The Pokedex is suppose to be a hand-held electronic encyclopedia to help humans understand Pokemon by giving them detailed information instantly...but who goes through the trouble of writing it?
In Generation I, Oak states that he's too old and can't do it, but also stated earlier that out of all the Pokemon he had as a trainer, he only has three left(how he lost them is debatable.) Even if he made the Pokedex after losing most of his Pokemon, why didn't he, a POKEMON PROFESSOR, add all three 'Kanto Starters' into Pokedex before giving it to you and his grandson?
Now, we all know that the Pokedex, when you see a Pokemon, gives little data about it prior to catching it, and a catch gives two sentences and average stats for the Pokemon. Who actually writes it? Is it the Professor of the region or your character? With all the wild claims made within said entries, I'm inclined to belief it to be your character instead of a Pokemon expert of any kind. Some of the entries appear to be a child's imagination rather than a scientific observation, and some go so far as to state legends about them, such as Arcanine's first Pokedex stating it was popular in China. For a device that's suppose to be helpful...how could Arcanine's popularity in China be any help to a trainer in the field unless said trainer was looking for a good place to sell an Arcanine?
Also, how can the Pokedex be any help to a trainer if it requires you to capture the Pokemon first before giving you ANY information on it since you can make all those half-assed observations on your own? After Generation I, all Kanto based Pokemon should've been observed and documented for later generations. Even if some take place at the same time as Gen I, it should electronically communicate with some global database instead of being an offline unit who's only use is for a child to fill in the pages out of boredom.
It just seems to me that they could do a much better job at making the Pokedex a little more informative, which would make the Pokemon universe seem a little more 'lifelike' to me.
What's your opinion on this, other than the standard "lol it's a kid's game, stop eading too much into it" type of bullspit that adds nothing to the conversation. :D
In Generation I, Oak states that he's too old and can't do it, but also stated earlier that out of all the Pokemon he had as a trainer, he only has three left(how he lost them is debatable.) Even if he made the Pokedex after losing most of his Pokemon, why didn't he, a POKEMON PROFESSOR, add all three 'Kanto Starters' into Pokedex before giving it to you and his grandson?
Now, we all know that the Pokedex, when you see a Pokemon, gives little data about it prior to catching it, and a catch gives two sentences and average stats for the Pokemon. Who actually writes it? Is it the Professor of the region or your character? With all the wild claims made within said entries, I'm inclined to belief it to be your character instead of a Pokemon expert of any kind. Some of the entries appear to be a child's imagination rather than a scientific observation, and some go so far as to state legends about them, such as Arcanine's first Pokedex stating it was popular in China. For a device that's suppose to be helpful...how could Arcanine's popularity in China be any help to a trainer in the field unless said trainer was looking for a good place to sell an Arcanine?
Also, how can the Pokedex be any help to a trainer if it requires you to capture the Pokemon first before giving you ANY information on it since you can make all those half-assed observations on your own? After Generation I, all Kanto based Pokemon should've been observed and documented for later generations. Even if some take place at the same time as Gen I, it should electronically communicate with some global database instead of being an offline unit who's only use is for a child to fill in the pages out of boredom.
It just seems to me that they could do a much better job at making the Pokedex a little more informative, which would make the Pokemon universe seem a little more 'lifelike' to me.
What's your opinion on this, other than the standard "lol it's a kid's game, stop eading too much into it" type of bullspit that adds nothing to the conversation. :D
