There’s an interesting theory that stems from the electric gym leader Lieutenant Surge. When you challenge him, he says “Hey Kid! What do you think you’re doing here?...I tell you what kid, electric Pokemon saved me during the war!” And in the movie lucario and the mystery of mew there is a moment shown where pokemon and humans are fighting side by side. So we know that there was a war in Kanto, your father died and your rival lost his parents. It seems that the gen 1 games start shortly after this war.
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