Do most Pokemon have their powerscaling come from the mainline games, the anime, the manga, or are they all composites?

[Ayewale]

I can't really identify the source of the power levels for the majority of Pokemon on this site, and I very often see it bounce between the manga, the anime and the games. It's super confusing. So I wanted to ask which of these are actually utilized.

 

[WeeklyBattles]

Composite

 

[Ayewale]

Aren't the games, manga and animes all in completely different canon? And aren't composite versions of characters usually banned except when used in specific matchups?

 

[WeeklyBattles]

I would message Cal about this as he would be able to explain it better than me but the short answer to both of those questions is no

 

[Ayewale]

Well, okay. Sorry for the question, it's just that it was always extremely confusing to me, especially since most characters with composite versions actually have a 'Composite' version of themselves. I'm not 100% confident, but unless it's a wiki-accepted fan theory I thought there would be plenty of proof to seperate the Pokemon games canon from the manga and anime.

 

[Ayewale]

It's also because on Bulbapedia it's stated that the manga, anime and games have different canon. And the VSBW does link to Bulbapedia as a source of info.