Duelist Region?
Really, where does the name "Duelist Region" come from? Suddenly, it seems to have become the name of the place on here and Wikipedia. I don't remember seeing that name anywhere else. -Happy Mask Man 19:57, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I have always called it TCG Island. --Maxim 20:01, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
I don't know. It was listed as that for a while. Considering the names of the islands, I just called them the "GB Islands". --Zeta 20:06, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
I think it came from the fact that it never had an official name in-game, or at least one that was revealed to the English-speaking audience. After all, most don't know of the second GB Island. --TTEchidna 02:20, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
Should we rename this region the GB Islands, since that's the closest canon source we have to a name that encompases both? --Zeta 04:23, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
- Actually, I have been playing Pokémon Card GB 2 and the first island is referred to as このしま (this island) and the second island is referred to as GR団のしま (GR group's island).
A Hawaiian-based region before Alola?
TCG Island may have been based on Oahu, the real-world location of Pokémon's earliest international TCG tournaments, but flipped (and possibly squished or trimmed to better fit the GB screen). This would roughly align the Water Club with Pearl Harbor, the Grass Club with the Mokuleia Forest Reserve, the Fire Club with the widest point of the Koolau Range (remnants of a dormant volcano), and even the airport from TCG GB2 with Honolulu International Airport.
Not sure what GR Island from TCG GB2 was based on, if it had any real-world inspiration at all. Icycatelf (talk) 13:59, 20 December 2020 (UTC)