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Pokémon condemns White House for using its imagery (www.bbc.com)
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[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

There is a fan theory that the reason you play as a child in the game is because many of the adults in the world of Pokémon have died due to war. It’s also a theory that tries to explain why you see so many child-age characters too.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 1 points 2 days ago

That's really interesting, thank you (or not!!) for the rabbit hole!

[–] Goretantath@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Heck look at the story of bw/bw2, it was a literal warning of whats happening in the usa today.