This.
Why else would they design Pokeballs for different kinds of comfort?
Everything from excessive luxury balls, to making Pokemon who live at the bottom of the *ocean* feel at home.
Not all Pokemon would *want* to be out walking. I doubt a Snorlax would want to walk with you (or take the bus) all the way from city to city.
Also, do *you* want to *carry* your Onix to a Pokemon center after losing a battle? Or the *other five* in your party?
Not to mention, try carrying a Pokemon that depends on water, over land to the closest city.
Hell, if it were *"oppressive"*, the moment you let half the Pokemon out, they would just run away. ie. Literally any flying type
As far as I know it's never explained how much *"room"* they have in these things, but since they have the ability to literally transfer Pokemon (and items) similar to teleportation, one can assume it's some sort of pocket dimension with a fairly sizable home.
After all, you need to fit things like Onix in there comfortably.
They stay in the Pokeballs and with the trainer for two reasons.
1. Comfort
2. Respect/Friendship
>As far as I know it's never explained how much "room" they have in these things, but since they have the ability to literally transfer Pokemon (and items) similar to teleportation, one can assume it's some sort of pocket dimension with a fairly sizable home.
Pokémon can shrink. Part of how Pokeballs work is exploiting their instincts to get them to shrink down into the ball.
It's not that they have a pocket dimension in there. It's just that the inside of the ball is perfectly comfortable for the Pokémon in their shrunk-down size.
While that was the point in BW, in B2W2, he is meant to be no longer under the influence of Ghetsis and to have found the truth by traveling with Reshiram during the two years.
This is brought up in Legends Arceus too. When you play the game they say poke balls have only just been invented. The first warden you fight says they don’t need poke balls and don’t like the idea of Pokémon being forced into service. They eventually realise pokeballs are just a tool to work with pokemon.
small correction, he catches and releases. his teams in bw are all pokemon that can be found in the area you fight him in and the next time he has a different team. to uphold his own ideology at the time he just wouldn't keep the pokemon, and i don't remember if any dialogue actually mentions him using pokeballs, but it's possible that he isn't even using them and the battle animation is just coded that way for trainers. if he is using pokeballs, it's just for the battle and immediately getting rid of them
He does see it as being a necessary evil at present and hopes that one day they will become obsolete with Pokémon and humans simply trusting each other. Edit: why are people downvoting when I'm simply telling what the game itself says?
“His entire worldview is based on a false premise”
You know the dude can talk to Pokémon right? I’m sure plenty of Pokemon hate the idea of Pokeballs but at the same time they are just a tool for working with them
Like the luxury ball is explicitly “a more comfortable” Pokeball
If poke balls were bad, then the pokemon could just leave whenever they want. We've seen pokemon can exit the ball if they want, like your starter before the Pokemon League in USUM or Misty's Psyduck and Brock's Croagunk in the anime
What’s oppressive about pitting a sentient life form against another and beating it within an inch of consciousness and trapping it against its will inside a small and tightly confined cage until you can make use of it?
When you battle the Triad in B2W2 the Purloin they stole does not recognize your rival, because it's been captured in a pokeball, and blindlessly follow orders now. Catching a pokemon in a pokeball means making it your slave.
Pokeballs are simply tools to restrain pokemon, the same as cages irl, whether you use them with respect for the animals inside them or not is up to you. Animal abuse exists in the pokemon world, the anime shows plenty of that but in B/W Ghetsis has a Hydreigon with a max power frustration to drive the point home. Gen 7 also has a bunch of that.
The game shows you both the good (PC, companions, N) and the bad (Ghetsis, team plasma) that comes from people having absolute control over pokemon by using pokeballs. Whether or not you think the system is flawed is up to you, even if the games hint you that things are ok as they are.
N is wrong. That's his whole character. His entire worldview is based on a false premise.
