Why is there a 6 Poke limit in the poke world?

Rodriguezjames55 said:

the manga said that six is easier to disrepute love evenly anime well electric hits ground

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It is true. It is clearly stated that:

Originally Posted by Professor Oak
"ELM, DON'T JUST BURY YOURSELF IN YOUR RESEARCH. YOU SHOULD AT LEAST KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE POKéMON WORLD. IF ONE BRINGS ALONG 7 OR 8 POKéMON, OR EVEN 20 TO 30 POKéMON, THAT IS JUST CARRYING THEM AROUND. BUT IN THIS CASE, IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO SHOWER EACH POKéMON WITH THE LOVE AND CARE THEY NEED. ONLY RESEARCHERS LIKE US LOOK FORWARD TO COLLECTING AS MANY POKéMON AS POSSIBLE. ANY TRAINER WITH 7 TO 8 POKéMON IS NOT WELL-LIKED. THAT IS WHY EVEN IN THE POKéMON LEAGUE, THERE'S THE OFFICIAL RULE THAT EVERY TRAINER CAN ONLY USE 6 POKéMON.

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In the Manga too, electric hits ground. (Pikachu used Thunderbolt on Nidoqueen)

Tarje said:

I think u should be able to be befriend pokemon in certain areas like a ranger does so hms weren't need all the time instead of catch befriend

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Now there's a good idea! :badsmile:

Well, the line should be drawn somewhere, you can't just have 20 Pokémon with you, and apart from that, they're just staying true to the game. It would be strange if you could have 7 or 8 in the anime, but 6 in the game, that'd arise more questions than the way it is now I think.

Kirbychu said:

Didn't the manga say the law was in place to ensure that each one of the trainer's Pokemon was getting proper attention or something like that? I'll go with that.

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Yeah, it was something about how if there were more than 6 Pokémon on a team, then not all the Pokémon would be getting the right level of attention and how 6 was the optimal number. Which makes sense really because you couldn't really give attention to 50 Pokémon at a time.

Kirbychu said:

Didn't the manga say the law was in place to ensure that each one of the trainer's Pokemon was getting proper attention or something like that? I'll go with that.

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Yeah that was the reasoning the manga gave, which I think is perfectly fair.

Other than that it's also just to keep battles fair and balanced as well, and it keep an element of strategy as well - if you could carry however many you pleased, you don't need to worry about strategy as much since you could just switch to another Pokemon.

Or something like that.

It's so that the team can be balanced. Too many Pokemon at a time can ruin screentime for others.