1. We will leave this to player discretion! Hovering/floating is perfectly fine, as is flopping around pathetically. We imagine the relief of getting to explore aquatic environments when they pop up would be incredible either way.
2. This has its own universe! There's significant overlap in lore and mechanics, and no direct confirmation of this (at least at the point of game start) so Pokemon canon characters are free to speculate that it's the same universe despite this. They may just recognize the relationships between Pokemon and humans indicates it's a less modern timeline than they may be used to.
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1. We will leave this to player discretion! Hovering/floating is perfectly fine, as is flopping around pathetically. We imagine the relief of getting to explore aquatic environments when they pop up would be incredible either way.
2. This has its own universe! There's significant overlap in lore and mechanics, and no direct confirmation of this (at least at the point of game start) so Pokemon canon characters are free to speculate that it's the same universe despite this. They may just recognize the relationships between Pokemon and humans indicates it's a less modern timeline than they may be used to.