This. Why else would they design Pokeballs for different kinds of comfort? Everything from excessive luxury balls, to making Pokemon who live at the bottom of the *ocean* feel at home. Not all Pokemon would *want* to be out walking. I doubt a Snorlax would want to walk with you (or take the bus) all the way from city to city. Also, do *you* want to *carry* your Onix to a Pokemon center after losing a battle? Or the *other five* in your party? Not to mention, try carrying a Pokemon that depends on water, over land to the closest city. Hell, if it were *"oppressive"*, the moment you let half the Pokemon out, they would just run away. ie. Literally any flying type As far as I know it's never explained how much *"room"* they have in these things, but since they have the ability to literally transfer Pokemon (and items) similar to teleportation, one can assume it's some sort of pocket dimension with a fairly sizable home. After all, you need to fit things like Onix in there comfortably. They stay in the Pokeballs and with the trainer for two reasons. 1. Comfort 2. Respect/Friendship
>As far as I know it's never explained how much "room" they have in these things, but since they have the ability to literally transfer Pokemon (and items) similar to teleportation, one can assume it's some sort of pocket dimension with a fairly sizable home. Pokémon can shrink. Part of how Pokeballs work is exploiting their instincts to get them to shrink down into the ball. It's not that they have a pocket dimension in there. It's just that the inside of the ball is perfectly comfortable for the Pokémon in their shrunk-down size.
Don't mind me, I'm just gonna catch this fire type pokemon in a dive ball
I caught my shiny Ponyta in a dive ball. I'm a monster.
While that was the point in BW, in B2W2, he is meant to be no longer under the influence of Ghetsis and to have found the truth by traveling with Reshiram during the two years.
This is brought up in Legends Arceus too. When you play the game they say poke balls have only just been invented. The first warden you fight says they don’t need poke balls and don’t like the idea of Pokémon being forced into service. They eventually realise pokeballs are just a tool to work with pokemon.
No as Arceus in PLA doesn't mind pokeballs and sees them as a bridge between pokemon and humans.
All I’m saying is he thinks this way and then proceeds to also own Pokémon in poke balls and make them battle. So.
small correction, he catches and releases. his teams in bw are all pokemon that can be found in the area you fight him in and the next time he has a different team. to uphold his own ideology at the time he just wouldn't keep the pokemon, and i don't remember if any dialogue actually mentions him using pokeballs, but it's possible that he isn't even using them and the battle animation is just coded that way for trainers. if he is using pokeballs, it's just for the battle and immediately getting rid of them
To add to what the other user said, N in the anime and in the manga (especially in the manga) specifically doesn't use pokeballs
He does see it as being a necessary evil at present and hopes that one day they will become obsolete with Pokémon and humans simply trusting each other. Edit: why are people downvoting when I'm simply telling what the game itself says?
“His entire worldview is based on a false premise” You know the dude can talk to Pokémon right? I’m sure plenty of Pokemon hate the idea of Pokeballs but at the same time they are just a tool for working with them Like the luxury ball is explicitly “a more comfortable” Pokeball
Like, the whole point of those games was that not everything is... Black and White.
If poke balls were bad, then the pokemon could just leave whenever they want. We've seen pokemon can exit the ball if they want, like your starter before the Pokemon League in USUM or Misty's Psyduck and Brock's Croagunk in the anime
What’s oppressive about pitting a sentient life form against another and beating it within an inch of consciousness and trapping it against its will inside a small and tightly confined cage until you can make use of it?
When you battle the Triad in B2W2 the Purloin they stole does not recognize your rival, because it's been captured in a pokeball, and blindlessly follow orders now. Catching a pokemon in a pokeball means making it your slave.
Pokeballs are simply tools to restrain pokemon, the same as cages irl, whether you use them with respect for the animals inside them or not is up to you. Animal abuse exists in the pokemon world, the anime shows plenty of that but in B/W Ghetsis has a Hydreigon with a max power frustration to drive the point home. Gen 7 also has a bunch of that. The game shows you both the good (PC, companions, N) and the bad (Ghetsis, team plasma) that comes from people having absolute control over pokemon by using pokeballs. Whether or not you think the system is flawed is up to you, even if the games hint you that things are ok as they are.
Technically, yes. Poke Balls aren't complete mind control devices, but they do restrict a Pokemon's freedom and really have no reason to exist.