>>34826901Finally someone.
Things that are game-cannon:
>Humans and Pokemon, according to Gen IV lore, used to be one and the same. At the very least, they used to have relations with each other. It is implied that this was in ancient times, and so the aforementioned "Pokemon" were what would have been Pokemon had the Poke Balls existed at the time.So, tecnically, pic related, pokemon are animals, in pokemon world.