Psytrainer
The Azure Mystic
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Well before the game was released, Masters has established its intent to favor certain protagonists as canon. That is to say, at least for this title. With seventeen protagonists that are currently playable, I figured now would be a good time to start digging through dialogue and other relevant information in order to figure out who this game considers canon. I’ll start with my own findings and, if anyone has anything additional to provide, please do so as this will be edited frequently.
Kanto: Red
Hoenn: Brendan
- Stated to be Norman’s son. In agreement with this, May is stated to be Professor Birch's daughter.
Sinnoh: Dawn
Unova: Hilbert and Rosa.
Alola: Ambiguous
Galar: Gloria
Edit 1: Updated for the new story additions.
Edit 2: Edited in light of the Ho-Oh Legendary Event
Edit 3: Updated in response to Dawn’s addition to the game.
Edit 4: Adding one other detail that I felt should have been noted.
Edit 5: Updated in light of Serena’s addition. Also removed the fact that Calem’s dialogue is reflective of what he said as the rival since that ended up being true for both him and Serena.
Edit 6: Major Update.
Edit 7: Changed Red's section to reflect the rest of the entries and added info concerning Alola.
Edit 8: Updated Alola section with regard to new info.
Edit 9: Adding info pertaining to Howling Shield of Eternity.
Kanto: Red
- Red's accomplishments are listed as taking down Team Rocket and becoming Champion in his Sync Pair Story.
- Also it’s just obvious.
- He is not related to the Daycare couple. In concurrence with this, Lyra mentions having grandparents.
- Lyra is stated to own a Marill.
- Ethan describes the Johto player-rival interactions as occurring between himself and Silver.
Hoenn: Brendan
- Stated to be Norman’s son. In agreement with this, May is stated to be Professor Birch's daughter.
Sinnoh: Dawn
- Indicates that she is from Twinleaf Town.
- Explicitly states that Barry is her childhood friend.
- Implies that she had gotten her starter during the Starly attack that happens in Diamond and Pearl.
Unova: Hilbert and Rosa.
- Dialogue from Chapter 18 indicates that he and Cheren know each other personally.
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"The Ideal Formula" Story Event establishes that Hilbert has been looking for N since Black and White. In contrast, Hilda knows nothing about who N is.
- During the Unova Event, it is directly stated that Rosa began her journey two years after the events of Black and White (i.e. When the player character began their journey)
- It is indicated that Nate is the multi battle partner given his choice of Pokemon, that being one of his options in the Battle Subway, and dialogue.
- Rosa is from Aspertia City and knows about the theft of Hugh's sister's Purrloin, something that Hugh personally tells the player in-game.
- Calem’s partner in this game is Espurr. Considering how most rival characters have been using their non-Starter mainstays (e.g., Hau’s Raichu), this practically confirms that Calem’s appearance in this game is as the rival.
- Calem makes a reference to an event from X and Y in which he is in the rival role.
- Serena describes Calem as being how he acts when he is in the rival role.
- Serena indicates that she met the Elite Four during her initial journey through Kalos, something that would not have been possible if she was the rival.
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The "Give and Take" Legendary Event establishes that Serena was the one who saw Professor Sycamore's Couriway Town message.
Alola: Ambiguous
- While both protagonists indicate that they moved from Kanto to Alola and have a Meowth, Selene not only explicitly states that she moved from Kanto, but has the exact same living circumstances as the player (i.e., Comprised of herself, her mother, and Meowth).
- Elio implies being involved in the events of the second trip to Aether Paradise.
Galar: Gloria
- Her encounter with Zacian was under the exact same circumstances that the player meets Zacian/Zamazenta in-game.
- She describes the three Galar rivals as being her own. This is affirmed by Marnie's dialogue.
- Hop owns the other member of the box legendary duo.
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Gloria is confirmed to have participated in the battle against Eternatus in the climax of Sword and Shield.
Edit 1: Updated for the new story additions.
Edit 2: Edited in light of the Ho-Oh Legendary Event
Edit 3: Updated in response to Dawn’s addition to the game.
Edit 4: Adding one other detail that I felt should have been noted.
Edit 5: Updated in light of Serena’s addition. Also removed the fact that Calem’s dialogue is reflective of what he said as the rival since that ended up being true for both him and Serena.
Edit 6: Major Update.
Edit 7: Changed Red's section to reflect the rest of the entries and added info concerning Alola.
Edit 8: Updated Alola section with regard to new info.
Edit 9: Adding info pertaining to Howling Shield of Eternity.
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