What If Italy Was A Pokemon Region? 

I proudly present "Mr Buddy: The Feature Film" Haha but seriously, hope you guys like the full video! Took a lot of time and effort to put the whole thing together (I think I might be dead right now tbh), so I hope it pays off and gives you guys a look at what Italy could be like as a region! --send me baehives on twitter to help me regain energy-- Time stamps are below! (Time Stamps) Towns/Locations - 7:25 New Pokemon - 45:40 Story and Characters - 1:03:33

You have to fight the Pope in the final battle, he has Arceus.

Marco lowkey reminds me of Bakugou Anyway, I'm Italian. As u all know, we are VEEEEERY picky and proud when it comes to our country and culture. We hate that everybody just thinks of us as a bunch of stereotypes. Everything a foreigner says about us almost always gets on our nerves. That's why it's incredible that I say to you THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH for the respect and the actual STUDY you put in this video. You celebrated our culture, you collected informations about our whole country, not only the 3 cities and things everybody knows, you made it digestible for both Italians and foreigners. Everybody can see, understand the references and appreciate this video without any complaints. It is so freakin entertaining, it shows how much love and commitment you have. It's a gigant work and I am so happy and thankful and proud of you and my country too. You showed all of its potential and beauty. You created a full complete world rich in characters and locations. Some of your ideas are so fresh and new! This whole video warmed my heart. Thank u thank u thank u. Cheers from Naples (come and see it. We have so many things to eat that would change your life!!!)

I'm italian and up until now I didn't know anything about Accona Desert

I love the use of Team Rocket for this, makes total sense. Their overall leader was literally called Giovanni, there's no way they don't originate in an Italian region if one is made.

us italians approve of this beautiful two-hour video and all of the glorious mispronounciations no but seriously everything about this was great!

Something to keep in mind for Piazza san Marco, as someone who lived in Italy, there should be Pidoves covering every inch of the ground in the square :P

As an italian myself, I’m overwhelmed by this incredible work. You have a good knowledge of Italy and also great ideas for an italian based region. Bravissimo.

Concept: The final boss pokemon is literally an antropomorphic wolf gladiator pokemon and you try to stop him with the help of the Pope, who someone proposed to be the region champion.

Okay, no joke. THIS IS ACTUALLY A MOVIE. Especially alongside the other two. THIS IS A FULL BLOWN FEATURE FILM LEGNTH VIDEO.

As an Italian myself I may be biased, but I've totally loved it from beginning to end! From the story, to the aestethics of the new pokemon, to the tinies details you encorporated to depict the cities, everything is wonderful!! Don't even know if you did it on purpose or not, but few things actually reflect on-going problems in Italy right now, like the unfinished tunnel between us and France, or the waaay too nostalgic groups that want to "make Italy great again". If that was a real game I would TOTALLY spend whatever to play it! P.S. The Italian mum seems way too keen on let you go on your adventure though. Both her and your Grandma should fill your backpack with food and call you multiple times a day to ask you if you're good and if you've already eaten or not. That's probably one of the most accurate things you could have!

If there isn’t a regional variant for Tangela and Tangrowth that looks like a bunch of spaghetti I’m suing

Aromatisse with Quarantine ability Italy in 2020: pretty accurate

“Let’s finish up the video with the story and characters” One hour later, it finishes

>2 hours Buddy... Buddy you absolute mad man.

In one of the early towns, talking to an NPC girl who has a Farfetch'd standing next to her will make her introduce herself as an aspiring young fencer who admires the Italian Renaissance school of historical martial arts. She offers to battle you, and if you accept, you easily defeat her low-level Farfetch'd. She says that neither she nor her Pokemon partner are daunted and that they will become the best historical fencers in the Italian region, no matter what! (Leaving the player character to wonder how much competition for that title there can possibly be...) Throughout the rest of the game, the girl appears as an NPC several more times in different cities, but always in out-of-the way places that take some exploring to stumble upon, such as back alleyways or on accessible rooftops. The player will recognize her because of her partner Pokemon being at her side, as she has the same sprite/model as any other "Lass" trainer class NPC. Each time you talk to her, she will offer to battle you to test her new skills and have a slightly better team, while taking her defeat in stride and giving you some Stardust afterward which you can sell. Finally, you encounter her for the last time in the postgame. After you become Champion, she will be found sitting outside a cafe in a main plaza (in plain sight for once) and when spoken to, challenges you to battle with an appropriately-leveled team of Farfetch'd, Doublade, Absol, Bisharp, and Gallade. Once defeated, she says that she and her partner have come a long way as fencers since the beginning, and it's all thanks to the player's constant help with sharpening her skills. She gives you the Protective Pads item as a nod to protective fencing gear, as well as an Egg that hatches into a special Farfetch'd that knows the move Sacred Sword. I think this would be a fun nod to the Italian school of Renaissance-era swordsmanship and the many surviving Italian-languages treatises on the subject from that period, which are used in modern times to teach historical styles of European combat. As a meta-level joke, the "localization team" for the "game" could throw a couple of low-key 'Princess Bride' references into her "translated" dialogue. Her Farfetch'd is not left-handed!

