>>34706027Canon timeline? Yes. Canon games? Only one version is canon. Sometimes its explicit like Black where N's dragon is the dragon of ideals. Others its implied like Gold where Ho-oh was the Gen 2 flagship. Also Xerneas has to be the canon legend of Gen 6 since he symbolizes life and the kings weapon made AZ/Floette immortal.
Multiverse was a copout and will always be a copout for any medium its forced into. Marvel got a lot of flak for their movies not following canon material, then they introduced multiverse as a way to cover their ass.