Timeline

[EmberStar the Blaziken]

Do the pokemon games have a set timeline? It's established that Gold/Silver take place 3 years after Red/Blue, but after that my knowledge is limited. According to Bulbapedia (in Steven Stone's profile) it says that Steven introduces himself as the champion of Hoenn despite already having been dethroned. However, that would place R/S/E before GSC. So my question is what game comes first? Or do they all sans G/S happen simultaneously? Also, judging by the expanded the expanded storylines (Red's team), could we assume the third game is the canon game from each series? Also, the changing of pokedex in each region (such as Hoenn and Sinnoh) could be explained by what pokemon are normally found in that region. Also, it could be established that DP is after GS because of the Red Gyrados incident being mentioned in Sinnoh. However, the most popular theory seems to be:

Red/Blue is concurrent to R/S, followed by G/S, and the DP. However, if the third games/remakes override the canon it would be:

FR/LG+ Yellow (Due to Red's Team) and Emerald followed by HG/SS, and then Platinum. However, Steven still being called "Champion" (The part in HG/SS where he talks about the Lati on the loose he says he is the champ of Hoenn) would put the games in release order.

 

[Kiggz]

hrmm that is a interesting statement made, I am not really a expert in that one I actually never even looked much at the plot lines between the games, to me it was just beat the game go on wifi battle lv 100's lulz.

Not really sure but I know someone will come shine the light on your question.

 

[Agonist]

r/b and r/s/e take place at the same time, followed by g/s/c/hg/ss and d/p/plat taking place three years later

 

[Spacialrend]

r/b and r/s/e take place at the same time, followed by g/s/c/hg/ss and d/p/plat taking place three years later

I never knew that D/P/Pl were the sequel to R/S/E. I can't remember, but there was a house in the Resort Area of D/P, was either owned by Steven or Brendan...

 

[Frontier Brain B]

I always assumed you were supposed to ignore the first two games, and the remakes followed a "canon," due to their differences. Anyone care to challenge/correct me? I mean, RSE is a bit confusing with the new Gym Leader/Champion thing going on. Here's what I've got:

FRLG+Yellow/Emerald, taking place around the same time ---> HGSS/Platinum, taking place around the same time three years later. Any holes I'm missing? Am I just wrong? The "+" is there due to Red's team in GSC, but to include things such as the Sevii Islands.

 

[Zorkzedork]

Emerald is kind of an alternative ending game to RS...

 

[W.T.]

I know this isn't canonical, but I have a timeline that ties together all the regions, including the spin-off ones.

I consider the Mystery Dungeon games to be the chronologically earliest ones because they're set during a time when humans have not yet discovered the Pokémon world.

 

[Shneak]

Another topic? Anyway, it's /almost/ confirmed to be:

FRLG/RSE>>(3years)>>HGSS/DPP