39:33 OMG, I’m so happy you talked about Bolzano:). Nobody ever talks about Bolzano, the city I live in.

See, this is what i respect about Mr Buddy. He may not be the biggest name out there but instead of releasing rushed content every week or so he takes the time effort and energy to develop what content he does produce into a wonderful and unique experience for his audience. Quality definitely squashea quantity with him but thats something I love and it makes waiting for his videos better because you know each time will be greater than the last.

Game freak, give this man a job!

I would love to play this game. The region, the characters, everything sounds so fun !

Leonardo Da Vinci as Professor Cypress? You nailed it. Amazing job! Marco remind me of Bakugo Katsuki and this is GREAT! Greetings from Italy!

As an Italian guy that has been playing Pokemon for the past 14 years, this video makes me extremely happy and proud of my country and legacy. Thank you for your study and time.

I am seriously impressed with the level of detail, effort, and love for this. 2 hours. Simply incredible. You essentially designed a draft region with all of its inhabitants, stories, cultures, etc all on your own.

Oh. My. Goodness. Where do I begin with Mr. Buddy: The Movie? The voice acting? Bakugo Italiano? TEAM ESTETA'S UNRIVALED AESTHETIC? This is your most detailed and character-rich regional video so far, BY FAR. And I enjoyed every ounce of creativity you and all the other artists involved poured into this. I say "other artists" because the work you do, Buddy, is as much art to me as the Mona Lisa herself. I mean that in the most genuine of ways. These works of yours never cease to impress me, and I applaud your engagement with the community - from the Discord server, to the viewer interaction, to the dozens of commissions you've ordered, you've really made this channel one-of-a-kind amidst the sea of Pokétubers. If you ever need to commission some art for an upcoming video, I'd be more than willing to lend a hand. I have yet to see the Post-game section, but I wanted to get this message out to you as soon as I could. Keep up the great work, Mr. Buddy!

Mr Buddy: "I'm afraid some of the towns I had to move to different spots to where they are in real life" Galar Region: *nervous sweating

I can imagine the satisfaction of Florence's inhabitants when they see Pisa in ruins.

Three years later and I am still waiting patiently for a new regional video like this to emerge. I knows it's gotta come sooner or later

The H.E.A.D. Gear is a really cool idea, and blends really well with the protagonist designs! Also, I love everything about Marco.

As a man of Italian decent, I can feel the marinara in my bloodstream getting warm just looking at this and having this idea for a Pokémon Region actually being made by Gamefreak just makes me want to cry wine with joy. To be perfectly honest, I would buy the deluxe/collector's edition in a heartbeat.

Fellas italian pokefans, What if we make a trailer of this and we show it to Cydonia? He would make a lot of hours of video! Italians, assemble!

Maybe it's the art style, but I'm concerned that Nero seems to have aged from a 12 year old kid into a weathered old hermit in about 4 years. Unless that beard is fake and he's just a Drama Caesar.

