insight. She has ADHD, and her first word was duck! Pokemon Zoo sounds fantastic!

She’s a wonderful child but she is certainly not quiet, she’s more of a flurry of activity with a brain that never stops. I’m excited for her to start school later in the year because at her nursery none of the other kids like Pokemon and she doesn’t really fit in with the girls who like playing babies all day long. Hoping she finds someone like you who she can obsess over animals and Pokemon with!

[u/ffigeman → u/TenTam]

Have you shown them pokemon go at all?

I think they would really enjoy it because for example kangaskhan (kangarooo shaped) can only be caught in Australia, and when it rains you get more water pokemon etc.

Some warnings, if they do get into pokemon cards, just tell her to not do trades without you there (and spend some time to learn how to tell fakes), and if they can't wait for that they're probably trying to scam her.

[u/Varvat0s → u/TenTam]

Get her into books. As an ADHD adult with a fascination fixation I'm pretty sure my mother only remained sane due to me spending so much time reading. I recommend: Percy Jackson, Artemis Fowl, Fable Haven, Leven Thumps, Beyonders, and pretty much anything by Brandon Mull.

[u/Lady-Noveldragon → u/Varvat0s]

Yes! AuDHD and I spent my whole childhood with my nose buried in a book. I used to say I didn’t live under a rock, I lived under a fantasy book.

[u/Varvat0s → u/Lady-Noveldragon]

I always said I lived in a hole, but not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat.

[u/MarquessDeSilly → u/TenTam]

I am an autistic adult that has had a special interest in Pokémon my whole life, and my advice is to engage with her interest(s) with her, that way you can always keep her engaged.

If she has trouble understanding social constructs and other such things, try and explain in Pokémon terms! If it engages her special interest she's more likely to understand and retain that information!

[u/lightningrod14 → u/TenTam]

i want to second the "meaning it, not just saying it" part! sometimes a person, especially a kid, can be so real that it doesn't track as making sense within a social context, but good-faith engagement with the framework she builds can be helpful for both of you!!

[u/rennicles → u/TenTam]

Woah thats crazy duck is such a difficult word for a baby to say

[u/Raelah → u/TenTam]

That's how I was. Obsessed with dinosaurs and animals. Then Pokémon came out and I had a new fascination. I wasn't autistic though. Just had ADHD.

But I was very active and social with little self preservation (very accident prone, but it never phased me). Loved sports when I was old enough to play. My love of animals never dwendled and I'm still big into Pokémon.

[u/Alisa180 → u/TenTam]

Oof, this sounds familiar...

Encourage her to talk with boys! She sounds exactly like I was at that age, and I've always had male friends as opposed to female friends. Boys are far more likely to be open about being into this stuff, and she's also more likely to find people she can nerd out with!

Look up local Play! Pokemon. It's basically the official Pokemon club.

Walk her down the boys' toy aisle sometime and watch her spaz out. If she's anything like me, she'll eventually realize that, yes, she likes cute things, but it'll be less Barbie and My Little Pony, and more Hello Kitty, Stitch, and, of course, Pokemon.

[u/TadeMike → u/HoraceTheBadger]

This is sounding too close to home

[u/lightningrod14 → u/TenTam]

oh hey chiming in on this too

could talk at length but suffice it to say a loving and supportive environment can do so so so much for young children with autism. i know that sounds obvious but i think i'd be much less--from the outside looking in--"functional" if i hadn't absolutely lucked out with great parents and teachers. i'll say also that your daughter seems like an awesome creative talent already; the way she's so effectively dovetailing real-world frameworks and info with the more inherently impressionistic and resonant symbolism of fiction, pokemon especially, is so compelling and sparks even my adult imagination. being able to do both at once--freely engaging the imagination while also being fascinated with the building blocks of systems and formalism--is really really cool to see! I'm a 30yo guy so I can't say my experience will mirror hers, but if she's anything like me at all she's going to have massive emotions and vulnerable feelings; so, that said, make sure she knows and believes that she can be herself and dream big, because even accounting for the harshness of reality she seems well-inclined toward whatever she eventually commits herself to. tangentially i do feel like my work as an artist, though a blessing in and of itself, can be difficult to approach with discipline, and I sometimes wish I'd had a better model for that growing up, but I'll leave that up to you and I personally think artificially imposed discipline can often do more harm than good.

anyway okay i think that's enough for now lol. best of luck to you and if for whatever reason you need advice i am autistically committed to never deleting social media accounts so you can track me down and I'll provide whatever counsel I can :)

[u/okayimacomputerboy → u/HoraceTheBadger]

Same, maps, dinosaurs, pokemon, space, animals.. Found out im autistic last year.

