>>47696637And that's told to you via a man. Maybe he's telling us why they think in an anthropomorphic way so we better understand them. It's not being told to you directly from a Pokemon.
>>47697449And even Pokemon intelligence is tricky because of the way Pokemon are depicted through the franchise. We can say for sure those the Pokedex claims are intelligent, well, are intelligent but what does Pokemon intelligence mean? It's not like with Dragonite which is very clear they have human-level intelligence. How smart is Lapras or Ninetales?
The games don't depict most common Pokemon as being bright. There's two talking Oranguru in the games including one that acts as a headmaster but when he speaks to you he speaks in short, caveman-like sentences. Remember that Oranguru is one the most intelligent Pokemon according to the Pokedex. Other Pokemon, when it comes to language, seem to AT BEST pick up on a few words and their meaning. In short you can't really tell on average how intelligent pokemon are, typing doesn't matter either, and even those are stated to be intelligent how does that stack up compared to your average human being.
