Why can't Pokemon figure out how to use potions, revives,

>>28005321
No thumbs

>>28005321

Anime isn't canon.

>>28005321
Ok, so how do they buy them? they are poor as fucks, just like you OP

>>28005321
I'm kind of hoping they add an ability that lets them use them, sort of. Like have a Full Restore activate like a pinch berry. Just so long as stuff like Revives don't work, it would be pretty cool.

>>28005321
Pokemon need to be told what to do at any given moment in battle
They're not that smart

>>28005426

Game mechanics =\= actual lore

>>28005321
Because outside of the anime, potions are mainly used in combat, and having a cheap, easily gathered, high point healing item usable by Pokemon would upset combat balance

They clearly don't have thumbs and that nigga's unconscious, man.

>>28005321
Because Recycle anything@Max Revive is broken as all fuck

>>28005378
Pokemon can't use the held items in game.
The explanation in the games is that they're too complex

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>>28005514

Game mechanics =/= actual lore.

>>28005321
They probably actually reasonably can, but they're likely to waste or overuse them. If they're hurt, and they have the means to make themselves not hurt, the choice is pretty obvious, even if they're missing the equivalent of 20 HP and their held item restores 50.

>>28005585
fuck off richard

>>28005321
You name a pokemon with hands and you'll get your answer.

Can't do it, can ya?

>>28005321
Because it would make berries utter trash and worthless and GF doesn't want that

>>28005491
>using potions on fainted pokemon
they cant keep getting away with this

Potions are described as man-made, so I assume they're chemical, and as such would give off unnatural scent/taste. Animals don't like to get chemicals on themselves and actively resist taking medicine or supplements unless a human they trust is coaxing them into it, so I would think that a wild Pokemon would get a whiff of potion and think "fuck, that ain't part of the forest, I'm out of here before it hurts me". Ever used a spray bottle or aerosol around a pet and had it freak the fuck out because something is hissing and spitting at them? Living in a world where many types of Pokemon can throw poison/sleep powder or stun spore at you, and then expecting a wild creature to innately understand the difference between dangerous attacking spray and beneficial healing spray is kinda ridiculous.

I'm surprised there isn't an ability yet that allows a Pokemon to use man-made items in battle.

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>>28007770

Even has opposable thumbs.

>>28005321
>Why can't my dog figure out how to use a medicone on their own?
>it's so easy a ten year old can do it