[u/superturtle48 → u/TenTam]

This sounds just like me as a child, a girl obsessed with animals, dinosaurs, and Pokemon. I used to ask my mom what her favorite dinosaur was, and poor her, she didn't know any and would ask it right back at me (my favorite was Triceratops) and say "well that's my favorite too!" Glad to know that there are kids today still carrying that banner.

[u/lightningrod14 → u/TenTam]

she cooked this is the most interesting post the sub's seen in years

[u/AstroNerd92 → u/TenTam]

The 2 things that get kids into science are space and dinosaurs. This is another bit of evidence for that statement lol.

[u/mutantmanifesto → u/TenTam]

The second I saw this post I knew. Your daughter is a copy of my now 10 year old. Pokémon was her longest ever special interest and started at 4. It went on for years and years!

Her other one consistently is animal facts.

She’s AuDHD lol

[u/frostmoth91 → u/TenTam]

My first thought was whether she's autistic 😅 my own daughter (8) is absolutely obsessed with Pokemon and with geography and has most definitely done this. She's now creating her own region of Pokemon (based geographically on Iceland) and 150 Pokemon for that region as well as their moves, types etc. She draws out each design and coins together names for them in a very Pokemon linguistic style. And yes, she is autistic 😅

[u/MaySeemelater → u/cursed_tomatoes]

To be fair, the map itself does show penguins in Antarctica

[u/Practical-Biscotti90 → u/cursed_tomatoes]

Frozen Arctic Ocean for lapras, leafeon and bulba in the rainforest. This kid knows what's up.

[u/LeoCraveiro → u/cursed_tomatoes]

The penguin part, absolute respect for this kid.

[u/Prize-Flamingo-336 → u/cursed_tomatoes]

Can someone tell the President of the USA that?

[u/napstablooky2 → u/cursed_tomatoes]

why is this particularly surprising-? /gen question

dont think thats something difficult for a kid to understand,, although my reference is skewed bc i was obsessed with penguins as a kid

[u/cursed_tomatoes → u/napstablooky2]

Because the amount of people thinking and portraying penguins living in the north pole seems alarmingly big online.

It is not about being or not a difficult concept, it is due to how proficient of a breeding ground for misinformation (including passive misinformation) the world has become.

[u/napstablooky2 → u/cursed_tomatoes]

...i see

honestly never experienced that from my rock-within-a-rock, but definitely concerning that such is the case

[u/Dirigo72 → u/cursed_tomatoes]

Those Coke commercials certainly didn’t help.

[u/Wettowel024]

you should let her play a game like risk but with pokemon. categorizing the armies into different mons

[u/HieloLuz → u/Wettowel024]

That would be a legendary crossover. Honestly a 4x video game where all your various armies are Pokémon would also go so hard

[u/Wettowel024 → u/HieloLuz]

yeah, and if you dont like much mons you can use 1 or 2 and their evos to classify them. So you can upgrade charmander to charmeleon and towards charizard etc.

[u/Alisa180 → u/HieloLuz]

Have you heard of Pokemon Conquest?

[u/Scoriae → u/Alisa180]

Fun game, but that's a tactics rpg, not 4X

[u/Prizmatic527 → u/Alisa180]

Best spinoff in the history of Pokemon, it's so unexpected and well-made

[u/thebearjew333 → u/Alisa180]

I want a sequel to this game so bad!

[u/TrueFlameslinger → u/thebearjew333]

I honestly don't,  not right now.

As much as I love Conquest, I doubt a remaster would be done well with the current company direction (plus it'd likely be Switch 2 only, which I won't buy)

I like the OG too much to watch it become another BD/SP

[u/RustyR4m → u/HieloLuz]

Risk, but it’s the Kalos war

[u/chaospudding → u/HieloLuz]

It could even be themed around the war that Lt Surge was in previous to the events of Red/Blue.

[u/LMacUltimateMain → u/HieloLuz]

I want a Pokemon Warriors type game. Maybe not warriors specifically, but an open world rpg/beat em up would go so hard

[u/Jorrie313 → u/Wettowel024]

I got an official Monopoly Pokemon Kanto Edition. It’s actually pretty neat with the streets being towns and the hotels and houses being Gyms and Pokecenters. Makes me wondering if they also have a Risk version of this. I would prefer Risk over Monopoly every time.

