Should Game Freak / Nintendo / Pokemon Co. recognize these games as official?
>>24884895
From what I've heard, Japan doesn't have as strongly defined a concept of "canon" as Western fandoms do.
Not sure why you would pick out Gen 5 as non-canon though. It's just as disconnected from the other games as Gen 4 is.
why wouldn't they?
>>24884895
They already do. And literally why is this retarded shit a question?
Replaying Black recently I've seen only the 2 same severe issues, which are Unova's small size and lack of content in BW leading to a much shorter game and virtually no postgame. But everything else was quality aside from a few rehashed lines and a few ugly shitters in the Pokedex.
Honestly, with the sequels rectifying all of BW's most glaring issues, all I see is obnoxiously biased and asshurt excuses for it being shit. Too bad eventual remakes will completely tarnish the generation just like ORAS.
>>24884895
Officially recognizing these fanmade games would create a precedent, so no, they should not do it unless you want more garbage like Reborn and Rejuvenation to be recognized as canon too.
good pic choice, op
>>24884895
Timeless hover hand
>>24884895
Someone's still mad about muh garbage bags.
>>24884895
Why is that girl fat?
>>24884895
No.
>>24884895
rest in rip reese
>>24884895
Nice stealth genwar thread.
>>24884895
>doubting their canonicity
>not knowing the difference between "canon" and "official"
>>24884895
who is that semen demon on the right?
>>24884895
>tfw I went alone to prom
>tfw my crush was already asked by someone else
Fuck you OP.
And yes.
>>24888096
Come on, this bait is about as obvious as it gets. Don't even engage.
>>24888119
People on /vp/ are too retarded to grasp simple fiction concepts.
At the very least the doesnt know the difference between canon and official.
>>24884895
I know this is shitpost b8 but Gen 5 is the best gen yet
>>24888122
There is no difference.
I'm playing Black 2 for the first time currently, and it made me realize that I'd prefer a Pokemon game more like the earlier gens with a more passive plot, less constantly getting interrupted by an NPC who talks forever. However, I do like the way Team Plasma was handled. They actually seemed like terrorists with their flying ship.
>>24888135
So does that mean, for example, FRLG and HGSS are now canon instead of their respective originals?
>>24888172
And you realize this now?
That has nothing to do with what we're discussing tho.
>>24888135
btw I didn't read the image at first because of that fucked up venn diagram shit. Why put non-canon work in there so many times? Just assumed it was le empdik mieymieyme horseshit because of it, but the definitions are actually legitimate as far as I skimmed.
>>24888181
>Why put non-canon work in there so many times?
There may be more than one canon work for one canon.
>>24888180
i wanted to provide an example in case people still didn't understand.
but you're discussing whether or not gen 5 is considered to be canon? why wouldn't it be? is there something i'm missing? do you consider any of the other games to be non-canon? besides ones that received remakes.
>>24888192
>but you're discussing whether or not gen 5 is considered to be canon?
No anon, that's OP, I stated the opposite.\
I was referring to OP confusing the terms "canon" and "official" which don't mean the same.
>>24888204
that's fair. i agree with you. i'm really curious, if OP comes back, to see why they're saying it's not canon/official/whatever they meant.
>>24884895
who is this semen demon
>>24891302
me irl tbqh
>>24892037
reese is that u
