The value
- TPC concept: Ryme City, new rules, no Poke Balls
Where it comes from
Pokemon Co. Specifically Requested Less Emphasis On Pokemon Battles In Detective Pikachu Nintendo Soup (quoting Polygon interview) · 10 May 2019 Open the original ↗
The line in the source
Part of [The Pokémon Company’s] concept for Detective Pikachu was to create a new region, Ryme City, that had a new set of rules. The Pokémon Company wanted to have the Pokémon not be in pokeballs.
In English
Director Letterman: TPC itself asked for a new region with new rules; the licence was used to invent a world-variant on TPC's initiative.