>>58315195Interesting. If that's the case, then there should be modern versions (assuming the colored Apricorns are those domesticated variants) in Sinnoh, which isn't the case. Or there are replacements that aren't used for Pokéball production and therefore aren't mentioned.
>>58315247The anime-ones are. In other media (games, manga, etc.), they are plain and simple Gachapon balls, with no electronics.
>>58315696There is no official answer to that, they are arbitrarily set up as a resource for early pokeballs. According to that one ancient guidebook, regarding the pokeball's history, you could basically take any container in any shape (e.g. glasses case) and use it to store [spouler]shrunken[/spoiler:lit] pokemon.