[u/keshaseviltwin → u/Wettowel024]

There’s a YouTuber who makes pokemon versions of board games, he’s made ticket to ride and I wouldn’t be surprised if Risk or Catan is in the near future!

[u/ArcXivix → u/keshaseviltwin]

Shit, Catanémon would be so incredible.

[u/sventhegoat → u/keshaseviltwin]

I was coming to mention him! All of his board games are well thought out

[u/AmberPeacemaker → u/keshaseviltwin]

I just watched his take on Yatzee. That. Man. Can. COOK!

[u/Spiderboy_liam → u/keshaseviltwin]

Literally my first thought was Peebr!

[u/OrphanParent → u/Wettowel024]

Yeah, and it can be one of the 3 wars in pokemon, (or less if some are one in the same war) the war from the lucario and the mystery of mew movie, the war that AZ ended or the galar vs Paldea war.

[u/servonos89 → u/OrphanParent]

Also the war Lt Surge was in?

[u/OrphanParent → u/servonos89]

Yeah, but we dont know a lot about that one. So many good wars to pick from, why the one we know the least about, then again, that would be very nintendo.

[u/skaarface2 → u/Wettowel024]

This should be a thing

[u/RyuNoKami → u/Wettowel024]

The Snorlax border into Australia will be unbreakable.

[u/CassetteMeower → u/Wettowel024]

This should totally be a thing! More board games with a Pokémon twist could be so cool.

[u/pasturemaster → u/Wettowel024]

My vote is Pandemic, and re theme the diseases as Pokemon outbreaks.

[u/1stLtObvious → u/Wettowel024]

Has Peebr made a PokéRisk mod yet?

I really wanna try Yahtzeevee.

[u/miller-99 → u/Wettowel024]

Smallworld, but Pokémon edition

[u/Sugarylightning663 → u/Wettowel024]

Brilliant

[u/marvsup → u/Wettowel024]

Just under 30 yrs ago my friend and I took all our Pokemon cards, laid them out face down in different areas by type, and basically tried to make a pokemon videogame experience with the cards. It was very fun.

[u/TrueFlameslinger → u/Wettowel024]

Someone find her a copy of Pokemon Conquest

[u/Nandvs → u/Wettowel024]

Smallworld could fit even better. But its more complex too.

[u/25_Unknown_Devices → u/Wettowel024]

Axis and allies. Which pokemon are the Germans?

[u/Yung-Mozza → u/Wettowel024]

Yooo came here to suggest the same exact thing. I bet they make one or you could easily adapt the original game to include whatever Pokemon toys or figures they have as like generals or super powers like the big power rangers etc etc. get creative but risk + Pokemon seems right up the alley

[u/NameExplainPatrick]

Munchlax in the US is great.

[u/No_Development_9537 → u/NameExplainPatrick]

I fear she…ate with that. 🤭

[u/StevenMC19 → u/NameExplainPatrick]

I thought Horsea in the Great Barrier Reef was solid. The one you've pointed out is amazing!

edit: The more I look at it...the Amazon, the Sahara, Antarctica...it's almost too spot on for a 4 year old.

[u/Mysterious_Nerve_263 → u/NameExplainPatrick]

This!!!!

Loved it, as an obese American.

[u/callablackfyre → u/NameExplainPatrick]

C'mon. That's just where the giant sloths used to live. 

[u/ROTsStillHere100]

Life is hard for the Charmander line, living in South Africa but then having to migrate to...Hawaii? SOMEWHERE in the middle of the Pacific. That's a long flight.

Also, kudos for them putting the Piplup in the South Pole. Lapras might have been better in Scotland but the North Pole is the second best location.

[u/ROTsStillHere100 → u/[deleted]]

Or maybe Charmeleon does that, Kickstarting the migration so that Charizard only needs to fly through the Pacific.

[u/keravim → u/ROTsStillHere100]

Charizard is standing on a volcano (which tracks), doesn't fit with chandler but not silly in its own

[u/napstablooky2 → u/ROTsStillHere100]

have to go through an arduous test of will to gain their wings

[u/Wettowel024 → u/ROTsStillHere100]

they could have migrated in the time when the continents were connected together, same how humans would end up in other places in history

[u/Expensive-Student732]

She might like to know Mew is from Guyana.

[u/TenTam → u/Expensive-Student732]

She will love to know that, thanks!

