>>12056143IDK, uh...
Lets say that biological warfare was pioneered to harness genetically modified superanimals to fight in place of humans. Something went horribly wrong, yadda yadda, shit went down.
Now, it is no longer man's world. It is a world ruled by monsters. Isolated towns are separated by forests, caves and waist-high fields carpeted with vicious beasts. Humanity's only hope for survival is the development of technology for converting these engineered lifeforms into digital content. This conversion allows them to be tamed and wielded in combat, earning them the nickname among some of "pocket monsters".
But this isn't all good news; the wastes once merely filled with wild beasts are now infested with bands of tamers and trainers that attempt to ambush travelers, use their pokemon to assault them, and steal their belongings.
And then I guess something about the pokemon league being created to address this and just turning into a vessel for legitimating and perpetuating it? Hell, IDK.