>>33488807Because it's a good feature for immersion, helping people bond with their Pokémon and make them feel less like tools for battle.
It's much better than the Amie/Refresh because that feature just feels like putting coins into an animatronic to make the thing play the same tired animation it's done a million times. Flavor text and having your Pokémon outside allows the imagination of autists such as myself to flourish.