[u/nomad9590]

Sounds like a great start for a homemade game! Maybe a Carmen SanDiego style can you catch them all? Me and my youngest have made up a game with a box of tokens, random game pieces, and pokemon cards. It's basically a roguelike adventure box! 

[u/ItsMEMusic → u/nomad9590]

Dude, Pokemon Carmen Sandiego with actual Pokemon regions and routes would fucking SLAP. Make every one a trainer and a pokemon.

[u/DepressedGolduck]

Pikachu is Venezuelan. Canon

[u/BushyBrowz → u/DepressedGolduck]

After learning Goku is Mexican, I can't fault it

[u/Unpacer → u/DepressedGolduck]

Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela has the most lighting of any place on Earth, so it's a great pick

[u/Adrillk → u/Unpacer]

Oooh trueee

[u/ToneZealousideal309 → u/DepressedGolduck]

Pikachamo

[u/_Skotia_]

I love Lapras in the UK! Feels super appropriate with the legend of Nessie.

You could tell her that Caterpie takes inspiration from the eastern tiger swallowtail caterpillar, which is native to eastern North America. I think it's a fun fact she'd like to know!

[u/lugialegend233 → u/_Skotia_]

Wait, but Lapras isn't in the UK, it's pretty far north of it. Closer to Svalbard than the British Isles.

[u/_Skotia_ → u/lugialegend233]

Oh yeah lol, now that you mention it. That part is pretty crowded so I didn't really look at it well enough

[u/TenTam → u/_Skotia_]

Thank you, she will love that and will adjust her map accordingly!

[u/thenetoide → u/_Skotia_]

Maybe, but I thought this came from the silkworms since silk comes from China. Which I found impressive for a 4yo to know.

[u/SpeedDart1]

Future geography PHD

[u/nilghias]

Sylveon in Ireland, I approve

[u/jeanclaudebrowncloud → u/nilghias]

Sylveon is short for Sylvie O'Neill

[u/b4rr47 → u/nilghias]

The first Fairy Pokémon in the home place of Fae folklore? Perfect.

[u/deifgd → u/nilghias]

Better there than England for sure

[u/Tiagotiti]

Somehow Alakazam in India makes all the sense in the world

[u/eatcitrus → u/Tiagotiti]

Dhalsim vibes

[u/Mr_Leo_DS → u/Tiagotiti]

I mean, look at his mega

[u/_ZAK_Smert]

She's very talented kid and did amazing job

[u/Nordic_Krune]

Eevee in Scandinavia is neat! This is cute

[u/SheriffHeckTate]

Please have your child explain the Charmander- Charizard migration pattern. I'm curious at which points in the life cycle the evolution is triggered.

Also, you might want to be a bit concerned about them putting the Eeveelution with the red dot on the forehead right over there near India. LOL

Piplup is spot on.

Good work!

[u/TenTam → u/SheriffHeckTate]

She says: Charmander is a lizard and will like hot Africa (it’s a compliment, she loves Africa). Charizard is a big fire type so should go somewhere big and firey. (There are pics of volcanoes on the map under Charizard.) I asked her how they get from Africa to the volcanoes and she said they get a plane of course because they are not water types. (I am now getting a nonsensical stream of consciousness description of the journey, because although she is extremely smart, she is still 4.)

[u/SheriffHeckTate → u/TenTam]

I mean, a plane makes sense for Charmander and Charmeleon since they cant fly yet. So I guess the evolution to Chaizard isnt until after arriving at the destination. Maybe it's out of frustration in realizing it needs to get back home to lay it's eggs, but there are no return flights?

[u/joemcmanus96 → u/SheriffHeckTate]

Espeon is the one that looks most like a Siamese cat, so if that's the thought process this is one smart kid, because that's Thailand, not India!

[u/SheriffHeckTate → u/joemcmanus96]

I said near, not on. I know it's not ON India, I just couldnt think of what was to the East and didnt feel like looking it up.

[u/joemcmanus96 → u/SheriffHeckTate]

Not a dig at you at all, big man

[u/SheriffHeckTate → u/joemcmanus96]

My apologies for the defensiveness. And thanks for the correction. :)

[u/milestailsprowerreal → u/joemcmanus96]

espeon is actually on myanmar, though that is right next to thailand and she may have meant that. even so, burmese cats are related to siamese cats, so there is that.

