>>55795527He just didn't care about them. One moment he says they're like dogs getting mad at each other, the next he says they're like the beetles he found under rocks. This is because it doesn't matter what they are. His game was about recreating the feeling of running around in semi-rural Japan as a child. The Pokemon never really mattered to him and were merely a plot device. That's why when people try to define what Pokemon are or what they should be, they should take what Tajiri says with a grain of salt.
