Have you ever wanted to breed a team of Pokemon? Are you even considering trading, catching, or hatching Pokemon just for pet purposes? Then this guide is for you!
Despite the title, this guide is for more than just the breeding of Pokemon. It also regards care, rearing, and techniques to catch different species of Pokemon. Some legendary Pokemon may be mentioned too. This book will also look into laws varying by region.
This chapter will be used to review the terminology that will be used throughout the book.
Ability: Regards to the passive powers of Pokemon. This can be something as simple as intimidation or can even be as elaborate as Torrent.
Battle: Referring to an officially sanctioned encounter between trainers, where their Pokemon enter non-lethal combat against each other for monetary or training purposes. Laws regarding Pokemon Battles vary depending on region.
Breeding: The act of intentionally allowing a pair of Pokemon to mate for varying purposes.
Cautionary Section: Due to the vast amount of Pokemon abilities, many of which can prove dangerous to human health. Unfortunately, several Pokedex entries are either underestimated or overestimated. Such Pokemon will be described in-detail to remove any assumptions regarding these.
Ditto-Breeding: Making use of Ditto to breed Pokemon. Ditto can breed with any Pokemon with live gametes and even unnatural or asexually reproducing Pokemon.
Effort Value: Pokemon, during battle, tend to exercise their abilities against given targets. Some Pokemon, wild or otherwise, tend to work their opponents over regularly. An advanced tactic is to train Pokemon against specific species to raise Effort Value in specific abilities.
Egg-Group: Refers to biosimilarity in Pokemon. Each Pokemon capable of natural breeding via sexual reproduction has one or two egg groups. Only a single egg group needs to be shared for childbirth to occur. Care must be taken with Pokephilia, as humans count for the Human-Like Egg Group.
Egg-Moves: Abilities that can only be hereditary in a Pokemon species. It cannot be learned otherwise.
Evolution: Refers to, in this case, Pokemon growing to more powerful forms. This can take the form of age-based metamorphosis or even physiological mutation. DO NOT CONFUSE FOR PHYLOGENIC EVOLUTION.
Evolutionary Stones: Exceedingly rare crystals that, when some Pokemon are exposed to them, will evolve into their next states.
Hidden Machine: A disc that, when used, permanently burns the memory of a technique into a Pokemon's mind. Such abilities are known to be highly useful outside of battle.
Intelligence: Pokemon vary in intelligence, many of which can be considered sentient. Intelligence usually varies between Psychic-Type Pokemon and Bug-Type Pokemon.
Legendary: Refers to Pokemon that are dimensionally anomalous and unique. Such Pokemon cannot be bred via Ditto, and have undefined egg groups. This is understandable, as most Legendary Pokemon are deemed gods.
License: Oftentimes, catching and battling with Pokemon requires one to be a licensed trainer. Laws regarding privileges and age vary depending on region.
Mega Evolution: Almost every species of Pokemon has a Mega Evolution, triggered by a Keystone and a corresponding Mega Stone for the species. Unfortunately, not all types of Mega Stones have been discovered.
Natures: Each Pokemon has a nature of Personality, which can be somewhat hereditary. A Pokemon's Nature affects how the Pokemon will behave in battle, including reaction time, effort placed into attacks, and resistance to pain.
PC Box: Within some computers, a Pokemon can be placed into a Pocket Dimension, in a state of stasis allowing for easy storage of Pokemon exceeding the maximum that one can carry.
Pokeball: A small, apple-sized spherical device used for easy transport and containment of Pokemon. Varying types of Pokeball exist, though each one carries a Pocket Dimension to house the Pokemon safely. Unless in a state of war, each Trainer is only permitted to carry six Pokemon at any given time.
Pokedex: A small, computerized device used for storing personal ID, maintaining a map, and, of course, identifying Pokemon species.
Pokephilia: Refers to sexual actions between humans and Pokemon. Regions have varying laws regarding Pokephilia.
Primal Reversion: Most ancient Pokemon have a Primal form, triggered by an Orb instead of a Mega Stone. Unfortunately, not all Orbs have been created.
Technical Machine: Discs that, when played for Pokemon, can teach them new moves. They used to self-destruct upon use, but that feature was removed, as it was much too costly.
Trade: The act of exchanging Pokemon between trainers. This requires official Pokeball transfer to be entirely effective. Note that some Traded Pokemon may not listen to their new owners.
Type: Every Pokemon has one or two types, a rough categorization of which abilities it can resist and is prone to damage from. New types are still being discovered, the most recent being the "Fairy" type, capable of defeating Dark and Dragon-types with ease.
This terminology will prove quite useful in later chapters. These are all studied directly by the Pokemon Breeder author herself. The knowledge here may not be suitable for all readers. What one does with given knowledge is of one's own responsibility. The author is not responsible for any maiming, dismemberment, burning, freezing, impalement, shocking, crushing, bludgeoning, slicing, amputation, blinding, deafening, dehydration, explosion, incarceration, poisoning, diabetes, heart attacks, infestation, desecration, madness, unintended pregnancies, invasive species, soul loss, hair loss, emotional loss, property loss, lawsuits, deaths, or sudden disappearances that may occur from misuse of this knowledge.
Have fun!
The author looked over her work and grinned at this first page she typed up. She combed her fingers through the fur of her Cinccino. "Samson, what do you think?" she asked, recieving only a sort of chirping from her pet. Two years of selective breeding made Samson both strong, durable, and made his fur like silk. She then closed her laptop and made her way out of the room, returning Samson to his Pokeball.
"Darla, are you coming or not?" called a young man from outside.
"I'm coming! I just had to finish writing up an intro page!"
"Well, come on. Glory waits for no man!"
Darla then entered the six-wheeled truck with the Unova Breeders Union. Her Pokedex in hand, her Pokeballs in her bag, she was ready to traverse the world in search of knowledge and fame.
Hopefully the book sells when she finishes.
I am making a hopefully long-running series about a Pokemon Breeder's studies, with some cuts to reality to show what is happening.
If you have a request for the next study, just message me. Note that all studies will be written from a realistic perspective.
Pokemon is the work of Nintendo, I claim nothing.