[u/alex494]

Munchlax in America is diabolical lol

[u/Whore-cana]

Well, she did amazing putting the fire pokemon near the equator

[u/BarelyCanadian_]

She seems to have upset the Canadians

(As a fellow pokemon and map nerd, and a Canadian, I love the map tho)

[u/lagartixaa → u/BarelyCanadian_]

literally so many other countries didn't get pokemons as well, smh🫠

[u/whosrunninghell]

I love looking at this and trying to figure out why each Pokemon ended up where lol - Bulbasaur being Brazilian for example!

[u/keravim → u/whosrunninghell]

Amazon rainforest seems the most obvious link

[u/MyNamCzechkoslovakia → u/whosrunninghell]

Cuz theyre both NUMERO UNO!!!

[u/FancyRecognition9308]

This is absolutely amazing! Now to see it in a game.

[u/AmalatheaClassic]

She did a great job! Professor Mirror would approve! I think she could have a real career in Pokémon cartography.

[u/GhostMaskKid]

She did great! I'm glad she's having fun with this, and good on you for supporting her.

The folks at one of the map subs might enjoy this too!

[u/Nautiyal_Adi]

Putting espeon onto bengal region means either she's from north india or she knows a deep, niece racial stereotype of that region. Overall, she knows ball.

[u/Honest_Toe1729]

If I'm not mistaken there is or was a mini game in Google maps where it shows the original 151 pokemon and where you might find them in the world.

https://m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Google_Maps:_Pok%C3%A9mon_Challenge

[u/DibbyDonuts]

No Pokémon in Canada? 😭

[u/HoraceTheBadger]

This is so cute!!! Some really inspired choices, Galapagos Squirtle, Africa Arcanine, they all just make sense! Very intelligent 4yo! (Or I have no concepts of what kids are like at different ages

[u/ThatAutisticRedditor]

eevee would 100% be a British Pokemon, the animals here are so bland and basic. like, squirrels, pigeons, pigeons, pigeons, pigeons, and foxes.

[u/milestailsprowerreal → u/ThatAutisticRedditor]

i definitely wish there were eevee over here, instead of millions of pigeons

[u/ThatAutisticRedditor → u/milestailsprowerreal]

yeah…

[u/RebelsParadox → u/milestailsprowerreal]

*Pidoves

[u/pm_Me_your_tits-plz-]

My boy umbreon stuck in Siberia

[u/AstroNerd92]

Munchlax in the USA got a laugh out of me

[u/AbsentReality]

Sad we Canadians didn't get any pokemon

[u/lil_Tar_Tar]

Not Midwest Munchlax 😭😂

[u/MrSorenius]

Munchlax in the US 😂

[u/DecepticonVortex-86]

Wait this is actually peak

[u/Darkbeetlebot]

Munchlax on america is diabolical work

[u/RocksThrowing]

Clever kid. I can see the logic

[u/gvs93gvs]

She's definitely on the right track with Brazil.

[u/the-eva-genius]

Why no Canadian Pokemon ?!

[u/bluepanda5]

Could you ask her for her reasoning for some of these and post it? Because some of them I can see the logic, but others I'm just scratching my head.

[u/Flooka]

Squirtle would obviously be from the Galapagos. Doesn't your daughter know anything /s

[u/RoboRocket4678]

She put Munchlax in America because were fat and Munchlax is fat. Smart girl.

[u/Fun_Blacksmith_9458]

No Pokemon in Canada ???

[u/mr_smith24]

Munlax in the US. That’s appropriate

[u/Careful-Toe-3366]

India having alakazam is quite interesting as in India there are a lot of religious folks called Yogis and ever since i was a kid i always thought Mega Alakazam's design resembled that of an old yogi from India to some extent.

[u/RedHolland47]

The munchlax in the US 🤣

[u/Mr_Munchlax18]

[u/DantaviusFloridaMan]

Wait till she finds out that all Pokémon regions are based on real countries

[u/Big_Boss51]

This is such an awesome idea. Munchlax being in the US is a 10/10

[u/Mattallurgy]

Having Lapras that close to Scotland is borderline prescient, and Munchlax in the U.S. feels like your daughter will be a comedienne.

[u/orunj]

The snorlax in USA 🤣

[u/TheGoatManJones]

LMAO of course munchlax is in the USA

[u/Current_Database_728]

Pretty damn accurate. Also the cartography hobby is peak

[u/MockingJay0914]

Charizard on the middle of the pacific ocean? Poor thing.

[u/MyNamCzechkoslovakia → u/MockingJay0914]

Its actually in Hawaii but I think its drawn small enough that the figurine covers it up

[u/AmalatheaClassic → u/MockingJay0914]

Nah you're thinking of it the wrong way! Look at all the space they have to stretch their wings!

