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And now the most controversial part
>SM concept art reveals Grimsley is 2 years older than the last time he was seen, the very end of B2W2. SM Pokedex also mentions Porygon's being created with what was considered high tech 20 years ago (despite the fact it was the most recent technology in RGB) and if we go back to the Pokemon Encyclopedia we will see it was created in 1995). This means SM takes place around 2015, and the game was released in 2016 for the 20th anniversary.>by the time SwSh takes place, Ultra Beasts are documented and said to be first discovered by professor Mohn, indicating there has been some time after SM>in SV 'Galar: A History' has already reached other lands after being writen by professor Sonia during the events of SwSh (which are also mentioned in the book)While BW, SwSh and SV have no dates other than their irl dates of release, we can get a general idea of the timeline.
>RG (and RS) = around 1996>GS (and DP) = around 1999>BW = 2006 at the very least>B2W2 (and XY) = 2008 at the very least>SM = around 2015>SwSh = after SM>SV = after SwShBut now, if you look at the release dates, which certainly line up with RGB, GSC and the relation between BW, B2W2 and XY, we get
>RG (and RS) = 1996 (2002)>GS (and DP) = 1999 (2006)>BW = 2010>B2W2 (and XY) = 2012 (2013)>SM = 2016>SwSh = 2019>SV = 2022Sadly RSE and DPPt tag along with RGB and GSC before Pokemon does the big jump to the nugens, but if we ignore that and put the irl and in-universe dates together, we get...
>RGB (and RSE) = 1996>GSC (and DPPt) = 1999>BW = 2010, at least 2006>B2W2 (and XY) = 2012 (2013), at least 2008>SM = 2015 or 2016>SwSh = 2019?>SV = 2022?This works as a timeline that unifies the passage of time irl and in-universe after the odd "gen 3 and 4 go with 1 and 2" thing and allows GF continuity to be more straightforward overall (the 2016 debut gen always takes place before the 2019 debut gen, and this one before the 2022 gen, etc etc)
