>>42254780I mean, look at dragon quest rocket slime, star, makai kingdom ocean or maybe even Arc the lad.
You see various races of being doing various things within that world and just not allocated to just battle.
>Alakazam has an institute of research for improving the quality of life of pokemon and humans>Machamps have a moving service or dojo somewhere>Maybe a pokemon anatagonist that's actually pulling the strings?Instead they are just enemies on the field or things to be used in battle, not doing anything for the story or progression of the plot.
We've seen this in other games, this isn't anything absurd.
