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In every Pokemon game, Pokemarts have played a large role. No Pokemart means no potions or pokeballs. So where do Pokemarts fit into this game?

In this game, Pokemarts are based on real world stores. All of this information is gathered from sites like UrbanSpoon and Yelp. This means that as new areas are encountered by players stores will show up in the same place they are in real life. Pokemarts will also specialize in goods based on the type of restaurant their real world counterpart is. Fast food resteraunts may carry basic merchandise, whereas Coffeehouses have a wide selection of berries for sale.

Not only does this peg the Pokemon economy (Pokéconomy?) to the real world economy, but it creates in game cities. These urban areas will serve as gathering places for players and real time markets. Players will also be able to purchse land around the large metropolitan areas that form and create their own businesses. More on that in another post.

However, there is a downside to these large urbansprawls. Certain pokemon don't like these large areas and will tend to retreat to less urbanized areas. However, you'll still be able to find small flocks of pidgeys and the occasional rattata behind the deli.