>>39322950Which came first anon, the poke ball or the Voltorb?
>Ruby: Voltorb was first sighted at a company that manufactures Poké Balls. The link between that sighting and the fact that this Pokémon looks very similar to a Poké Ball remains a mystery.Klink is another example. In BW, prof Juniper mentions how there are no records of its existence prior to 100 years ago. Humans invented metal gears, they became widespread during the industrial revolution, and some time after a gear pokemon popped into existence.
So in most cases, the pokemon comes after the object. It just suddenly happens, and no one really knows why.
Maybe ancient civilizations figured it out. It would explain how they were able to create automaton pokemon out of clay like Golett and possibly Baltoy.
