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Years between games

Only confirmed time is 3 years between gen I and Gen II.
 
I think it was made clear that between G1 and G2 there were 3 years. The others were never cleared up at all. For all we know G3 and G4 could have happened simultaneously.
 
coolysouthkid said:
How many years apart do the games take place story wise?
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FRLG/RGB to HGSS/GSC is 3 years.

HGSS is placed a few months to - year(s) before DPP.

Where RSE stands is debatable though a good number of the fandom believes it's sometime after FRLG, similar to HGSS-DPP.
 
It's canon that the main Kanto storyline took place three years before Johto's. After that, the games never give any specific reference to the timeline, though the manga puts the Hoenn saga one year after Johto if you're dying for some point of reference. Some fans try to put RSE happening at the same time as RBGY/FRLG and DPPt simultaneous with GSC/HGSS, though the only form of evidence to back that claim being that those games are contained within the same generations.

Really, beyond the three year timeskip, it's never said.
 
GSC/HGSS takes place before DPP, the guy in Hearthome says something about Elm studying pokemon eggs. How much after, though, is unknown.
 
Rakarei said:
GSC/HGSS takes place before DPP, the guy in Hearthome says something about Elm studying pokemon eggs. How much after, though, is unknown.
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And they also mention a Red Gyarados which got a lot of attention within HgSs, which would lead to a lot of media coverage placing DPPt after the story started.

Scientists also study the same thing for quite a long time, it doesn't really place DPPt anywhere. Besides, Elm's research changed n the remakes.
 
Me, personally, it goes like this. D: Don't tell me what is wrong or right, because I don't really care too much about "official", since the only "official" time-line is RBY to GSC. This is my own personal bit of fanon, so prepare to be annoyed.

RBY to GSC -> 3 years
GSC to RS -> 2 years
RS to FRLG -> 1 year
FRLG to E -> 1 1/2 year
E to DP -> 2 years
DP to Pt -> 1 year
Pt to HGSS -> 1 year
HGSS to BW -> 3 years (though, this one is just a guess for now)

Much like with most of Nintendo games, I think the games time-line and years go about in the same order as the games came out. Which is why this works out for me. -shrugs-
 
Fairy Red said:
Me, personally, it goes like this. D: Don't tell me what is wrong or right, because I don't really care too much about "official", since the only "official" time-line is RBY to GSC. This is my own personal bit of fanon, so prepare to be annoyed.

RBY to GSC -> 3 years
GSC to RS -> 2 years
RS to FRLG -> 1 year
FRLG to E -> 1 1/2 year
E to DP -> 2 years
DP to Pt -> 1 year
Pt to HGSS -> 1 year
HGSS to BW -> 3 years (though, this one is just a guess for now)

Much like with most of Nintendo games, I think the games time-line and years go about in the same order as the games came out. Which is why this works out for me. -shrugs-
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Maybe you're right, but IMO RS&E happens at the same time, and so is DP&Pt
 
Well JOhto happens three years after Kanto

Shinnoh takes place around the same time as HG/SS SInce the Red Gyrados Jasmine mentioning in Celadon that she's been to Sinnoh but didn't try contests

I put Lucas/Dawn starting a little after Ethen/Lyra catch the Red Gyrados... Jasmine travels to Sinnoh a little after Ethen/Lyra beats her she goes to Sunnyshore and meets Lucas/Dawn as He/She enter the City to beat Volkner and gives them Waterfall durting while Lucas/Dawn face the E4 Jasmine travels back to Kanto to talk to Erika who helps her join the Contests in Sinnoh. She travels back to Shinnoh after Ethen/Lyra see's her at celedon and starts doing contests with her Steelix.

That is my guess as to how Gen II and Gen IV match up As for Hoenn... Maybe they start a bit after red does (Like after he beats Brock... we don't really now about the Gen I/II conection
 
Articwolf10 said:
That is my guess as to how Gen II and Gen IV match up As for Hoenn... Maybe they start a bit after red does (Like after he beats Brock... we don't really now about the Gen I/II conection
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There is one connection between the games that gives us an idea when FRLG and RSE take place in relation to each other.

In RSE, when you reach Lanette's house, there is an e-mail from Bill complimenting her box system.

In FRLG, once you have obtained the Ruby and Sapphire plates and they are placed in the Link Machine at the Net Center, Celio exclaims "I've connected to Lanette!"

So Bill could only have sent that e-mail after that point, meaning that by the time Brendan/May are en route to Meteor Falls, Red/Leaf have already beaten the E4 for the first time and beaten Team Rocket on Island 5.
 
Well I think I heard one guy around Lake Valor in Platinum saying he saw a rainbow hued bird at Tin Tower...so Sinnoh was around at the same time as Johto but was never introduced until 2007...I think Hoenn was around the same time as Johto because I heard the hero/heroine moved from Johto to Hoenn because his/her dad was a gym leader near their hometown
 
Outrage said:
And they also mention a Red Gyarados which got a lot of attention within HgSs, which would lead to a lot of media coverage placing DPPt after the story started.

Scientists also study the same thing for quite a long time, it doesn't really place DPPt anywhere. Besides, Elm's research changed n the remakes.
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And lastly, when you go to get Erika's phone number in HGSS, the conversation she's having with Jasmine tells us that she's considering[b/] going abroad to take part in Contests [i.e. to Sinnoh].

So, with all the evidence it appears that RGBY/FrLg are three years behind HGSS and DPPt is within the range of several months ahead of HGSS.

Idk about RSE, though.
 
Rakarei said:
GSC/HGSS takes place before DPP, the guy in Hearthome says something about Elm studying pokemon eggs. How much after, though, is unknown.
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Also in HG/SS, Jasmine mentions that she wishes to go to Sinnoh to try out for contests, which is basically what her role in DPPt is.

I'm honestly surprised there has only been one canon timeline mentioned in the games.
 
JAK said:
In FRLG, once you have obtained the Ruby and Sapphire plates and they are placed in the Link Machine at the Net Center, Celio exclaims "I've connected to Lanette!"

So Bill could only have sent that e-mail after that point, meaning that by the time Brendan/May are en route to Meteor Falls, Red/Leaf have already beaten the E4 for the first time and beaten Team Rocket on Island 5.
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That's not necessarily true. I always thought he just meant the pokemon storage system. It'd be pretty sad if you needed that elaborate machine just to send an email which I would hope would be a lot less complicated than trading pokemon. D:
 
The only thing that can be said for certain is that gen II happened 3 years after gen I (and hgss 3 years after frlg), and that pokémon XD found place 5 years after pokémon Colosseum.

No matter what kind of 'clues', 'evidence' and 'arguments' others might bring up, remember, nothing beside what I stated above has been proven yet.
 
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