Ive been to Japan a few times, and this is how i thought of everything (in terms of where it is in "pokemon").
So what you're saying is that "we all live in a Pokémon World"?
Speaking of Pokémon, I'm playing Crystal Clear (the ROM Hack of Pokémon Crystal by Shockslayer).
It's such a bizarre thing to be able to A) Start Pokémon Crystal from Pallet Town, B) Fight any Gym Leader in any order and C) Customise most of the "event" music (e.g. I have the B/W Trainer Battle theme playing for Kanto Trainers and the RSE Wild Battle theme for Kanto Wild Pokémon).
I just beat Lt. Surge as my first Gym Leader, passing through Diglett's Cave to get to him and ignoring Brock (and Blue) entirely, he had a Pichu and an Elekid. I also happen to have Pichu because it was my starter.
Yeah I think the villains/antiheroes will be bosses in Sprits mode kind of like Bowser in Subspace
So in total it would something like:
- Dark Samus
- Black Shadow???
- Bowser
- Ganondorf
- Mewtwo
- Meta Knight
- Dark Pit
- Black Knight???
- Shadow???
- King Dedede
- Wolf
- Medusa???
- Ridley
- King K. Rool
- Skull Kid???
This is something I can see happening easily.
Something crazy I thought of the other night, what if "Spirits" isn't a mode in itself, but a
menu, and it gives you access to old modes (so you play the "Spirit" of Melee's Adventure Mode, or 64's 1P Mode).
It was an idea that I almost immediately thought "nah, too ridiculous" for, but who knows. *shrug*