Changes from canon

This is a page for clarity's sake - and for less confusion of those who have an outside understanding of Pokemon. This is an AU after all, so things are changed in different regards.

General

• Obligatory This Game Is Dark! warning. In its origins Pokeau was (and still is, to an extent) a way to cope with things, so themes not present in pokemon are in Pokeau. Namely death, violence, grief, and intensified criminal activity.
  • also double disclaimer while pokeau might contain these i promise i try not to overdo it - (almost) everyone ends up happy in the end dw
• Pokemon mostly stay true to how they are in canon, though there are albino and melanistic pokemon in addition to shinies - but that's it.

Lore

• Canalave library is dead to me and thrown entirely out of the window because humans came from Ultra Space here
• Actually I'm gonna be real I just threw a bunch of random pokedex entries that imply certain lore about certain pokemon completely out. like. sorry solrock but ur not from space
• Certain timeline events, notably the burning of the tin tower, take place at different times
• if something happened in canon and its never mentioned or at a wrong time theres a 99% chance its bc i forgot
• Literally everything about Ultra Space is different because I made it before USUM were even revealed so uhh sorry if you like ultra space i butchered it
• Gigantamax and dynamax have been retconned and worked into the system of mega evolution
• Legendaries on their own are a whole can of beans 

• Sinnoh and Hoenn are not directly referenced off of Japan
• Any canon gameverse maps have been thrown out the window also
• Spin-off locations do not exist, rest in peace orre
• Towns and routes are much larger/longer
• Regional pokedexes aren't fully true to the games

• Many character ages are altered/fluid - many of the protags are around 15 instead of 10, and certain characters age significantly over the course of the timeline (the biggest example being Cynthia who goes from like 18-60's)
• The following canon characters are very active in the AU, meaning they might be varying degrees of 'OOC':
  • Steven Stone, Cynthia, Wallace, Joeseph Stone, Giovanni, Cheren, Bianca, N, and Colress
    • and also zinnia but she's turned into 'the only thing keeping her from being an oc at this point is her name and design'
• The main protags (i.e. Hilbert, Hilda, May, Dawn, etc.) do not exist and instead are replaced by their region's corresponding protag, save for certain cases. Pokeau was and still is a retelling of the region's plot, and the protags replace that role.