>>31233002I don't think GameFreak can acknowledge them without paying Genius Sonority royalty fees for the scenario. See my wild speculah/headcanon theory in this pic
>>31232935, but basically
- Anyone paying attention could've realized Sonority Genius held exclusive rights to the scenario of Colosseum/Gale of Darkness as soon as Pokemon transferred into mainline games referred to Orre as a 'distant land' instead of by name.
- After the fact, it's more speculation on my part that what's happening now with Gen 6 and 7 is that instead of overtly referencing these games, they're either using them as a source of inspiration for characters/scenario, or trying to 'rehabilitate' them into the games as close as they can without having to actually pay any royalties.
I would anticipate that you will never ever see any reference to Orre in a game as that would entitle Genius Sonority a share of the profits of a game. With games as popular as Pokemon, even a 1% entitlement is too much money to give up just to make a reference more explicit for the sake of fans that would buy the games anyways.
