Current Events > How did humanity get through tall grass before pokeballs were invented?

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Did they just go in knowing they might not reach the other side?

I've not played it, but I feel like I've read that part of the plot of that Arceus game is that towns tend to be somewhat isolated because there's giant fuck-off Pokemon all over the place.

It was like the scene from The Lost World where they all try to run through the tall grass

Assuming you somehow tamed your own Pokemon, you would have to faint all others you encounter.

Were pokeballs ever invented or did they just exist in perpetuity like the universe itself?

Did you not play Pokmon Arceus Legends?

thronedfire2 posted...

It was like the scene from The Lost World where they all try to run through the tall grass

That makes the tall grass and visualizing playing as pokemon quite terrifying

Now I'm imagining the Lost World scene, but everyone's being eaten by Drowzees and Munchlaxes.

They threw fruit Pokeballs known as Apricorns at them.

BurmesePenguin posted...

Were pokeballs ever invented or did they just exist in perpetuity like the universe itself?

I'm not sure how long they've existed but if we take the Anime, then we know two things

1. Pokeballs used to be made from Apricots until technology advanced. One guy still makes them that way to get different kinds
2. Pokeballs have advanced over the years. Pokemon 4 Ever (I think that's the one with Celebi anyway) shows a young boy using an antique form of pokeball in the past that required turning a screw.

That said, it's questionable how they've worked over time because they apparently turn the pokemon into energy. Which raises further questions that I'm too tired to ponder.

Crazyman93 posted...

I'm not sure how long they've existed but if we take the Anime, then we know two things
1. Pokeballs used to be made from Apricots until technology advanced. One guy still makes them that way to get different kinds
2. Pokeballs have advanced over the years. Pokemon 4 Ever (I think that's the one with Celebi anyway) shows a young boy using an antique form of pokeball in the past that required turning a screw.
That said, it's questionable how they've worked over time because they apparently turn the pokemon into energy. Which raises further questions that I'm too tired to ponder.

Something Something, the pokemon naturally condense into that smaller form, and that's what gave them the idea to use apricorns and the anime one that needed the spoon or whatever

itachi15243 posted...

Something Something, the pokemon naturally condense into that smaller form, and that's what gave them the idea to use apricorns and the anime one that needed the spoon or whatever

Yeah, this is really a good one to fire the Mystery Science Theater 3000 mantra off on.

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Foppe posted...

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lmao

I know in Arceus, you get murdererated by giant alpha pokemon if you arent careful

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it's stupid that weak af pokemon will attack you in the game. you should get lowered encounter rate

Did humans used to hunt/eat Pokemon? Did ancient humans use spears to take down Mamoswine (had to look up if there was a mammoth Pokemon equivalent)? Do guns exist in Pokemon? Are there rednecks who hunt Stantlers and take pics of them on spread out on their trucks? Oooh, have redneck Pokemon trainers if they don't already!

Southernfatman posted...

Did humans used to hunt/eat Pokemon?

They still do.

Southernfatman posted...

Do guns exist in Pokemon?

Yes.

They don't. That's why people nowadays tend to say "touch grass" as a form of insult.

Southernfatman posted...

Did humans used to hunt/eat Pokemon?

Yes, the Pokedex is filled with it.
Nacli produced rock salt that humans eat.
Toedscool is described as having flaps that fall from its body, which are chewy and very delicious.
Veluza discards its spare flesh to boost its agility, which regenerates, so it's not an issue for Veluza. The spare flesh is described as having a mild but delicious flavor.
Klawf's claws are used for cooking.
Shuckle hides under rocks, keeping its body concealed inside its shell while eating stored berries. The berries mix with their body fluids to become juice. Shuckle's juice is delicious.
There's a rather suspicious curry dish that resembles Kingler in Pokemon Sword and Shield.
Barraskewda makes a nice meal.
Gabite's scales can be ground up and used in medicinal powders.
Appletun has skin on its back that is especially yummy, which children used to have as a snack.
In Pokemon Gold & Silver, Team Rocket infamously hacks off Slowpoke tails in Azalea Town, because it taste great.
Chansey eggs are extremely delicious.
Farfetch'd is iconic in the Kanto Region for being a very delicious duck when cooked alongside its leek.
Cherubi is "sweet and tasty."
Sharpedo used to be endangered due to its dorsal fin being considered a delicacy to many.
Crabrawler has boxing glove-like pincers that don't have too much meat inside them. However, the meat that is inside is considered delicious. Alolans are waltzing down shorelines, ripping pincers off of Crawbrawlers.
Basulin is a "common food source" and "meat of red-striped Basculin is on the fatty side".
Seadra are just kind of being killed to make different medicines.
Clauncher's pincers fall off over time and they taste great.
Crawdaunt is known to have been feasted upon in the past. Until it evolved a terrible smell.

Southernfatman posted...

Did humans used to hunt/eat Pokemon?

Yes of course. Some of the dishes in the most recent Pokemon, Scarlet and Violet, literally use pokemon ingredients as part of the recipe. Like the crab pokemon as an ingredient for the paella

Dakimakura posted...

Did you not play Pokmon Arceus Legends?

They still use pokeballs in that game

I find all that interesting. I'm one who never went past Gen II and forgot about the Slowpoke tails.