>>58221135Everything could be easily resolved by settling for multiverses, since they play such a big role now.
Some people don't like Mega Evolution? No problem, it's stated in ORAS that other universes without that concept exist. You favor the Energy-Theory? Well, settle for the anime universe then
Since Jessie and James (Y, LGPE), Pikachu with Ash's cap (SM, USUM, SwSh, SV) and Ash's Greninja (SM) exist in mainline games, you could claim that the anime is part of the games' multiverse. There are probably universes where Fairy Types or the Physical/Special split doesn't exist.
Or, whatever, who cares. Pokémon's fictional, so no need to insult strangers on the internet because your headcanon is at odds with the silly decisions of some Japanese game devs from 30 years ago.
>>58222081>>58221107Some more interesting findings:
- In the Smash Bros Series, Brawl features a pokeball with a technical interior, but this one's completely different from the anime one. Looks more machine-like, with striking four green and two red spots. Ultimate has a blank one, like the mainline games.
-In SV's Indigo Disk, there's this scene where the Master Ball shatters.
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPfKzFgQlAg (4:47 - 4:52)The interior has some lighter patterns which resemble the mirrors from the anime version (although they're quite dark (soot?)). The mirrors are usually contrasting and easy to spot, so I don't know if that's actually the anime design, or if those are some conveniently placed shadows. If it's the former, it could mean that the dark interior from most pokeball models are in fact just shadows, and GF was too lazy to add more details. In the end, it's hard to tell, and since SV's Model Resource page doesn't list pokeball models, I'm unable to check.
>>58225734Interesting lead, thanks.
