>>41237615Pokemon is inconsistent about these things. There's an old Treeko in the anime but most of the time the only sign of aging Pokemon show is evolution. Like with their hair
>>41225722, Pokemon is weird because they all have to stay on-model with very few exceptions.
So either the rest of the series is just using the on-model design as shorthand, and if Pokemon were real they'd look varied, or Pokemon are really supposed to all look like perfect ageless clones of one another.