Artificial Pokemon Creation

[Devalue]

Created some Pokemon artificially, such as Mewtwo, Porygon, and Golett. Usually glosses over (intentional) creation by saying it was made with science. (Specified Porygon to be made through computer code, though.) Held the ability to do so for a long time, as evidenced by Golett (ancient times) and Magearna (500 years ago). How do you think people go about it?
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Guesses on an accident as the origins for creation. Witnessed a clay pot get struck by lightning. Turned into Golett. Tried to replicate that by placing clay pots in places that would be struck by lightning.

Uses a similar method for Type: Null. Stuffs a bunch of creatures into a pod. Blasts them with doses of radioactive energy. Eventually results in a living mutant with enough attempts.

Likens it to how superheroes come to be. Began as a normal person. Wandered into some cosmic rays or got bitten by a weird spider. Altered their body.

 

[Lunastra]

Well, a lot of the greatest scientific discoveries were made entirely by accident or whilst looking for something else, so I'd say accidental discovery and/or a slow process of trial and error probably explains the majority of artificially-created Pokemon.

I have to wonder how Team Plasma managed to create Genesect, though. It was revived from a Fossil, which is a science that has been around since the first generation, so that's not too out there, but how did they modify it to be what it is now? How many did they need to revive before it reached its current state? What did it look like before they started messing with it? I can't imagine they just revived a single one, plonked the cannon on its back, covered it in armour, and then called it a day. Pokemon has always played fast and loose with its technology, but Genesect is significantly more advanced than pretty much anything else, it's kind of on the same level as the future Paradox Pokemon in terms of the technology you'd need to create something like that.

I wonder how the Hoenn scientists at the Weather Institute created Castform, too. It's an amorphous blob so I'd assume they might have used Ditto as a base - and if that theory about Ditto being a failed clone of Mew holds up, that'd give them a basis for their research - but how did they get it to change form in response to the weather...and why doesn't it react to Sandstorm? The Pokedex entries also imply that Castform gained the ability to protect itself depending on the weather, suggesting it was made accidentally, so there's a bit of a contradiction in its origins as well.