I'm flattered. Seriously. Knowing that someone put SO much effort in this makes me think that we italians aren't always seen as walking stereotypes. Italy has a huge historical/cultural/artistic background and you managed to pick the best for each region. You must have studied a lot for this and i give you maximum respect. You earned a subscriber

Pokemon Golden Wind Story: you, the player have a dream! You want to become a pokestar! And unlike normal pokemon games where you fight the evil team and dismantle it in a one man punitive campaign for the boss, instead you join the evil team, team "Passione", after mugging a tourist from kanto, nearly getting clapped by them in your first battle, and then joining up with them to defeat a member of Team Passione, you join the team, and after defeating an insurrection against their boss called "team squadra" your friendly rival goes into a gym in a Venice based city to meet the leader who is also the boss of Team Passione, and after a battle nearly killing your friendly rival (before your starter pokemon heals him) you now have to reach Rome based City fighting all sorts of Characters along the way, once you reach Rome based City you meet a character from the game before the last "Pokémon Stardust" in a battle with team passione's boss "Diavolo" he dies if it's not for him using the 8th Gym badge which is also a mega/requiem stone/arrow to mega evolve his pokemon into Aegislash Requiem, your friendly rival alongside the boss's second personality also dies and the guy from Pokémon stardust becomes a Turtwig, the fight is now for the 8th gym badge, where the boss uses his Pokémon to skip turns where you attack, making him basically invulnerable, however when you use the 8th gym badge requiem mega stone on your pokemon (Italian variety of ledian) turns into the legendary of this region "GOLDU EKUSPERIENCU REQUIEM!" And muda rushes Diavolo into and infinite cycle of his pokemon fainting. The story ends with you becoming the boss of Team Passione and in the post game you challenge the pokemon league or something. Can't wait for the florida based region video so we can see Pokémon Stone. =3

Am I the only one who thinks someone should make a Pokémon fangame based on this vídeo? I want to play it so hard!!! Italy is one of the countries that I love the most, and besides, I want that Ghostly Shark Pokémon in my team XD PD: It would be awesome to see a "What if Pokémon Region?" video based on the Mexican culture... I´m thinking of a regional/primal Rayquaza form that resembles the Aztec/Mayan God of wind and life: Kukulcan/Quetzalcoatl or a Gym Leader/Evil Team inspired in the "Día de los Muertos" festivity which uses only Ghost and Dark-type Pokémon. Anyways, good job, bro... I never miss any of these amazing vídeos, the effort you put on them is clearly seen. Greetings from México, btw :3

(Im italian) I image the evil team like napolitan gangs

Suggestions: What if Singapore was a Pokemon region? What if Russia was a Pokemon region? What if Spain was a Pokemon region? What if Portugal was a Pokemon region? What if India was a Pokemon region?

As an Italian, I really loved everything about this video. The ideas for the Pokémon are very creative and I particularly appreciated the shark-like one and the two legendaries. Stunning character design for those, at that. I think, however, that you should've talked about the cities a little longer because there are so many cultural differences from a real-life Italian region to another. I would also like to point out a few things that you could add that would further enrich the whole region: -The importance of Bologna in real life as an interchange city is very important, not only culturally but from a geographical point of view, too. It would be interesting to focus more on this point and let the player go there multiple times to travel from one city to another, adding more in-game events. -Siena, a city near Florence, holds an event called Palio annually where various "contrade" challenge each other in a horse riding challenge. I think it would be very interesting to see this kind of thing in a Pokémon event. -Using Sicily as a victory road would be interesting, however that would minimize the importance of several, beautiful Sicilian cities such as Catania, Siracusa and Messina. Not to mention that the importance of Mount Etna is crucial to the culture of the region. Given that, if I were you I would have used the St. Peter Basilica and the Vatican City area as the Pokémon League for the region. -Talking about Rome, I believe that focusing on the "colli di Roma" could have been an interesting thing to do in some way. -As many Tuscanian cities like to fight between each other, it would be a fun idea to hear trainers from Pisa and Florence talking between each other's backs (Pisa merda, comunque).

1:43:00 I love how you assume correctly that I'd use up all my money buying hats for my pokemon.

I’m Italian and I’m incredibly impressed by your work. Amazing and detailed, you definitely did your research!! What if someone made a hack for this? You even included my town and made efforts to choose a relevant one for almost every region even though some are usually neglected ^^ I’m quite surprised you chose Cosenza but thanks, I felt honoured!

Holy hell this is some serioisly insane creativity, absolutely adore the Fakemon

Voice acting??? This is slowly leaning towards becoming an anime.

