>>31392220You get a Celebi, which you shouldn't even have canonically, and it takes you back in time to meet somehow you don't even know, and you beat him, even though not beating him is how you're SUPPOSED to play.
How does any of this makes sense to you? By this logic, Ethan have an Arceus given to him by a random stranger and got an egg containing a Legendary.
>They certainly can play out without them, but if your interpretation involves looking bat an event we literally see and saying it turned out differentlyBut that's not my interpretation. This is what the games tell you.
It's not my argument, I saw another anon make it, and I'll try to recite what he said.
In FRLG, you can catch 2 Snorlax, all of the Legendary Birds and Mewtwo. But in HGSS, only one Snorlax had been captured, none of the Legendary Birds or Mewtwo were even touched. This implies that the optional encounters didn't happen for Red.
Similar things happen in BW. In BW, you can catch The Swords of Justice, Kami trio and Kyurem, but none of them were with Hilbert in BW2. Again, it implies the optional encounters were left alone.
I can't find as many examples in other games, because only these two allow us to visit a previous region at a later point in time. But during these two visits, all the things point in optional things not being canon, and not a single one says otherwise.
There's also characters making references. For example, a lot of people call Hilbert the hero in BW2, but no one considers him a Champion, because you can only become Champion postgame in BW.
Cynthia mentions Lucas fighting Giratina during the maingame. But HGSS Grunt in BW doesn't mention Ethan at all. Like he wasn't even there during the event. There is NO reason not to mention him, but he doesn't.
I will try to stay open-minded, anon. I will believe you if there's reason to. But as of now, we have ZERO proof of it. GF has actively avoided giving us any. Even in a fanservice anime like Generation they avoided it.
