>Latias is highly intelligent and capable of understanding human speech
>Latios has the ability to make others see an image of what it has seen or imagines in its head. This Pokémon is intelligent and understands human speech.

>fairy tale girl says how 'she says she can talk to pokemon and people think she's weird

>people referring to their pokemon as 'it' even when crying over their grave in Mt Pyre

I know it's a game but I feel like the pokemon in the games are just animals, whereas in the anime etc they're very intelligent.

Maybe it's stuff lost in translation?

Am I being an autist or has anyone else noticed this?