I just watched someone talk about Italian Pokémon for 2 hours I don’t regret any of it

Ok, first off: I'm italian second off: Holy heck I really love this!!! The story, the characters, the pokemons, the locations... it's just all so well done! All the time you spent on researching the history and culture of Italy really shows! I smiled through the whole thing~ Congratulations to you and to all the people who collaborated in the making of these videos, keep it up! Now I really want a italian based region though... ;;w;; Ps: those accents were adorable! (in a good way of course ♥)

As someone with Italian descent, this fills me with happiness!

Marco is literally Bede Overconfident Villainous father-figure Breaks down a historic wall-

Also, I'm kinda curious: was the whole Team Esteta plot inspired by the ACTUAL serious problem of negligence that many archeological sites suffer, devaluing and allowing the damaging of priceless works of art which, incidentally, are also one of the best sources of revenue for cities and the state? ...My country is an old country. Not in that it has an old history, but in that it feels like EVERYONE is old, tired and has already given up, content of fading away from history, with nothing new to give to the world, and they'll watch those last days paranoically holding onto what little they already had, and screw everyone else. Honestly, for how cheesy Federico's character was... his motivations and fears DO resonate with me. With a little better writing and more context... it could probably be the story written by a foreigner that nails the problems that plague Italy the closest.

I have to say, I am really impressed with the Italy Region video. This video really is, how Venezio says, *exquisite!!!* By the way, 1:47:07 - Egypt Region video maybe in the works?

If this games aren't called Pokémon Terron and Pokémon Polenton i'm out

>opens video >Sicily hosts the pokemon league >is Sicilian >WOO-HOO! WE GOT THE LEAGUE, GUYS! Btw, great work as always, dude! You can tell these videos are passionate and thoroughly researched. I really hope this particular one sparks some interest about our country within many people ~ Until then... Arrivederci!

Marco: I don't need you help! Mr. Buddy: well, I think he wants your help! (Also, Marco needs a hug, and I'm going to adopt him)

As an Italian I am overwhelmingly flattered by the painstaking amount of research you put into this. Glad to have watched this - I might well take this as a gateway video for your previous "regions". Keep up the great work!

Out of all the places in Italy you included my hometown Pescara, that's so kind ❤ i truly wish Gamefreak would make a game based on your idea, it would probably make me cry as it'd be like a dream come true! Your content has left me speechless, congrats for the well explored research and the incredible project developed 🙂

Take a break right now my man. But personally, I would love to see a Mexico/Central American region. There’s so much potential!

This video is spectacular. I'm italian.

This is some amazing work. I would love playing this Pokemon region. The new Pokemon you created are amazing, the starters legit look better than the gen 8 starters and I am absolutely in love with Impereagle. This is so impressive I am definitely going to check out the other videos of this series. Keep up the amazing work!

Mr. Buddy: The Italy Region Spritzee line’s ability is called Quarantine. Me: THE PROPHECY IS TRUE

Mr Buddy: puts "Italy" in the video Jojo part 5 fans: *who has summoned the almighty one*

It’s so cool to watch Mr Buddy make these videos and slowly watch them become a reality. Like, he straight up guessed Pokémon sword and shield

This is epic! And, please do a 'what if Egypt is a Pokemon region' video. I'll never, ever give up!

Bruh, if this was a legit game the part after beating Nero and just sitting beside him without sharing a word would have me in tears.

I’d like to see Buddy make a Pokemon region video about the *Pacific Ocean* starring key locations such as the Great Barrier Reef and the Mariana Trench. We can also introduce some of the strangest Water Type Pokemon as well.

"A new regional variant called "Quarantine"" Me: **shivers**

As an Italian, I want the two legendaries to be a plate of spaghetti that drools tomato sauce and the other a pizza that can split.

Ooooooh jeez, what a fun time! I love how fun Esteta is - Venezio is already best boy. I just really love how extensive this region is, _buuut_ the Scandinavian region would probably still be my favorite (I'm stubborn and attached). The voice-acting really helped in immersing people into your story, and I can't help but just be in awe over how much work you put into it. Definitely love the callbacks to the England region and, even though he's a hobo, it was nice to see Nero again. Marco may be an especially harsh rival, but I love him. I especially love how he's not necessarily redeemed and even becomes involved in a life of crime. _And_ he gets mentored by Giovanni? _You sure we can't trade places there?_ Overall, this was really fun - hat's off to you. You definitely deserve a break after all that and, though I don't at all expect you to jump into another What If regional project, I'd like to suggest Egypt! Yes, it's an obvious choice for an African country and, yes, it was because of the dark museum event Marco caused (also all the involvement Egypt and Rome had way back when). Man, I'm way too invested in the Buddyverse now, whew.

