Partially averted in Electric Tale of Pikachu at least as I recall: I seem to remember Ash having to pass a test to get licensed as a pokemon trainer. Of course with just one test you can wield a pikachu...and gyarados, and ursaring, and salamence, and the anything else you want...
Byakugan01 said: Partially averted in Electric Tale of Pikachu at least as I recall: I seem to remember Ash having to pass a test to get licensed as a pokemon trainer. Of course with just one test you can wield a pikachu...and gyarados, and ursaring, and salamence, and the anything else you want...
Not to mention the fact that, apprently, in Pokeworld having a 5-6th grade education (appx.) is considered sufficent to "go out into the world" and live more or less on your own for months on end. I sure as hell wouldn't have been able to fend for myself at 10 (I knoew there are people who could, but in Pokeworld it must be the norm) Let's face it, if Pokemon were real in all probablity the only people who'd be allowed to raise and train them would be fully grown, heavily trined and certified adults who would probably need a seperate certification for each species. Okay maybe a few of the "pet based" species (meowth, growlithe etc) would be permitted but not neccecarily (I doubt as may parents would let thier kids have a dog if the dog could breathe fire) I also think that if Pokemon were real there'd be something equivalent to PETA, someone would start saying that capturing wild Pokemon and making them fight each other was animal cruelty.
Chochobakke said: Not to mention the fact that, apprently, in Pokeworld having a 5-6th grade education (appx.) is considered sufficent to "go out into the world" and live more or less on your own for months on end. I sure as hell wouldn't have been able to fend for myself at 10 (I knoew there are people who could, but in Pokeworld it must be the norm) Let's face it, if Pokemon were real in all probablity the only people who'd be allowed to raise and train them would be fully grown, heavily trined and certified adults who would probably need a seperate certification for each species. Okay maybe a few of the "pet based" species (meowth, growlithe etc) would be permitted but not neccecarily (I doubt as may parents would let thier kids have a dog if the dog could breathe fire) I also think that if Pokemon were real there'd be something equivalent to PETA, someone would start saying that capturing wild Pokemon and making them fight each other was animal cruelty.
Quoted for truth.
Indeed, if pokémon were real, they'd be at least as heavily regulated as weapons - and propably even more so, as many of them are not only every bit as dangerous as the average firearm, but also because they're living things with a fairly high degree of intelligence as well.
That, and there'd occasionally be incidents of pokémon attacking and killing people for whatever reason - some pokémon are active predators, and even the average RL farm animal is quite capable of seriously injuring a person (which still occasionally happens, as anyone who has ever worked on a farm will be able to tell you).
Hell, if it weren't for the cartoon physics applied in the games and especially in the animé, pokémon would regularly die or be crippled for life as a result of their battles.
In fact, there'd even be the occasional trainer who *deliberately* orders his pokémon to kill other peoples' pokémon, or even other trainers - which doesn't happen in the games nor in the animé because those take place in a 100% PG-rated world in which people simply won't get the idea to commit murder or any other serious crimes.
