I think they're most likely direct sequels, similar to Black 2 & White 2. A reason I can tell is because of the appearance of what appears to be new player characters, and as we know B/W and B2/W2 had different sets of player characters, so I could see this being the case if US/UM are a direct sequel.
I think they're most likely direct sequels, similar to Black 2 & White 2. A reason I can tell is because of the appearance of what appears to be new player characters, and as we know B/W and B2/W2 had different sets of player characters, so I could see this being the case if US/UM are a direct sequel.
I'm not sure, in the Direct they said it's gonna be an alternative story so it could be either.
I really don't know. I feel like it'd be more blatantly obvious if it was a sequel? With how the original SM ended, you'd think there'd be mention that USUM immediately picks up afterwards at the end of SM, but there wasn't any implicit or explicit mention of that in the slightest.
Unless, of course, this is an alternate storyline that also includes what happened to Lillie after she traveled to Kanto.
Well each game has an Alternate Universe in it. Remember to get our own Nebby, we go to an alternative world. This could be the world this game takes place in.
I assumed that was the world of the opposite version. But that could be.