I'm Italian, I WANT A GAME ABOUT THIS

49:33 that aged well

I love how this story has a tie in with England Pokémon video Nero went from a evil team leader with a ego to a banished hermit lol

35:18 is that Mario and Luigi by the fountain?

I’m actually working on my own spin on an Italy region, so this may be a good base to work off of! Also great job!

What if Egypt was a pokemon region ? What if China was a pokemon region ? What if Germany was a pokemon region ? What if Russia was a pokemon region? What if Brazil was a pokemon region?

"Didn't I tell you to stay away from me unless you wanted your *culo beat?*" I AM DYING SO HARD. I FEEL LIKE I'M BEGINNING TO APPRECIATE MY ITALIAN ANCESTORS MORE NOW THAT I UNDERSTOOD THAT ONE SENTENCE. MARCO IS MY FAVORITE CHARACTER SO FAR.

Brilliant pokemon with a downright broken water starter, increadble league, fantastic post game, amazing ties to previous games, incredible design og the main menu as a wearable item, and my favorite thing that this video had, voice acting. Yet another job well done Mr. Buddy!

Really man, this is sooooo good😍, loved how you studied all the geographical, natural, cultural, artistic and flokloristic parts of my country and transformated them into a pokemon region. And the story was so catchy and intriguing, and also the character were very interesting in all their part. You've done an incredible job. BRAVO. The only thing I would have chosen differently is the Naples gym leader. Fire type for Naples is a pretty good choice but the gym leader should have been a pizzaiolo in my opinion, Naples is the mother-city of pizza. A gym battle in a typical Italiano pizzeria would have been great.

I really like Marco but there were definitely occasions where I wished you could see some more of his character development and backstory - especially regarding what I'm sure is a very difficult relationship with his father

Omg... I'm italian and a pokemon fan since childhood,this video is makin me dream..... wow... amazing! congratulations to you and to all the staff that made all this... how much imagination and originality, i'm really happy and glad I came across this video. greetings from Confienza (very small village in northern Italy)! :))

"It's gonna be a bit fanficy...30 pages." GO. FOR. IT! I LOVE your enthusiasm! I've done the same with headcanon stories. "Professor Cypress" Hey, that's my Harry Potter wand wood! "...and a somewhat sexy figure..." ...I'll say. And another surprise ending! Are you gonna tie all of them up?

What if Florida was a Pokemon region?!?!?!!?!?! The final boss would be Florida Man himself, with a team featuring Mega Mewtwo, Mega Rayquaza, Arceus, Zygarde 100% Forme, Necrozma in its Ultra Forme, and Eternatus, all at Level 100! And if you lose, your file gets erased, erasing hundreds and hundreds of hours of gameplay and grinding thrown out the window!!!!!!!!!

Marco: You don’t know what it’s like to be important Player: *is literally the pokemon champion of the region* Love this video so much!!

Random comment from Italy. This work is absolutely monumental, my friend! I watched it all and I can say it is no doubt the best research work I've ever seen on my country. And it was done for pokèmon purposes ahahahah. It was a pleasure to follow your ideas. (As a Neapolitan, props for your idea of re-inventing Naples fire-related and not water-related!)

If you ever do an Africa or African Country based region, I want to see a Flying/Fighting type Pokémon based off of the Secretary Bird.

