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Ash-Greninja exists in the games. Therefore, while the anime doesn't follow the game canon, there may be an Ash in the game timeline. (Not Red) The Alain reference in ORAS could be just a reference, but if there is a game-Ash then he could have met a game-Alain.
ITT: Speculate how things went differently for this Ash and Alain that were in the game canon. For example, this Ash never traveled with the game counterparts of his anime companions.
