if this FAGGOT doesn't shut the fuck up about lilith and the foxes i'm going to delete the game
>>54207451technically, it really started in gen 3, but i think what's referred to is how regions were generally pretty close to how they are geographically in reality for gens 1,2, and then later on gen 5 basically made america on the map of new york, or you have other oddities like galar being upside down britain and generally feeling like a fantasy world based on the real one, not the real one filled with magical creatures
it's an autistic distinction but kind of noticeable. i think gen 5 is what truly solidified it as the former, but 3 and 4 sort of began the process.