For a long time, paleontologists suspected that Magnemite and Magneton – steel-type pokemon with no organic component whatsoever, which feed on electricity – could not possibly have evolved naturally. And likewise, theologians held them out as proof of Arceus' divine hand in the creation of the universe, a pokemon which the theory of evolution could not explain. In truth, neither of them had the answer, for the truth lay beyond the stars.
Observers have long noted that large groups of Magneton appear during periods of intense sunspots activity, and that they emitted powerful microwave radiation. Recent discoveries have shown it to be of such similar frequency to the remnants of the big bang that the fact that this radiation was uniform throughout the universe (save where Magneton are located) was only discovered a couple decades ago in this world. It has taken some time, however, to notice these realities and assemble them into a coherent theory on the origins of this pokemon, a task which still has not been completed.
Current conjecture holds that Magneton, whatever they are, are more like small celestial bodies than other pokemon. They are created out of heavy metals drawn together by gravity, yet made distinct from one another by magnetism and electrified by fusion. Typically, they settle at the cores of planets or stars and lose their distinct form, but occasionally they are ejected from stars and fall to our planet, or land here after drifting aimlessly through the universe in hibernation for eons.
Magnemite, for their part, are theorized to be the result of Magneton breaking up in the atmosphere, while Magnezone occur when gravity outweighs magnetism and crushes the three Magneton portions together.
