History of the Pokémon world: Difference between revisions

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Below is a timeline of events in the '''[[Pokémon games]]''', and the order which they occurred in, or, for events which happened outside the series, where they happened in relation to the games. There is also a separate {{an|Timeline|timeline of events for the anime series}} as well as [[Timeline of events in Pokémon Adventures|one for Pokémon Adventures]], both of which differ from that of the games.

Please note that the timeline below is based on speculation and confirmed information from different aspects of the Pokémon franchise.

[[File:Kyogre Groudon legend.png|thumb|250px|The clash between Groudon and Kyogre as depicted in ancient paintings]]

===Beginning of the [[Pokémon universe]]===

* The chronology of the [[core series]] {{pkmn|games}} up to {{g|X and Y}} was confirmed by [[Toshinobu Matsumiya]] on Twitter on May 7, 2014, but this tweet was deleted shortly after being posted.<ref>[http://archive.today/D9iPz archive.today] (archived from [https://twitter.com/matsumiyan/status/464052839870787584 the original])</ref> Matsumiya also stated on Twitter that the specific amount of time that passes between the events of each game is a mystery,<ref>"''Elapsed time is secret. Imagine freely!''" - Toshinobu Matsumiya. May 10, 2014. [https://twitter.com/matsumiyan/status/465154051173130240?t=ehkMxBfeYTuJrZgEZGPaJA&s=19 Twitter]</ref> despite there being some mentions of how much time has passed in the games themselves. Series producer [[Junichi Masuda]], in an interview with GameInformer on October 24, 2019, stated that [[Game Freak]] doesn't apply a timeline to the [[Pokémon world]] rigorously.<ref>[https://www.gameinformer.com/interview/2019/10/24/game-freak-talks-sword-and-shields-champion-wild-area-interactions-and-more] Masuda: ''It starts to get a little complicated if you pay too much attention to timelines. Like, there might be a professor that appears and it wouldn’t make sense at all if we applied that kind of timeline logic. So we try not to apply it too rigorously. Maybe one hint is that if a character is appearing with Professor Oak, they’re living in the same era. Rather than some series where it makes sense to have the timeline progress as you go and the story evolve, the approach that Pokémon takes is expanding the world, like what the regions are, and making it richer as we go. Rather than a timeline, it’s more of a physical space thing.''</ref>

* In {{g|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire}}, {{g|Sun and Moon}}, and {{g|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}}, the existence of {{pkmn|multiverse|multiple alternate universes}} is revealed.

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