>>50329593They act like innocent creatures. They exhibit those behavior in the anime and the games as a means to showcase the innocence and cuteness of the Pokémon. In Arceus the Pokémon behave in a fairly feral manner and this is even noted by NPCs. For example:
>At the end of the day, Pokémon are wild creatures. It’s normal for some to trust us and for others to treat us as enemies.Not only using the term wild creatures to describe Pokémon but also saying in no uncertain terms that these are creatures guided by instinct rather than rational, thinking beings. Of course there is a feral innocence to them, especially how they behave in their interactions with each other and the player like so:
https://mobile.twitter.com/envious_fairy/status/1490310776321679373Creatures who, except very few examples in the games, cannot communicate with you but they can with each other, who have others speak for them such as the NPC who tells you they want to be friendly and generally just being calm, eating hay and chilling in a pasture. Even when the game has them try to kill you it never paints it as a malicious act, indeed even Kamado is portrayed as being misguided even if he lost his wife and friends to wild Pokémon, you can't hold beasts accountable for acting like wild animals.
In guides meant to inform others they even say it themselves, Pokémon do not behave like humans nor do they talk and a lot of these guidelines are against humanizing Pokémon. It's all part of a carefully constructed imagem
