>>52913502Nah. Just a very dark point on the timeline that we knew had already happened to a point.
When the world was very old, people and Pokemon lived inseparably, even indistinguishably as people wielded magic as much as Pokemon did, and together they created impressive structures that that are now mysterious ruins.
Some time after that, humans developed lethal weapons and became violent towards each other, and towards Pokemon as an exploitable resource, and pokemon-human relations devolved into a mutual aggression based on fear. As the separation grew so too did ignorance and superstition, and especially strong Pokemon begin to be worshipped as wrathful gods.
Some time since, a shaky reunion began, where Pokemon would ally themselves with humans again, but only if they first showed their worth. Moves as things Pokemon can be taught is also pioneered at this time, for instance Koga says Toxic is 400 years old.
It is at the very end of this long period that the first pokeballs were made and Pokemon begin to be seen more like fancy animals and less like dangerous Yokai that cause trouble but sometimes become cronies of great warriors. Basically, PLA is the story about how a time-stolen kid turned PokeWorld from SMT IV into Pokemon.
Within the next 200 years, pokeballs enter mass production and Pokemon and human societies have started to reintegrate, though Pokemon and humans do still have separate societies, and Pokemon still insist their human partner be worthy. Scientist begin researching the magical abilities of Pokemon. Some have success in replicating feats of old, for instance Magearna as a modern take on Golurk.
Within the last 50 years, PokeBall distribution went global, modernizing even regions as remote as Unova.
And within the last 10, technology based on Pokemon abilities rapidly begin to emerge, such as teleportation and fossil resurrection, resulting in a major technological boom.
Then Gen 1.
