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→‎Trivia: organize some of the bullet points. Also note that Gen VI is also based on a region outside of Japan.

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 ==Trivia==
-* Unova is the only main series region to be based on a real-world region outside of Japan.
+* Unova is the first main series region to be based on a real-world region outside of Japan.
-* Unova is the only region not to have any important locations located on major islands during normal gameplay before the [[Elite Four]].
+* Unova is the only region in the main series with:
-* Unova is the only main series game region not to have the {{tc|Bug Catcher}}, {{tc|Bird Keeper}}, or {{tc|Sailor}} [[Trainer class]]es in it.
+** different exterior designs for every Gym.
-* Unova is the only region to have different exterior designs for every Gym.
+** {{p|Eevee}} naturally occuring in the wild (and without human intervention, unlike Sinnoh's [[Trophy Garden]]).
 * Unova is the only region without:
-** a [[Department Store]] in a city; Unova's is in the middle of {{rt|9|Unova}}
+** important locations located on major islands visited during normal gameplay (e.g. before the [[Elite Four]]).
+** the {{tc|Bug Catcher}}, {{tc|Bird Keeper}}, or {{tc|Sailor}} [[Trainer class]]es.
+** a [[Department Store]] located in a city; Unova's is in the middle of {{rt|9|Unova}}
 ** a [[Game Corner]]
 ** a [[Safari Zone]]
 ** a Bike Shop
 ** an actual or former Rock-type Gym.
-** a Pokédex that starts with a {{type|Grass}} starter.
+** a Pokédex that starts with a {{type|Grass}} starter (though the Grass-type starter is still entry #001, its Pokédex starts with {{p|Victini}} as #000).
 ** the [[Evolution family|evolution families]] of {{p|Pikachu}}, {{p|Abra}}, {{p|Machop}}, {{p|Tentacool}}, {{p|Geodude}}, {{p|Goldeen}}, and {{p|Magikarp}} in its regional Pokédex.
 * Unova is the only main series region which does not use a romanization of the Japanese name as its English name, and the only region whose name is different among all translations of the games.
 ** Unova is also the only main series region not to have an "O" sound in its Japanese name.
-* Unova is the only main region not to have a [[Battle Frontier]].
+** A [[Battle Frontier]] (though Kanto's Battle Frontier appears only in the anime).
-** However, Kanto only has a Battle Frontier in the anime.
 * Except [[Black City]] and [[White Forest]], all English names of cities and towns in Unova come from different types of cloud or cloud phenomena. Likewise, except Black City and White Forest, all Japanese names of cities and towns in Unova come from traditional patterns.
 * In some UK pre-release material, Unova was referred to as '''Alleos'''.