@Dante___Sparda_@jayh810@OoCPokemon Origin is it own take of the gen 1 games and takes place in a separate canon like the Manga and Anime.
There is no official source that the events depicted in origins are THE exact events it just follow the basic story line of the Games with multiple changes.
@Dante___Sparda_@jayh810@OoCPokemon Ok but the Games isn’t based on Origins the Games Canon itself left it ambiguous.
Again we don’t know he even caught or keeps these legendaries as he’s never depicted to use them.
He didn’t get to use revives because canonically he didn’t use them in major battles.
@Dante___Sparda_@jayh810@OoCPokemon “Canonically” no he didn’t that only applies to the (Origins) in the games itself it’s made ambiguous.
Fair I guess but that doesn’t proof red canonically caught them.
That’s just head-canon nothing official imply this
I mean in SM where he went from 80’s to late 60’s-70’s.
@Dante___Sparda_@jayh810@OoCPokemon Nothing to suggest bro even caught or still has those legendaries since in HGSS their free in the wild for Gold to catch. (Red isn’t the type to legendary spam anyway).
“He could’ve” but he didn’t and still lost to the GOAT.
Also nothing to suggest he uses different mons.
@Dante___Sparda_@jayh810@OoCPokemon Same guy who did all that training just to get cleared by kids who started their journey a week ago btw.
His team somehow even lose levels in SM so the guy canonically falls off a bit after peaking at 14.
@Dante___Sparda_@jayh810@OoCPokemon Ash caught these mons like a month prior vs Leon’s who had them for years up to that point while keeping his World champ position against other champions 😭
@Dante___Sparda_@jayh810@OoCPokemon The anime itself suggests Leon’s team is stronger then ash’s without gimmicks if Leon’s base team > Ash’s base team and since ash’s team is lv 80 then it’s common sense that their on par or a higher level.
@Dante___Sparda_@jayh810@OoCPokemon Closest alternative doesn’t mean “same” they adapt characters from the games but they change their team’s , stories and strength to fit the narrative.
Otherwise Gary couldn’t make top 16 in the league with lvl 60 pokemon but was also somehow champion for 5 mins.
@Dante___Sparda_@jayh810@OoCPokemon Because Leon is literally THE world champion in the anime while in the games he just a regional champ who’s debatably stronger or weaker then the other champs. It’s made clear in the show that Leon’s Mon’s are THE strongest without gimmicks.