>>12247093Time to cut in
As some other Anon pointed out, Gym Leader Drayden explained that pokéballs didnt exist during his youth days, and the only way of having pokémon was to befriend them, AND EVEN THEN IF THE POKÉMON GOT TIRED OF YOU, either by you being a douchebag or the pokémon being an asshole, SAID MON WOULD PACK ITS THINGS AND LEAVE
just like that
You could say: "But now they are caged in pokéballs and are only thrown out in order to fight other pkmn", but that means shit all if you look back and see many years of pkmn gladly obeying their trainers for battles when pokéballs didnt exist.
And let's not forget about those Sinnoh Myths, in between the ones with pokémon abuse and pokémon marriage, there is one that says that most, if not all, pokémon throw themselves to trainers that go through tall grass in hopings of bonding and helping said trainer
>ITT Shrekm8 ur cockfighting privilege, u socially retarded cis scum 