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| class="blacklinks" style="width: 80px; background-color: #{{Kanto color light}}" | {{gameabbrev1|RGBY}}/{{gameabbrev3|FRLG}}/{{gameabbrev7|PE}}

| class="blacklinks" style="background-color: #{{Hoenn color light}}" | {{gameabbrev3|RSE}}/{{gameabbrev6|ORAS}}

The plot of {{game|Ruby and Sapphire|s}} and {{game|Red and Green|s}} are contemporaneous. They are then followed by the equally contemporaneous plot of {{game2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}} and {{game2|Diamond|Pearl|Platinum}}, which are set three years later. Due to the known durations between other games. [[Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Pokémon Black 2 and White 2]] are set two years after {{game|Black and White|s}}, and are contemporaneous with {{g|X and Y}}<ref name="Matsumiya"/>. {{g|Sun and Moon}} and {{g|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}} take place two years after the events of Pokémon Black 2 and White 2<ref>Pokémon Sun and Moon [[Grimsley]]. [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/settei settei]</ref>

The gap between [[Generation II]]/[[Generation IV|IV]] and Pokémon Black and White can be calculated thanks to Pokémon Sun, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon Pokédex entries state that {{p|Porygon}} was created 20 years ago<ref name="Porygon">Pokédex from Ultra Moon: ''It was built 20 years ago by scientists who dreamed of exploring space. Their dreams have yet to come true.''</ref> and [[Pocket Monsters Encyclopedia]] which claims Pokemon {{game|Red and Green|s}} are happening in 1996, the year of their release, and that Porygon was created in 1995, a year before. Additionally, in {{game|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|s}} there appears a character named [[Anabel]] who fell through an [[Ultra Wormhole]] 10 years ago and lived in [[Alola]] since. She was a [[Frontier Brain]] in [[Pokémon Emerald]] before, so it confirms the gap between those games is at least 10 years.