>An Illustrated Book of POCKET MONSTERS, Tamamushi University Pocket Book, and a Pokémon Daisuki Club page state that modern Poké Balls were developed in 1925 from the research of Professor Westwood of Celadon University. He got the idea when experimenting on a Primeape, which curled up into a ball and shrank down small enough to fit in the professor's glasses case.
>Pocket Monsters Encyclopedia states that Porygon was created in 1995, as well as stating that 150 species of Pokémon have been discovered as of 1996, alluding to the player having completed their Pokédex in Pokémon Red and Green, thus implying that Pokémon Red and Green take place in either 1995 or 1996.
>Oak appeared as a young boy, Sam, in Celebi: The Voice of the Forest. Ash befriended the young Oak, who, because he time-traveled from 40 years in the past, was around the same age as Ash.

Based on media from before Gen 3 with the assumptions that
>sam is the same age as ash: 10 years old
>oak went on a pokemon journey at age 10
>anime oak is the same age as RGBY oak
>RGBY takes place in 1996 with #150 discovered in the cave after defeating the elite 4
Oak would have gone on his Pokemon journey in 1956, and that would be 31 years after the development of Poke Balls.

Question 1:
>If RGBY on GameBoy are considered the most primitive entries in the series, how would a GameBoy game with less features than RGBY convey what Samuel Oak did on his Pokemon journey?

Question 2:
>How did Trainers and civilians in Kanto of the Pokemon world live in 1956? Notably 40 years before the events of RGBY.

Question 3:
>What was the goal for most Trainers leaving home for a Pokemon journey in 1956? An unknown Indigo League?

And a fact check please: Did the Japanese text of Illustrated Book or Pocket Book released before Gen 3 use the word "modern" regarding Poke Balls? Or is there media confirming capture devices before the Poke Balls of 1925?

Please don't make this a shrink thread.