>>28939078It's like Wolf Link in Breath of the Wild: a non canon cameo.
If Ash was canon in the games then nothing makes sense anymore:
Serena is 17-18 during the events of XY games while she's 10 in the anime.
RSE/ORAS May starts her journey with Brendan, not Ash.
Misty actually becomes older in HGSS
Like, they can't exist at the same time.