>>17601923Well you see there's two things with that
>The design on the pokedoll is reminiscent of the old gen 1 monster sprite for certain types of pokemon (mostly beast) (whereas you had beast, aquatic, insect, flying)>The whole substitution was a tactical trick move in assorted combat arts to make the opponent attack what they think is the actual target, until it easily gives way and is something else. Most narutards will pick up on this with logs as logs of wood were sturdy to cut through and put up some resistance before they give away their true form (smoke and mirrors)>pokedolls are also a thing with the doll maniac, and one could argue weaboos wanting their pokemon to master ninja techniques would have to keep purchasing poke dolls>or for the even more morbid, imagine most of your pokedolls are actually coming from pokemon using the substitute technique.> there would be pokemon literally killing themselves in the doll factory to make your pokedolls 