>>55431788Pokeballs manufactured with Apricorns were a new invention in Legends Arceus, set around the late 1800s (the main building is supposed to be the pokemon version of the Former Hokkaidō Government Office built in 1873.) In addition Gold and Silver had an old craftsman who would take Apricorns and build special Pokeballs.
That super early Pokedex that was never translated from Japanese officially set the creation of modern Pokeballs after 1925
What he could be talking about is a time when you couldn't just run down to the local Pokemart and pay 100 Pokedollars for a Pokeball. There doesn't have to be some larger meaning behind it.
