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I thought of something. Between Ash-Greninja and the Ash-chus in the game, what if game-freak references Pokemon Yellow as canon and separate from FRLG?
Now, things wouldnt be exactly the same, but the idea of Ash traveling Kanto and beating the Kanto League happened, before or after Red did it. (I'd say before.)
This wouldn't mean the entire anime is canon, just that the game universe has a person named Ash. Plus game Ash would have beaten a league so it cant be the same. It would also mean Jesse and James actually exist in game.
Do you think GameFreak would be doing this because anniversary? Will it be headcannon either way for you?