Zinnia and the Delta Episode- Pokemon Multiverse
In the OR/AS Delta Episode, on our second visit to the Mossdeep Space Centre, Zinna says something that suggests the existence of a multiverse in the Pokemon World. She says:
"My people know it. From generation to generation, we pass along the lore about the distortions in the world borne by the Mega Evolution mechanism. And about the existence of another worldhttps://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pokémon_Ruby_and_Sapphire_Versions,
which we have long observed to be just like this one and yet not the same... That's right. A Hoenn region that's almost exactly like this one we live in. Filled with Pokémon and people like us. A world where maybe the evolution of Pokémon took a slightly different path, where Mega Evolution is unknown... A world where that war 3,000 years ago...never happened. A world where the ultimate weapon was never even built. And in that Hoenn of that world... What would happen if one day, out of the blue, a meteoroid appeared? What would happen to the people of that world, without the technology to destroy the meteoroid or the power to warp it away? ... Looks like it's beyond the power of your imagination."
Multiverse? That's impossible!! In May 2014, Toshinobu Matsumiya tweeted out an official timeline of events in Pokemon
. I of course refer to this:
https://archive.today/D9iPz
I don't outright dispute the validity of the timeline submitted by Mr. Matsumiya. However, I would like to point out that this is Pre-OR/AS and the Delta Episode might have just changed the game and altered the traditional perception of the established timeline. That said, I might have found a way to marry the established timeline produced by Mr. Matsumiya with the multiverse theory.
This involves at least 2 parallel timelines as described in Zinnia's dialogue. The first one being a world where Mega Evolution is known (let's call it the
Mega-Verse), and the other being a world where Mega Evolution is unknown (let's call that
Poke-Earth 1). These two worlds will have, for the most part, parallel events. However, Mega Evolution would be injected into those events in the Mega-Verse and Poke-Earth 1 would go on with business as usual.
Timeline for the Mega-Verse:
Pokemon Origins should start the Mega-Verse because it's based off the Classic Gen 1 games but with Mega Evolutions (Red has a Mega Charizard X by the end of it).
Omega Ruby/ Alpha Sapphire main story happens simultaneously with Origins (per the arrangement between FR/LG and R/S/E on Poke-Earth 1)
In the Delta Episode of OR/AS on the 3rd visit to the Mossdeep Space Centre, if the player has Steven's Shiny Beldum/Metang/Metagross in their party, Steven says:
"Hm… You know, seeing that white beauty there that you travel with… I'm reminded of the Legendary Pokémon Rayquaza, said to descend at the Sky Pillar. I once had a chance to see it face to face. Although, it was a long time ago now… The young man who battled against Rayquaza beside me… I wonder whatever happened to him and that black Charizard of his… Well, regardless–you must go to the Sky Pillar and see what waits for you there. I don't know what you'll find. Be careful."
Steven actually references the events of the Mega Evolution anime special Act II. This suggests that the Mega Evolution Specials (Acts I and II at least) also takes place either shortly before or around the same time as Pokemon Origins and the OR/AS main game.
The OR/AS Delta Episode will then be the last major event in the simultaneous Kanto/Hoenn time period before moving on to Johto or Sinnoh in any prospective Pokemon Origins Sequels or D/P/Pt remakes (as we all know, the events of D/P/Pt start shortly after the Lake of Rage incident in the Johto games).
For immediate purposes, lets assume that the events of B/W/B2/W2 don't exist in the Mega-Verse even though there is a Unova Region (we know this through in-game references). Since the Mega-Verse is in an alternate dimension, the events of X/Y are going on in the Mega-Verse whilst the events of B/W/B2/W2 are happening on Poke-Earth 1 (thus consistent with Mr. Matsumiya's presentation that B/W/B2/W2 and X/Y takes place at the same time).
Timeline for Poke-Earth 1:
The established timeline basically.
FR/LG & R/S/E ____3 yrs later____ HG/SS & D/P/Pt____Let's say 3-5 yrs later____ B/W/B2/W2
Since the original Gen 1 and Gen 2 games make no reference to the Sevii Islands or the other Regions, I have a theory that they exist in their own separate Classic timeline, but that's a story for another day.
Anyways, what do you guys think. Am I making any sense or am I just off on another tangent of my nonsensical ramblings?
