>>25346080First, compatibility has nothing to do with it.
Even if you could trade between ORAS and XY directly, if there's going to be new Pokemon present, that would be enough to merit calling them Gen VII Pokemon since they weren't introduced at the same time in a mainline game as what we call Gen VI Pokemon solely for that designation alone.
People never called Marril or Ho-oh Gen 1.5 Pokemon because there's absolutely no point in doing so since it only serves to complicate what the word "Gen" was intended to simply: what the newest available set of Pokemon are in a set of games.
All else is simply using the term by association which is also completely valid.
The Physical/Special split was first introduced within games that had Gen IV Pokemon as the latest Pokemon, so it's suffice to say that "the split was introduce in Gen IV."
"Generation VI introduced the 1st and 2nd batch of Mega Pokemon." With this simple sentence, it's clear as to what I'm talking about with regards to the Pokemon that are available in XY and ORAS.
This and the previous statement are examples of why the term is used in the first place.
Sun and Moon are likely to be Generation VII games due to introducing new Generation VII Pokemon as well as a 3rd wave of new Megas.
The word is suppose to be helpful as a general descriptor, yet people are just making a big buzz about redefining the word for absolute precision when that's entirely beside the point.
