If we assume that's true, then it also stands to reason that the PCs/Pokeballs keep the pokemon comfortable and happy (and fed/watered/whatever), or else they wouldn't choose to stay in all the time. Newly captured pokemon might not have the luxury of coming out whenever, but I think for the most part the pokemon can choose whether or not to be in the pokeball. Then in the anime I believe you also have pokemon refusing to return into the pokeballs, and things like Misty's Psyduck who's always coming out on its own (and IIRC goes into the pokeball of its own free will). Then there's that one episode in the first Anime where the pokemon refuse to come out of their pokeballs to fight the diglett that are doing.something. Why? Well, the Eon Flute for one you can summon your respective Lati from wherever they happen to be at that time, be it PC, Pokeball, (and possibly release/trade/the pokemon storage thing (I forget the name)), whatever. The pokemon have to have some awareness of the world outside the PC /the pokeball while they're inside, and at least some of them can choose whether or not to be in the pokeball.

That tells me the Pokeball is just a carrying device while the PC is a system meant to take care of the Pokemon as well as store them for trainers.

Another factor to remember is that a Pokemon will retain any loss HP & PP and any status ailments it got yet when in the PC is cured of that. So when their with their trainer they're conscious enough to know what's going on (which would also explain why they're always ready for battle). So most of the time they're spending their time as a physical being or data, the energy state is just an intermediate form needed to do the transition.Īlso, when the Pokemon is traveling with their trainer they perfectly know what's going on, hence why some Pokemon pop out of their Pokeball by themselves (especially in HGSS when big Pokemon would go in and out of their Pokeball depending if there's enough room for them to follow you).

When sent into the Pokeball the Pokemon goes through a process of mass turned to energy and than energy into data. Click to expand.Hmm, I'd think for the most part the Pokemon stays whole, splitting their body and mind kind of sounds morally questionable.

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