Eh, just use Fly.

Any active DOGA agents around? by son_of_heaven176 on 2013-09-16 18:20:00 UTC Reply

Because I have a geography question for you.

If anyone follows the Pokemon series, one would know that it usually takes quite a while for Ash and company to get from town to town. As I've already mentioned on the Board, I am working on a Pokemon/Bakugan crossover. I have a beta (I hope) and I have a pretty much concrete idea of where I want the story to go, but I now have a problem: what exactly is the time-frame that I have to work with?

Which leads to the geography question: Can anyone figure out how far the walk is between Fuchsia City and Vermillion City via Routes 11 to 15?

PS: Of course, you don't have to be the author of a DOGA agent to answer, as long as you can answer the question; I just used that subject to catch attention.

I... by DawnFire on 2013-09-18 03:00:00 UTC Reply

...don't know any of that, as I have extensive knowledge of neither Pokemon nor Bakugan...but I do have an active DOGA agent?

Somehow, I don't think that helps much. I guess that's why hS is around!

Happy writing!

~DF
Eh, just use Fly. by Huinesoron on 2013-09-16 20:31:00 UTC Reply

Okay, no, sorry. I can't say anything about the anime - I don't think I've ever seen it - but from the games... well. In this Minecraft map of Kanto, the total length of routes 11-15, plus half of the width of Fuscia and Vermillion, comes to a grand total of... 600 metres. Loading up an actual Pokemon game, Vermillion 'City' itself is only 35 paces in length - at most (assuming the player character is really tall), 35 metres. The Pokelands really are quite pokey.

All of which reveals one thing: Ash is a really slow walker.

hS

PS: As a slightly more useful, but wildly estimated, figure... the area of Kanto in the above-mentioned Minecraft map is about 700x700m (yes, really!), which is conveniently square. The Kantō region of Japan, which Kanto is apparently based on, has an area of 32,423.90 km², which if it were square, would give it an edge-length of 180 km. That gives a linear scale factor of (180/0.7 =) 260. So the 600m journey in Kanto would be (very roughly) 156 km in Kantō - or almost exactly a hundred miles.

hS again

Sorry, My characters are walking. by son_of_heaven176 on 2013-09-18 03:37:00 UTC Reply

Even if wildly exaggerated, I at least have some figures to work with. Thanks, hS.

And if anyone else has any better figures, please feel free to pitch in!