dafuq Animals

[megaMasquerain]

I think that Pokemon created through man-made causes are rubbish (pun partly intended). I mean I can accept that they're formed, that's just science-fiction, but the fact that they're actually categorised as Pokemon is sort of stupid. If anything they should simply be animals, or have their own organism category.

^personal opinion

Actually none of the Pokemon I mentioned (Koffing, Trubbish, Grimer) are truly man-made. Grimer is created by moon-rays hitting sludge, Trubbish was formed through some sort of chemical reaction and from what I can gather, Koffing is naturally occurring. They just happen to resemble types of pollution.

Canonically the only man-made Pokemon are the Porygon line and (arguably) Mewtwo.

Also worth mentioning is the speculation that each evolution line is NOT its own species. "A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring." So according to this theory, there are around 15 species of Pokemon, not including Legendaries.



Off that tangent, I actually like Pokemon that resemble or use man-made objects. It's interesting to think - which came first? The Pokemon or the human invention?

"It is thought that Conkeldurr taught humans how to make concrete more than 2,000 years ago." - Conkeldurr's Black dex entry

"During the study of this POKéMON, it was discovered that its components are not found in nature." - Voltorb's Crystal dex entry


I'm not asking Game Freak to make a "MATURE" Pokemon game or a gritty reboot or anything but I would really like to see these questions explored.

Of course, I'm asking too much for a kid's game.