We have many different Pokemon video games. Besides the main games, there's the Stadium series, the Colosseum/XD series, Ranger games, TCG games, Mystery Dungeon, Conquest, etc. Thus my question to you guys is how many different cannons do you see, and what games fit into which cannon?
For example, I consider the main games, Stadium games, Colosseum/XD, and Ranger to all be a part of the same Pokemon universe. Basically, if there's nothing in two universes to contradict one another, they can and probably do both exist in the same world. Red could meet up with Solana, and perhaps Looker has done investigative work on Cipher in the past (I guess Pokemon Snap and Hey You Pikachu could go here too). However, the Mystery Dungeon games, Conquest, and several other games are all each distinct universes, with no ties to other games or series; they each are too different from the normal Pokemon world (with Conquest it's just that I refuse to accept the fact that there is an island shaped like Arceus that just happened to form). I'm not sure where something like the TCG games fit, but as it could just be an island where Pokemon are either banned or non-existent they could reasonably be said to exist in the same world. However, I've got friends who have never played some of the side games and never will because 'they didn't really happen', so I wanted to hear your guys's thoughts on the matter.
What do you guys think? Do you consider each game it's own universe, or do you mash them together in certain ways?
For example, I consider the main games, Stadium games, Colosseum/XD, and Ranger to all be a part of the same Pokemon universe. Basically, if there's nothing in two universes to contradict one another, they can and probably do both exist in the same world. Red could meet up with Solana, and perhaps Looker has done investigative work on Cipher in the past (I guess Pokemon Snap and Hey You Pikachu could go here too). However, the Mystery Dungeon games, Conquest, and several other games are all each distinct universes, with no ties to other games or series; they each are too different from the normal Pokemon world (with Conquest it's just that I refuse to accept the fact that there is an island shaped like Arceus that just happened to form). I'm not sure where something like the TCG games fit, but as it could just be an island where Pokemon are either banned or non-existent they could reasonably be said to exist in the same world. However, I've got friends who have never played some of the side games and never will because 'they didn't really happen', so I wanted to hear your guys's thoughts on the matter.
What do you guys think? Do you consider each game it's own universe, or do you mash them together in certain ways?