>>33979240>All this scifi shit doesn't belong in Pokemon>Transportation>Bill accidentally fusing with a Pokemon>Porygon>Mewtwo>Technologically advanced Pokemon hospitals that can instantaneously heal themAnd that's just shit I can name off the top of my head from gen 1. Pokemon has had sci-fi elements since the very beginning.
That said, alternate universes and timelines are cancer, yes. Just look at the mess the Zelda series has become. Can't believe Gamefreak went there after the Hyrule Historia shat the bed.