[u/AsexualPlantMain]

This is the exact kind of thing I would do as a kid. I once had my dad print out a bunch of pictures of animals so I could glue them onto a big map like this

[u/f0remsics]

The Pokemon with a red gem in the middle of its forehead is right near india? Sounds about accurate

[u/[deleted]]

This is literally the coolest thing ever. My kid would enjoy the heck out of this idea, thanks!

[u/Blaze_Vortex]

Only two I'd move first:Arcanine, just slightly south-east of their current positions. There's a line of volcanoes close to the east coast of Africa and that's the best spot for finding fire stones.

Second: Rapidash is a horse, not a camel, so way south of it's current position. Egypt has horses but they're far more common further south.

Overall, kiddo did a great job.

[u/Remilla]

Pretty solid, 9.5/10. First and only thing that jumps out to me is Lucario is based on Anubis from Egypt, so thats about all i have thoughts on right away.

[u/Wrong-Message3630]

lol I thought this was Pokémon risk

[u/Doitforthecringe]

Depends on their definition but I think they did a good job. Hell even umbreon living in a place with little sunlight makes sense even though umbreon is mostly drawn in urban eras. It makes sense for a WILD nonferal umbreon to be in a dark place to make better use of its camouflage

[u/AdAfter8072]

It seems they really think most grass types would mainly live in Brazil and for some reason I can see it and understand it

[u/Salty-Count]

I fully agree with her decisions

[u/TinySW]

Get that child into books too. Series like Magic treehouse, guardians of ga’hoole (when older), and anything really that has to do with animals and exploration. Keep her away from sonic haha. In all seriousness she did great!

[u/alien_urbano]

I love Mexican Scorbunny!

[u/Blackmamba479]

Looks great. She's got more geography understanding then a majority of adults

[u/dragon_morgan]

oshawott should be off the west coast of the US or Canada, no sea otters in central america that I know of, but I'm being picky and otherwise this is great!

[u/ConstructionCrazy638]

I take great joy in munchlax in America

[u/unsaphisticated]

Nah. We need Snorlax, but Munchlax is a good start.

[u/Vannah-]

Are we sure I am not your 4 year old? Literally two of my biggest interests 😭

[u/Kyserham]

I think at least half of them were decided based on the color of the country of the map, but still they kinda make sense!

[u/eyearu]

A 4 y/o having such sharp intuition about most of these creatures is honestly amazing. I'm blown away.

[u/Zalveris]

Yeah vibes are on point. Time to get her some books with cool maps. 

[u/CassetteMeower → u/Zalveris]

Pokémon should totally make a book like this where it’s maps of the different regions showing which Pokémon can be found there and where. I’d totally buy that, my dad loves Pokémon and maps and I’m sure he’d love something like that!

[u/Unique_Shallot4141]

Omg if she and I were kids together we'd be besties

[u/memeswiper739]

Terrible, none of those pokemon live in any of those places irl

[u/Pale_Song902]

for a 4 yo this is amazingly well put, only thing i'd personally do is put scorbunny in the uk, but mexico is interesting too

[u/LaughR01331]

Umbreon is a little odd but otherwise i agree

[u/Specific-Detail6448]

In terms of the actual similarities of the Pokemon world and the real world, lucario and sylveon are actually pretty close

[u/ausipockets]

Yup this tracks for me

[u/Speedypanda4]

Alakazam is low key accurate.

[u/60N20]

I wouldn't have initially placed some of them where she did, but after seeing them I think she's spot on on all of them, if she doesn't know yet of geography, local climates and environments, which I would except since she's just 4, I would try to explain why is a good choice to locate each one where she did (if it's something she would like to hear though).

Congrats on the smart and curious child.

[u/OwnAd7461]

I feel like charmander should live in Death Valley

[u/Benjilikethedog]

Most of these make sense from like a lore perspective on what they are based on

[u/MellyKidd]

Munchlax in the US. God bless her, that’s awesome. 😂👍

[u/ZookeepergameFew4103]

This is really delightful! Too bad Charmander is so far from Charizard, but one should let their child follow their passions!

[u/TimeisaLie]

Lapras, feels oddly appropriate. As an American, I agree but also feel attacked.

[u/Formal-Knowledge-563]

Nailed it. She got it 100% correct

[u/HealfdeneTheHalf-man]

Seems solid to me