The world used to be normal. It’s now 2050. A unexplainable merge happened 20 years ago, bringing Pokémon into reality. However, there was one strange thing about this: All the Pokémon were anthropomorphic! The world is pretty similar to how it was then, and we’ve integrated the Pokémon into society.

Now to get back on track.

You’re walking a mountainous trail, when you spot a minor landmark, a traditional Japanese samurai dojo with a yellow roof. You wonder if anybody lives there.