>>46776282They've shown humans able to understand their pokémon's thoughs and feelings, Dr. Footstep can tell you complex thoughts your pokémon has concerning you the stringer your bond grows. They've shown they don't need to be able to speak the same language to be able to understand pokémon and yet people like you still insist they're stupid, dumb creatures who can't communicate, except in certain circumstances. Meowth is a Deus Ex Machina - they don't need to have all pokémon talk, when they have one to translate for others (tentacruel in the OS grabbing him and using him to talk to the people of the port it was smashing up), but if meowth is conversing with human-level intelligence with J&J, planning and is JUST a shitmon meowth all pokémon have that same capability and as they've already displayed, the greater the bond between trainer and pokémon, the easier it is for them to understand each other. At this stage, they dip in and out how well Ash can understand Pikachu depending on the lot, he knew exactly Pikachu's thoughts and feelings in contrast to Poipole until they met Mina, who's Ribombee was able to describe to Mina how it felt, so everyone could understand.