Poachers

pokeball - they go at will
poacher - they don't

A poacher catch already caught pokemon...

>>25810916

A Pokémon Trainer (Japanese: ポケモントレーナー Pokémon Trainer) is a person who catches, trains, cares for and battles with Pokémon. The majority of people within the known Pokémon world are Trainers.

I imagine it's sort of like the difference between hunting animals and poaching them.

It's all a conspiracy set up by the big pokeball companies

People used to catch pokemon without pokeballs all the time back in the day, but that doesn't rake in the money

Why do you think pokeballs fail all the time? They want you to lose them and buy more

As long as you capture it with a pokeball, it's legal.

>>25810916

Generally speaking, poachers are people who don't use pokeballs to catch Pokemon and abuse them outside of battles by keeping them in poor living conditions until they can be sold to prospective buyers. It should be noted that buying and selling Pokemon does not seem to be illegal in and of itself, so long as the Pokemon being used as "merchandise" are treated properly.

>>25811013
So is that why they come up with some bullshit conspiracy to stop mass production of Master Balls?

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A pokéball is an intimate promise
>not holding your balls close to your heart

>>25811112
If those were quads, that statement would be true.

Why do Master Balls exist?

>>25810931
They go at will? You have to beat it close to death or paralyse it to have a decent chance of catching it.

>>25811707

True, but canonically Pokemon can leave their pokeballs whenever they want. It's not like an electrified cage, which is what poachers tend to use. Pokemon stay with trainers because they WANT to, because something about being defeated and captured in a pokeball (or apricorn, or whatever) creates a bond between them.

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>>25811783
>Pokemon stay with trainers because they WANT

>wowee I've been caught from the wild and somehow digitized and stored in a PC
>I sure can't wait to sit here forgotten for months if not years!

>>25811320
military grade, not for civilian use

>>25811013
speaking of, how do they get the balls back when they throw them to let them out in a battle?

>>25811830
they bounce

>>25811810

Not sure if it's ever implied otherwise in the games, but in the animated universe boxed Pokemon are let out periodically to stretch their limbs. I think it'd be pretty cool if they had a big pasture attached to one of the regional professor's labs to showcase this in the games as well.

>>25810916
Poachers don't follow game mechanics

>>25811926
How come some of the capture methods the poachers use aren't in the games?

>>25810916
Trainers usually befriend Pokemon.

Poachers forcefully capture them, are cruel to them, and sell them to the highest buyer

>>25812226
So whats the difference between using your pokemon to hurt them and forcefully capturing them?

>>25811810
>Pokemon Bank is a living museum.
>No zoo is this cruel.
All you idiots that want to be a pokemon, here's your fate. Long term storage.

>>25812177

Pokemon battling Pokemon is part of the natural order, and pokeballs are a comfortable and humane way to contain Pokemon that they can freely leave at will.

People hurting Pokemon with firearms or explosives and then containing them in electrified cages (See: Lawrence III from the second Pokemon movie) is an affront to that order and causes the Pokemon unnecessary physical and psychological harm.

>Long ago, when Sinnoh had just been
>made, Pokémon and humans led
>separate lives.
>That is not to say they did not help
>each other. No, indeed they did.
>They supplied each other with goods,
>and supported each other.
>A Pokémon proposed to the others
>to always be ready to help humans.
>It asked that Pokémon be ready to
>appear before humans always.
>Thus, to this day, Pokémon appear
>to us if we venture into tall grass.

There's also another in-game legend about a young swordsman that may explain why people use Pokemon instead of weapons to fight other Pokemon.

>>25812413
Doesn't one of the books also imply people and mons fucks? Non-cannon furfags fuck off reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

>>25812177
Because they don't follow game mechanics

>>25810916
Trainers catch Pokémon to raise as pets or compete in sporting events.

Poachers sell Pokémon (or even just a part of a Pokémon) on the black market.

>>25814920
>the games, the source material aren't canon

I'm replying to b8 but this is just in case some dumbfuck believes it