How did they come into being?

Started by Hiatus June 27th, 2014 2:56 AM
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Hiatus

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This is a pretty simple question--how do you think Pokémon actually came into existence? Do you think, perhaps, they were real animals in the past, and certain events caused them to mutate? Would Arceus be involved, somehow, which wound up causing all this? Or rather, do you think it might've been Mew that had helped them bring them to life?

Let us know below, and make sure to state your reasoning!

Khoshi

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I think it all comes down to Darwin's theory of evolution and natural selection. It's the most logical reasoning I could come up with, and it works really well on the subject of Pokemon creation. They started off as normal animals, then evolved to suit their conditions. Like an elephant mutating to have armor-thick skin to eventually become what is now known as a Donphan.

Or perhaps, we could go the religious way. Arceus creating each and every Pokemon, with Mew perhaps being the sculptor. I see Arceus as god, and Mew as his head angel, in a way :P

Maybe theory is boring and the Pokeverse is too wacky to think so deeply about. It could be something as simple as
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Posted July 25th, 2014
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This gets asked rather frequently for a question was already answered in the series.

But I'll explain it again just because I can:

1. Arceus creates the universe along with Dialga, Palkia and Giratina.

2. Arceus creates Azelf, Uxie and Mesprit.

3. Earth comes into existance through unspecified means (likely created by Arceus) along Groudon, Kyogre and Rayquaza (and most likely Xerneas, Yveltal and Zygarde as well).

4. Regigigas comes into existance somehow and creates Regice, Regirock and Registeel.

5. Heatran was formed in a pool of lava during the formation of Stark Mountain and the Sinnoh region.

6. Carbink form from underground heat and pressure.

7. Deoxys came to Earth in a meteorite (Solrock and Lunatone as well as the Cleffa line were said to have come from space as well).

8. Every other (natural) pokémon descended from Mew.

9. Everything else was created by humans.

This all comes from a combination of pokédex descriptions and Bulbapedia's page on the history of the pokémon world.