>>43367834Masuda said the manga and anime are just as valid as the games, soijakfag.
https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2016/07/13/pok-233-mon-39-s-burning-questions.aspx>Speaking of the movies and consequently the TV show, do the cartoons and the movies and the video games overlap? Is that all one Pokémon world, or are they two separate universes?>Masuda: Basically it’s the same place. Looking at it as a parallel world, or in some select spots being a parallel world might be more accurate.They're parallel worlds that are mostly identical to each other. Or rather, the same world, but with slight differences in select spots.