>BW2 take into consideration Emerald and Platinum as being the canon events of Hoenn/Sinnoh>Hoenn took place first in the timeline according to a developer, 3 years later is Johto, months later is Sinnoh, 10 years later is Unova1, and 2 years later is Unova2>which would make Brendan/May who are 12 according to the teraleaks at least 27 years old during BW2>Norman says he wants his "kid" to learn from you even though they'd have long been champion/beaten the battle frontier>Red who would be 26 looks the exact same>Steven and Cynthia who would both be around 40 years old look exactly the sameWhy do they ever bother making references to the passage of time in these games if they're never gonna actually reflect it besides using it for cheap references. Red has got to be close to his 40s during the Paldea games yet if he showed up I bet he looks like he did in Alola
why do you care and why don't you have suspension of disbelief in pokémon out of all things
>Steven and Cynthia who would both be around 40 years old look exactly the sameNo surprises there desu
>>58235268>the reason everyone stays young is that Lusamine and Lysandre are forcing everyone to stay in their prime under threat of murderjej
>>58235262Because Pokemon games always make it a point to specifically make mention of time passing but never accurately reflect that except for in direct sequels(Johto and BW2).
Why do you care about continuity in a series that features both alternative universes and time travel?
>>58235290Those points weren't yet introduced during BW2 era
>>58235243Anon battle facility only cameos aren't canon, just look at the Battle Tree. Why do you think Cynthia or Wally have the same exact designs as the previous games while Grimsley, Red or Dexio have new ones?
>>58235704Alternative worlds were literally introduced in BW and time travel in the game before that, HGSS, you dumb fuck
>>58235704Time travel was there since HGSS or GSC if you consider the Pokédex/Time Capsule. The first time you enter Entralink in BW the NPC literally starts talking about parallel worlds and the intro of the game literally is showing the visiting worlds feature.
>>58235704The post you replied to has celebi in it anon
>>58235243because the world tournament was an underdeveloped gimmick. They really didn't bother and it doesn't feel canon.OP you're right, the way it was presented makes zero sensethey were lazy. Redesigning everyone would've been slightly challenging so they didn't. TPCI probably would've pressured them not to deviate far from established designs. Time implies aging, death, life stages like marriage and procreation. Too much for pokeymanz. (even tho dragon ball and naruto n shit timeskip all the time)In hindsight, because XandY rebooted the universe with megashit immediately after, B2W2 really should've been free to go wild with aging up characters and exploring what the future looks like since it is so far ahead in the timeline. After all, they can just retcon/reboot any character painlessly by changing the timelineIts just, the series got kind of safe and soulless around that time. I like B2W2 for lots of reasons, but the world tournament ain't one of em.
>>58235243Pokemon works on a Simpsons time rule - with the exception of very few explicitly mentioned events, everything is kind of movable and may change according to whims of current directors and writers. LGPE happens around the same time (or slightly after) SMUSUM, but SMUSUM Red is visibly older while LGPE Red looks pretty close to his RGBY and LGFR looks.
>>58235243>Why do they ever bother making references to the passage of time in these games if they're never gonna actually reflect it besides using it for cheap references.Because the games are mostly supposed to be standalone like most jrpgs are? Be glad you get the references, not that they aren't enough.> yet if he showed up I bet he looks like he did in AlolaYou realize you're criticizing something that didn't happen?>>58235290People worry about it in series with actually complicated continuities.>>58235704Just because youtube didn't comment on them doesn't mean they didn't happen.
>>58236106holy shit you are incredibly retarded
Remember when retards used to claim SM was only ten years after gen 1 and 3 because Anabel had been in the interpol for 10 years, as if she had disappeared from the Battle Frontier right after becoming a frontier brain? lmao
