>>50033886The Pokedex is a scam devised by the brilliant minds between Pokemon Researchers like Oak and Big Poke Ball.
All the data is pre-existing and only unlocks when the relevant Pokemon is captured, and as the years have shown, not every instance of the Pokedex offers a new tidbit of information either. It's the same research from years before or another region's. This is all common information the research collective have held for YEARS, maybe even literal decades for even common Pokemon since a lot of it is founded on ancient information from the likes of Laventon, but here's the thing.
The average person is ONLY ever going to capture 1-3 Pokemon in their entire life. Any more is too much commitment for them unless they go pro like an Ace Trainer and stick to it all the way to being a seasoned Veteran. This is bad business for Big Ball because it means despite how Pokemon-centric this world is, most people only need a few dozen Poke Balls for their entire lives.
But you know who will be catching everything they see without a second thought? Fledgling trainers fresh into independence. At first, the Pokedex wasn't distributed too heavily for obvious reasons: They needed to make sure this idea wound up lucrative, and that no one could crack the code.
Oak giving the Pokedex to Red and Blue was a test run to see just how committed a kid could be to catching all sorts of Pokemon (and in turn, buying a lot of Poke Balls) if you gave them incentive. And by god, it worked. The Pokedex gained a reputation of high acclaim and esteem, something that made you a "special" trainer.
So every future distribution of it would only boost its acclaim and get more kids spending more on Poke Balls, all the way up until Galar, the first time the Pokedex has ever been widely distributed thanks to Rotom Phones. ANYONE could be prestigious enough to find and download the Pokedex app, and be incentivized to go spending and catching to fill out their scavenger hunt-esque logs.
