Pokémon (species): Difference between revisions

I hope this is well worded enough. BTW, one could say that within the canon of Back to the Future, Marty McFly did invent Johnny B. Good
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The anime has given a more in-depth history of human interaction with Pokémon than is given by the games: [[Poké Ball]]s, for example, have not existed forever, and are in reality an apparently recent development, with one owned by a young [[Professor Oak]] being shown to be vastly different than ones used in modern times.
The anime has given a more in-depth history of human interaction with Pokémon than is given by the games: [[Poké Ball]]s, for example, have not existed forever, and are in reality an apparently recent development, with one owned by a young [[Professor Oak]] being shown to be vastly different than ones used in modern times.


Prior to the invention and mass-production of Poké Balls, people tended to use hollowed-out [[Apricorn]]s, native to the [[Johto]] region, to capture Pokémon, while even further back, Pokémon were not known as "Pokémon" at all, but as "magical creatures" (Japanese: 魔獣 ''majuu''). In these times, Pokémon were apparently feared because of their powers, sometimes so great that the most powerful of these monsters [[legendary Pokémon|passed into legend]] and were often seen as {{wp|deity|deities}} in their own right.
Prior to the invention and mass-production of Poké Balls, people tended to use hollowed-out [[Apricorn]]s, native to the [[Johto]] region, to capture Pokémon, while even further back, Pokémon were not known as "Pokémon" at all, but as "magical creatures" (Japanese: 魔獣 ''majuu''). In these times, Pokémon were apparently feared because of their powers, sometimes so great that the most powerful of these monsters [[legendary Pokémon|passed into legend]] and were often seen as {{wp|deity|deities}} in their own right.  Interestingly, according to the [[canon]] of the anime, {{Ash}} and {{ashfr|his friends}} seem to have invented the term "Pokémon", as they were referred to as magical creatures before their intervention in the past during [[Arceus and the Jewel of Life]]. This, however, creates an {{wp|ontological paradox}}, as they were only aware of the term due to its wide use in their time.


[[Category:Pokémon meta]]
[[Category:Pokémon meta]]