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+# Pokémon canon
+
+The goal of this page is to establish a base _Pokémon_{as=cite} “canon”
+  for making narrative fanworks in, roleplaying, or just generally
+  thinking about.
+*_Canon is a choice_* (documented set of choices) and the choices we
+  make on this _Wiki_{as=cite} won’t necessarily agree with the
+  _Pokémon_{as=cite} fandom at·large.
+
+## general approach
+
+- *The English main‐series games are the primary source of canon.*
+  When information in the anime, movies, trading card game, side‐series
+    games, ⁊·c conflicts with the main‐series games, the latter wins.
+  When games differ substantially between their original Japanese and
+    subsequent Western releases, the latter is considered canonical.
+
+- *All other pieces of Pokémon media _may_ be considered canonical
+    (when useful).*
+  This includes side‐series games like _Pokémon Conquest_{as=cite} as
+    well as non‐games like the anime, movies, or original YouTube
+    animations.
+
+  Specifically, the order of priority for sources of canon should
+    generally be main‐series games > original YouTube animations > new
+    movies (_I Choose You!_{as=cite} and later) > anime and older
+    movies > side‐series games > other media.
+
+  Even when canon directly contradicts with one part of a piece of
+    media, other parts (for example, a character of the day from the
+    anime) may be considered (somewhat) canonical.
+
+- *Consider every work in the _Pokémon_{as=cite} franchise to be an A·U
+    of every other work (and this canon).*
+  Obviously, the paired versions in each generation of games are A·U’s
+    of each other, and Ultra Sun is obviously an A·U of Sun, ⁊·c.
+  But this principle applies across the franchise, meaning that Black 2
+    is an A·U of Black (and White) and so forth.
+
+  What this practically means is that canon cannot offer exact details,
+    only suggestions.
+  Divergences from canon can and will take place so long as they
+    preserve the “spirit” of the originals.
+
+- *Avoid “world‐hopping”.*
+  The Pokémon franchise is replete with instances of people travelling
+    from one universe to another or travelling back‐and‐forth though
+    time.
+  This runs contrary to having a single, consistent timeline, so for
+    practical reasons it must be considered noncanonical.
+  This isn’t to say it won’t ever happen.
+
+- *Combine paired versions where possible; defer to the “red” version
+    otherwise.*
+  The “red” versions are:8--: _Red_{as=cite}, _Gold_{as=cite},
+    _Ruby_{as=cite}, _FireRed_{as=cite}, _Pearl_{as=cite},
+    _HeartGold_{as=cite}, _White_{as=cite}, _White 2_{as=cite},
+    _Y_{as=cite}, _Omega Ruby_{as=cite}, _Sun_{as=cite},
+    _Ultra Sun_{as=cite}, _Let’s Go! Pikachu_{as=cite},
+    _Shield_{as=cite}, _Shining Pearl_{as=cite}, _Scarlet_{as=cite}.
+
+- *Game plots follow the Gen ⅤⅠ–ⅠⅩ timeline.*
+  This means that, for game plot–related elements, _Omega
+    Ruby_{as=cite} & _Alpha Sapphire_{as=cite} takes precedence over
+    _Ruby_{as=cite}, _Sapphire_{as=cite} & _Emerald_{as=cite} and
+    _Let’s Go! Pikachu_{as=cite} & _Let’s Go! Eevee_{as=cite} takes
+    precedence over _Red_{as=cite}, _Blue_{as=cite}, _Green_{as=cite},
+    _Yellow_{as=cite}, _FireRed_{as=cite} & _LeafGreen_{as=cite}.
+
+  This does not mean that the other games do not contain canonical
+    information—for example, the Sevii Islands still exist, Anabel was
+    still Salon Maiden of the Hoenn Elite Four, ⁊·c.
+  But it does mean, for example, that Chase ∣ Elaine is the one to
+    defeat Team Rocket, not Red.
+
+- *Technological developments occur at the time depicted in the games
+    which introduced them.*
+  This means that a rudimentaly P·C system must have existed in the
+    time of _Red_{as=cite} & _Blue_{as=cite}; ⁊·c.
+
+- *There is a correspondence between the _Pokémon_{as=cite} world and
+    the real world.*
+  Very few things have definite dates in the _Pokémon_{as=cite} canon,
+    but it should be assumed that they roughly correspond to the
+    timeline of similar events in the real world.
+  The date of the moon landing is fixed at 1969, and considered
+    equivalent to the real‐world moon landing in that year.