>>55523600>Concept art is not canonYes, but my point was that it was an idea before Pokemon was even known as Pocket Monsters.
>Strategy guides are not canonExcept they consulted Gamefreak to create the lore within the 1996 Japanese strategy guide.
>The mangaAlso consulted Gamefreak before being created, which is why the Pokeballs are transparent.
>they never shrank despite it being useful, therefore it can't existBecause it's like puking to them. Only done in extreme, involuntary cases. Yeah sure, someone who meditates hard enough could do it, but that takes a special type of person to be able to have such great control over their body(ignoring the "jam finger in throat" approach)... Presumably, the same is true of Pokemon, considering minimize is a move which basically proves they can shrink.
Your argument is literally identical to "humans don't puke when fed poison, and therefore humans can't puke."