Pokemon Legends: Arceus Poke Ball Retcon Doesn't Make Much Sense
Pokemon Legends: Arceus is a valuable new entry in the franchise because of how much it contributes to the franchise's overarching lore. Most Pokemon games share a time period, which means fans only get glimpses of the Pokemon world's history through ancient ruins and stories told by certain NPCs. Pokemon Legends: Arceus puts players right in the middle of Pokemon history instead, detailing how Sinnoh became a united region and where Sinnoh's very first Pokedex started. Interestingly, Game Freak has taken Pokemon Legends: Arceus as an opportunity to not only contribute new things to Pokemon history but to retcon a few parts of the franchise's lore as well.
At the beginning of the game, players meet a Pokemon professor as usual. Professor Laventon provides players with an explanation of how Poke Balls work and introduces the player to the Pokemon world. In the process, longtime Pokemon players might notice that he says every Pokemon has the ability to shrink to a tiny size, which certainly hasn't come up in previous installments. The change helps explain how old-fashioned wooden Poke Balls can capture monsters, but it doesn't make a ton of sense on the whole. Game Freak may have written itself into a corner by giving all Pokemon this strange ability.
Pokemon Legends: Arceus Completely Contradicts a Big Pokemon Rule
Historically, Pokemon has maintained that Poke Balls convert Pokemon into energy when they capture a monster. That explanation stands to reason: Poke Balls are high-tech sci-fi devices that could pull off a feat like that, and converting Pokemon into energy also explains how trainers can store spare Pokemon in a PC. However, Pokemon Legends: Arceus takes a very different angle. Pokemon physically shrink down to
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