>>48561668>So the National Dex just happens to be in that order because?To be fair, the idea that mons aren't ordered by generations doesn't contradict the national dex in the slightest.
I mean, while the original 151 weren't all from kanto they were in kanto at some point so if the in-universe criteria just decided to start with kanto then it'd make sense that geodude is there and not after because you already had it in the "Kanto" section.
There always were many issues with how the indexing worked in-universe ever since Gen 1(like why would you separate both genders of Nidoran or put Mewtwo before Mew) so its clearly a "don't think too much about it" thing.
The only time I think the indexing was ever brought up in-universe was when you catch Victini in BW and Juniper says it was given 0.
