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[–] [email protected] 116 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

...this implies they have a cardboard box full of Arceus, the Pokemon God

[–] Kernal64 90 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What's wrong with that? This is the same world where a 10 year old can force a legalized cockfight with exotic animals they've trained in order to capture said god themselves, at which point the god will do their bidding and fight other exotic animals on the kid's behalf. And all without parental supervision! This comic seems just as plausible as anything else that happens in this world.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That puts it fully into perspective. My partner and I like to discuss how messed up that world is, but we tend to focus on the darker side of cannibalism.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As opposed to the light-hearted, fun side of cannibalism?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

What's a little nibble among friends.

[–] [email protected] 95 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

So you're telling me to fill my pokedex, I just had to rob a pokecenter?

[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Team Rocket don't know this secret.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Team Rocket tried to hold up a PokeCenter in episode 2!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And in the porygon episode (sort of)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

That was more like a DDoS attack, but yeah.

[–] lurch 26 points 2 weeks ago

Found Team Rocket

[–] [email protected] 67 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Original comic, since the posted copy is infested with jpeg

https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/hotspital

Also, it was extremely easy to find the original one on their site. Would be nice if people who shared this stuff on Lemmy spent just a little time to get a higher quality copy.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

They'd have to store one for each level and possible ability combinations.

I don't know enough about Pokémon to even try and guesstimate that number.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It's even more than that since you can improve attacks with more AP, two Pokémon of the same level can also have wildly different stats depending on different factors, there are also genders, passive abilities, etc.

Also what about legendary Pokémon? Are they having hundreds of different versions of literal gods in each of those?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Probably those are generically engineered blueprint Pokemon, which they can quickly adjust to lvl and settings

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Could be, but once you start involving genetic engineering, you probably can also just heal the Pokémon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

It probably just boiles down to costs. Our economy mostly favors reproducing over repairing.

[–] zalgotext 1 points 2 weeks ago

Functionally, what's the difference between "healing" a Pokemon vs. using their genetic makeup and organic matter to biologically 3d print a fully healthy clone?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Everything is a ditto

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

nothing gets past the council of pedants!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Not to mention name?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

There is a giant factory breeding operation going behind the scenes.

Why else do you think they can afford to serve Slowpoke tail in restaurants?

[–] mindbleach 1 points 2 weeks ago

Levels and abilities aren't real. You're just a kid who can only remember four things they're supposed to do.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You realise that this game is fiction, right?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

You sound really fun.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] blockheadjt 6 points 2 weeks ago

That's just what Katie Tiedrich's face looks like.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This implies they have multiple legendary Pokemons and multiple magikarps in multiple masterballs because that's how I roll.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Blain's island missingno. glitch for the win. Gotta get Lapras too.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago

I always heal my pokemons twice to be sure

[–] Mouselemming 9 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

I don’t see a monetary incentive for this, my bet is they sell the experienced ones as a perverted snack for the ultra rich who enjoy eating the children’s pets.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

I'm cool with that but let me get one with better IVs

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Slugma nuts

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Slugma ballz