Now that the game has been out for a while, I wanted to hear your thoughts on this. (PLOT SPOILERS)
PLA seems to be heavily based on the Meiji Restoration, a period of Japanese industrialization that lasted from 1868 to 1912. If RBY is considered the equivalent of 1996, this places this game around about 128-84 years before every other Pokemon game. Spiritomb is also said the be atleast a few hundred years according to Vessa, and Spiritomb is 500 years old as of modern day Pokemon games, so this all lines up.
The biggest thing I am unsure about, and why I made this thread, is which timeline this is in, the Mega timeline, or the non Mega timeline. XY and ORAS established two different continuities, the one with Mega evolution seen in Gen 6 and 7, and the one which doesn't which mostly consists of Gen 1-5 games. SwSh is unconfirmed on which timeline its part of but I'm going to guess its part of the Mega timeline. If you have any evidence either way I'd love to see it.
Legends Arceus is arguably even more ambiguous as to which one it's part of, as the only Megas that could possibly exist at this time were Mega Rayquaza and possibly Mega Lucario.
There is an ancestor to Wally, Beni, who uses a Gallade... alongside a Gardevoir, but has ORAS Wally's hair.
The paintings in the Diamond and Pearl clan settlements seem to depict a Alder ancestor... and ancestors of specifically the original RSE designs for Maxie and Archie.
The shirts the protagonists are wearing at the start of the game are actually from XY and SwSh respectively it seems.
Unless I'm missing something, there just isn't enough conclusive evidence to prove either way, maybe when Hisuian Snow comes out next week, or even a potential 1.2 update releases, we might learn more.
PLA seems to be heavily based on the Meiji Restoration, a period of Japanese industrialization that lasted from 1868 to 1912. If RBY is considered the equivalent of 1996, this places this game around about 128-84 years before every other Pokemon game. Spiritomb is also said the be atleast a few hundred years according to Vessa, and Spiritomb is 500 years old as of modern day Pokemon games, so this all lines up.
The biggest thing I am unsure about, and why I made this thread, is which timeline this is in, the Mega timeline, or the non Mega timeline. XY and ORAS established two different continuities, the one with Mega evolution seen in Gen 6 and 7, and the one which doesn't which mostly consists of Gen 1-5 games. SwSh is unconfirmed on which timeline its part of but I'm going to guess its part of the Mega timeline. If you have any evidence either way I'd love to see it.
Legends Arceus is arguably even more ambiguous as to which one it's part of, as the only Megas that could possibly exist at this time were Mega Rayquaza and possibly Mega Lucario.
There is an ancestor to Wally, Beni, who uses a Gallade... alongside a Gardevoir, but has ORAS Wally's hair.
The paintings in the Diamond and Pearl clan settlements seem to depict a Alder ancestor... and ancestors of specifically the original RSE designs for Maxie and Archie.
The shirts the protagonists are wearing at the start of the game are actually from XY and SwSh respectively it seems.
Unless I'm missing something, there just isn't enough conclusive evidence to prove either way, maybe when Hisuian Snow comes out next week, or even a potential 1.2 update releases, we might learn more.