Kriegsaffe No. 9
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Now this is a topic I'm quite fond of. The science of Pokeballs has been discussed before, but I'm rather speculative as to the origins of the Pokeball itself. Here's my personal guess at how Pokeballs developed.
There are at least two ancient ruins in the various islands and nations associated with the Pokemon games, and more than that in the TV show. Given that the TV show depicted an ancient and gigantic Pokeball, and that Pokemon were interacted with in the past, I presume that the Pokeball is a fairly ancient piece of work. The earliest Pokeballs, of course, were made from apricorns.
Envision aboriginal residents of Jhoto hollowing out the shell of an apricorn, ritually preparing the innards with the starmetal of the gods, ready to prove their worth in capturing the wild spirits roaming in the tall grass.
Exactly how were Pokeballs discovered? A suggestion: semi-intact Pokemon eggs are lined with metals commonly found on the island. A shaman in the murky past notes these metals, hollows out an apricorn (a round nut closely approximating a Pokemon egg in shape), arranges shaped metal in the ball, and throws one at (say) a Weedle. He presumes that sympathetic magic will trick the beast into crawling back into its shell. To his mild surprise, it works--the arrangement turns the Pokemon into its component energy and stores it within a comfortable, womblike state.
Of course, the array isn't perfect; it takes centuries before the apricorn Pokeball is perfected, and makeshift and unwieldy stopgaps are used from time to time. (E.G. the giant stone Pokeball to ensnare a giant Pokemon.) Modern Pokeballs produced by Silph and similar make use of modern plastics and machine-stamped, electronically-augmented innards, allowing general-issue Poke-, Great-, and Ultraballs that lack the strange "flavor" inherent in every apricorn Pokeball. For a time, "traditional" Pokeballs fell out of favor for their quirky nature and long preparation time. This changed so-and-so years ago, and so apricorn Pokeballs have recently come into favor for their unique applications in certain circumstances and for their value as unique collectables. Certain companies have even produced modern versions of apricorn balls--such as the Net, Dive, and Dark Ball--through various means, from unique ball construction to different arrays of interior metal to supplements such as medicines or photosensitive capture arrays.
This approach to the history of Pokeballs would explain some other mysteries re: what Pokeballs are like--for instance, a Pokemon in a Pokeball feels safe and comfortable as if in its egg again, which would explain why something you just beat up and captured is receptive to getting to know you better. A Luxury Ball, we can presume, captures the experience precicely, and feeds into the higher-brain-functions of the Pokemon, satisfying it in more complex ways as well.
Hmm... I've got no way to transition to an ending, so let's just cut it right here. How's the idea sound?
There are at least two ancient ruins in the various islands and nations associated with the Pokemon games, and more than that in the TV show. Given that the TV show depicted an ancient and gigantic Pokeball, and that Pokemon were interacted with in the past, I presume that the Pokeball is a fairly ancient piece of work. The earliest Pokeballs, of course, were made from apricorns.
Envision aboriginal residents of Jhoto hollowing out the shell of an apricorn, ritually preparing the innards with the starmetal of the gods, ready to prove their worth in capturing the wild spirits roaming in the tall grass.
Exactly how were Pokeballs discovered? A suggestion: semi-intact Pokemon eggs are lined with metals commonly found on the island. A shaman in the murky past notes these metals, hollows out an apricorn (a round nut closely approximating a Pokemon egg in shape), arranges shaped metal in the ball, and throws one at (say) a Weedle. He presumes that sympathetic magic will trick the beast into crawling back into its shell. To his mild surprise, it works--the arrangement turns the Pokemon into its component energy and stores it within a comfortable, womblike state.
Of course, the array isn't perfect; it takes centuries before the apricorn Pokeball is perfected, and makeshift and unwieldy stopgaps are used from time to time. (E.G. the giant stone Pokeball to ensnare a giant Pokemon.) Modern Pokeballs produced by Silph and similar make use of modern plastics and machine-stamped, electronically-augmented innards, allowing general-issue Poke-, Great-, and Ultraballs that lack the strange "flavor" inherent in every apricorn Pokeball. For a time, "traditional" Pokeballs fell out of favor for their quirky nature and long preparation time. This changed so-and-so years ago, and so apricorn Pokeballs have recently come into favor for their unique applications in certain circumstances and for their value as unique collectables. Certain companies have even produced modern versions of apricorn balls--such as the Net, Dive, and Dark Ball--through various means, from unique ball construction to different arrays of interior metal to supplements such as medicines or photosensitive capture arrays.
This approach to the history of Pokeballs would explain some other mysteries re: what Pokeballs are like--for instance, a Pokemon in a Pokeball feels safe and comfortable as if in its egg again, which would explain why something you just beat up and captured is receptive to getting to know you better. A Luxury Ball, we can presume, captures the experience precicely, and feeds into the higher-brain-functions of the Pokemon, satisfying it in more complex ways as well.
Hmm... I've got no way to transition to an ending, so let's just cut it right here. How's the idea sound?
I never heard about this Giant Pokeball, but I remember something about a different ball that is used in a movie. 
