>>44281973Regarding real world places and references I always saw it as a gradual process
>Gen 1The Pokemon world is established to be esentially our world with Pokemon and some new/alternate locales
>Gen 2Normal animals no longer appear, no more references to real world events, mentions of real world places are used more sparingly
>Gen 5The Pokemon world doesn't take place on our version of planet earth, mentions of real world places are completely gone, except for the odd pokedex entry
>Gen 6/7 Pokedex entries are altered to not mention real world locations anymore, the Pokemon world now has it's own way of writing, replacing all japanese/english text in the games and anime