Towns/Locations: 7:25 New Pokemon: 45:40 Story: 1:03:33

I honestly was expecting a Mafia Evil Team rather than Romans

I keep trying to beat the champion but he keeps talking about his dream and for some reason I get the feeling of Deja Vu-.... I keep trying to beat the champion but he keeps talking about his dream and for some reason I get the feeling of Deja Vu-.... I keep trying to beat the champion but he keeps talking about his dream and for some reason I get the feeling of Deja Vu-.... I keep trying to beat the champion but he keeps talking about his dream and for some reason I get the feeling of Deja- hol up. Is that a STAND?!?!

i'm born in italy and i'm italin, and seeing this video.... make me really happy... i coudn't stop wathcing it! you did a perfect job! seeing this video make me say "If pokemon were real i'll be happy to be born in my countrie" you are amazing! no one inform themself like you for doing something like this! you put (one thing) that i didn't even know! a Pefect job! if i had to do choose th pokemon i'll choose Lambello as a starter Terravian mudtruff Savasuchus Confagrigus and Tidalneigh Best fan made region i ever seen ps best italian accent i ever heard in all my life XD ---> 1:13:29

You should do if every country, principality, and/or city in the world had its own Pokémon region. It’d be very cool to see what you’d come up with for the different Pokémon, if there’s any regional variants, what gym leaders there are and what types they are experts with, the villains, the rivals and the elite four and champion . That’d be so cool to see

I died (that was so funny) when you pronounced it "schimo" instead of "scemo". This is such a great idea, you guys are fantastic keep up this excellent work

This truly is the epitome of hard work and true talent combined with a passion for Pokémon and it is actually a work of art. I mean really the amount of work that went into this with the design, drawings, original Pokémon, everything has amazed me. I don’t know how else to show my appreciation other than liking and subscribing, but jeez. This is truly insane, mind blowing. Nintendo should pick this up immediately and you should get every bit of the credit. Seriously, wow

HOLY SH*T VOICE ACTING?! the production quality of these vids is really improving each time you make one! Great vid. This channel just has such good content. And if your still looking about other potential regions, I think an Africa or Egyptian style one might be a cool to observe. If you get time to of course! We don't want you overworking yourself!

Towns/locations: 7:25 New Pokemon: 45:40 Story: 1:03:33

"Antonio walks away with literally enough swagger to take over a region." x'D I'm dead. Also, loving how you made a tsundere Marco

Can i just say the voice actors absolutely killed it especially venezio and Marco

i didn't realize this video was 2hrs until 40 mins in lol

Marco was perfect, someone I would have actually let go ahead of me to the elite 4 if he would have just asked, Get to sit outside in the grass for a few hours watching the sun go down on the Elpis evening (i hope you don't mind me naming the Region xD) wondering how the battle was going for him. I kinda hope he would have won if he did go ahead, just to see the smile on his face for the first time in the story.

Me: Oh hey, Mr Buddy did an Italy region, cool! JoJo fans (and me): *PIANO INTENSIFIES*

Ok, so seeing this entire regional video in all its parts, I can imagine a possible Egyptian-themed Region soon after this one. It's not gonna be easy, especially seeing Egyptian Pantheons can be a bit... nuts at times with how many gods had to be combined at different points, but I can finally see you connecting it to your Buddy-verse and I look forward to the next installment to this series. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... *SPOILER WARNING! DO NOT READ UNLESS YOU READ/WATCHED ALL THE WAY TO THE END* ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Ok, seeing what happened with Team Rocket was a brilliant move, and I can imagine them being a much stronger focus in your Buddy-verse story, if not have their story and the main Pokemon stories be connected to said Buddy-verse. Maybe have a sort of rivalry between Team Rocket and Team Buddy. Maybe including them into the Alola events, which I'm sure you're heading towards seeing the Aether Foundation and Team Skull presence there and in the Ultra stories. Just a couple thoughts on that front as you proceed further into events. Also, I can possibly see Marco appear as a Rocket Admin appearing in some of your future stories along the way. Good luck with connecting this massive Buddy-verse.

Time to binge watch the whole video in one sitting while making my Purrloin Plush! EDIT: WHAT THE HECK?! THERE'S ACTUALLY A PURRLOIN THEMED CHARACTER IN THIS VIDEO?! EDIT EDIT: Ok, she's called Tempera. She's my new favourite Buddy Verse character now. What are the odds that Buddy and I both made something creative with a Purrloin?! XD EDIT EDIT EDIT: Mr Buddy didn't design Tempura, Bonuslevel did.

1:35:30 This dude bout to summon his persona

Nice, right in time for jojo’s part 5

Now I wanna play this so baaad, the pokemons are so nice and well designed! Love it

Awesome job!! (claps loudly) Also that whole museum bit was totally a hint towards an Egypt region wasn't it?! Hmm that woman in Antonio's picture looked quite familiar …