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    Default Re: Pokemon In Forgotten Realms

    Quote Originally Posted by Tvtyrant View Post
    I prefer to believe the Pokedex is a sentient AI that is preventing humanity from realizing how things really work so it spews out fake entries.
    By Sun and Moon (the games) it's literally possessed by a ghost. And the games have examples of screwball computer tech going back to Red and Blue. (Remember Bill's transporter accident?) So your belief is... well-founded.

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    Chimera

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    Default Re: Pokemon In Forgotten Realms

    Quote Originally Posted by Traab View Post
    Thats a little unlikely, Im not sure how it works in the manga but in the us anime at least, ash is not using the pokedex to write down his observations, but to basically get the info on everything he stumbles across. My outlook is, the pokedex is used as both an encyclopedia of pokemon knowledge for new trainers, but also is used to discover new species. If Ash were to scan an unknown new pokemon, they would have a general description of what it looks like and where he was when he saw it, and then an actual researcher could go out and gather info on it. The vast majority of pokemon are already known, but the researches are aware that its a big world and there is always the chance to find something new. I look on the "fill up the pokedex" as a challenge to the boys themselves, not because its needed for research. Basically, "Dont just make a beeline along the roads from gym to gym, explore and see what you can find out there."

    Its possible the initial descriptions were written by kids, but we also know there are fully adult pokemon professors out there who research all pokemon to learn about them. If blastoise couldnt actually shoot water through steel, you would think the researchers would realize that and amend the entry to be accurate.
    See that's the difference between the anime, the manga, and the games, in the manga not everybody has pokedexs, Oak only ever made so many and he only gives them out to people he trusts to fill them out. Also the manga, which is generally considered to be pretty close to the games universe wise, or at least closer than the anime which is super off base, shows an intense lack of knowledge about pokemon in the beginning, just like in the games. As the series progresses and the Pokedex holders continue to fill stuff in more info is added, but the point stands that there are massive gaps between what is actually known and what is just guess work and legends, mostly because it's hard to tell what a trainer raising a pokemon changes for it, and how leveling in the wild on it's own might create differences, especially because pokemon behaviors change from what they are naturally after being captured.

    Obviously this isn't 100% how it is in the games but like I said it's much closer to the games than the anime and generally follows the games story lines where the anime is a much different universe. The Manga are also alternate universes(because sun and moon) but they're closer to the games seeing as they actually use levels and the same main characters.

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    DrowGuy

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    Default Re: Pokemon In Forgotten Realms

    Quote Originally Posted by moonfly7 View Post
    See that's the difference between the anime, the manga, and the games, in the manga not everybody has pokedexs, Oak only ever made so many and he only gives them out to people he trusts to fill them out. Also the manga, which is generally considered to be pretty close to the games universe wise, or at least closer than the anime which is super off base, shows an intense lack of knowledge about pokemon in the beginning, just like in the games. As the series progresses and the Pokedex holders continue to fill stuff in more info is added, but the point stands that there are massive gaps between what is actually known and what is just guess work and legends, mostly because it's hard to tell what a trainer raising a pokemon changes for it, and how leveling in the wild on it's own might create differences, especially because pokemon behaviors change from what they are naturally after being captured.

    Obviously this isn't 100% how it is in the games but like I said it's much closer to the games than the anime and generally follows the games story lines where the anime is a much different universe. The Manga are also alternate universes(because sun and moon) but they're closer to the games seeing as they actually use levels and the same main characters.
    And don't forget anime logic.
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