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Pokémon games timeline has always been connected to the IRL releases of the games, just think about it.
>Red, Green and Blue reference the Moon landing and the exact year it happened, and an oldman literally remembers when he bought a color TV just for the event
>the Columbia is also mentioned
>three years after the original game's release Gold and Silver are released, which takes place three years after the original games in the timeline
>about a decade after Gold and Silver they release Black and White, which takes place so many years after Gold and Silver that a character from these games returns and mentions how he got married and had a child since he left Johto years ago. The kid is also quite old, he doesn't even use the pre scholar sprite, they gave him a sprite corresponding to a 7/8 year old kid
>two years after Black and White's release they made Black 2 and White 2, which takes place 2 years after the original Unova games as well
>just like Unova's last games are supposed to take place roughtly at the same time as Kalos' (in another universe, tho), X and Y was released only a year after Black 2 and White 2
>likewise Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon take place after X, Y, Black 2 and White 2, in fact a character from the later games returns and the last time he was seen in universe (year 2013, the last segment of Black 2, White 2, X and Y's stories) was 2 years ago according to its character sheet (just like, following the games' logic, Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon take place either between 2016 and 2017 or between 2015 and 2016). The Alola games includes other in-universe references for the games taking place 20 years after the original ones, like Mimikyu's disguise being made out of Pikachu's merchandise from 20 years ago or Porygon's dex entry stating it was created 20 years ago, when the dex entries of the original games said It was created using the most recent technology instead.
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