>>32224289And? What does that have to do with anything?
I doubt anyone is this stupid, but in case you're implying that somehow proves that Ethan visited Kanto and stopped him, you're wrong. There is no mention of that ever happening. That Rocket Grunt will exist, with or without Ethan. To give an example, In FRLG, there are two Snorlax blocking roads. Battling one is required. Battling both is optional. Sure enough, Red battles only one. Does that mean that the other Snorlax doesn't exist? No. It's just optional to battle. The same goes for the Grunt. He exists, but the encountering him is optional. And considering he doesn't mention Ethan, that just goes in favor of optional content not being canon argument.
>>32224319You're being retarded for other reasons. First of all, ORAS is not a Masuda game. You can't even apply this to ORAS. This sort of thing depends on the director's choice. Tajiri, back in GS days, made all optional content canon. During GS time, Red losing to Ethan could be considered canon, as all optional and postgame content was being seen as canon back then. It was Masuda fucked that up in HGSS,
Secondly, everything that you need to do in order to get the credits is canon. And all but one, Hilbert, need to become Champions to get the credits, marking the end of the game. All protagonists, except Hilbert, are or were Champion.
>>32224339>why is his team not even level 100They literally bring the level of his Pokemon down in SM. Levels don't mean shit.