Pokemon: is it possible to bring them into the real world?

[Czechanada]

We have Pokemon in this world. They're just not in any of the games. They are called animals.

But they're so boring.

You don't see a Carp evolving into a giant sea serpent now do you.

Platypuses and Honey Badgers are far from boring.

[The Corparation]

I present to you, a kobr - I mean, arbok.

(Image)

I threw a poke-ball at one of those once. Didn't catch it. Just pissed it off. It then bit me and I spent three weeks recovering in a hospital.

[Ostroeuropa]

I present to you, a kobr - I mean, arbok.

(Image)

I threw a poke-ball at one of those once. Didn't catch it. Just pissed it off. It then bit me and I spent three weeks recovering in a hospital.

You have to beat them into near unconsciousness first.

[Chinese Regions]

No. Impractical to develop, and Pokemon are biologically and physically near impossible,

With Earth-like organisms, metamorphosis (which is akin to Pokémon evolution) is rare but it still exists. A caterpillar can become a cocoon and then a butterfly in real life.
Also not all Pokémon evolve. Not necessarily the definition of Pokémon but evolution is a popular property of one.
Genetically engineering creatures into Pokémon is hard, but I don't think it's the most difficult problem. Pokéballs, how are you going to shrink giant monsters down to pocket sized?

[Darkcovea]

i think that the only way to do this is to look in to DNA recomdening or more simply findout which pieces of DNA create different traits and recomden as needed

[Grand Britannia]

But they're so boring.

You don't see a Carp evolving into a giant sea serpent now do you.

Well, wait a couple hundred million years and who knows?

Then it would probably taken a couple more million years for it to shoot energy blasts from its mouth....

[Socialdemokraterne]

3-D printing is an interesting idea, no lie. But I question your applications. Here's the order of things that I'd want to be able to print out of a Replicator:

1. Human organs
2. Food/Water
3. Minerals
4. Synthetic materials
...
x. Pokemon

Everything in its proper order, young grasshopper. Everything in its proper order. There are more important things to consider making at this moment in history. Give it time and we'll get around to making Pokemon (maybe).

Probably not. I don't really think it's possible to print out Pokemon.

[Priory Academy USSR]

No. Impractical to develop, and Pokemon are biologically and physically near impossible,

With Earth-like organisms, metamorphosis (which is akin to Pokémon evolution) is rare but it still exists. A caterpillar can become a cocoon and then a butterfly in real life.

Fair enough, but Pokemon evolution happens near instantaneously, ignoring the months of development going into any other form of metamorphosis

[United States of Natan]

dna recombining could work, but i think we should make a machine that can bring them out of the game. and guys, stop insulting me.

[Czechanada]

I think it is possible, mostly through either DNA combining (unlikely, though) or virtual recreation. the way I think it could be done through virtual recreation is find a computer image of a pokemon, and then build a machine that can transfer it's particles into the real world. how might a machine like this be built? if we work together, we can definitely bring pokemon into the real world, possibly through our games!

Also, you took The Amazing Spider-Man way too seriously.

[Olthar]

I once had a pet mouse crawl into my pocket. Does that count?

Yeh, that counts, i guess. Depending on how you define monster.

Maybe I should have given it a tiny, mouse-sized Frankenstein mask.

[Priory Academy USSR]

dna recombining could work, but i think we should make a machine that can bring them out of the game. and guys, stop insulting me.

We're attacking the argument, not the player.

Bringing them out of the game=making them real
Making them real=impossible genetical engineering.

[Vetalia]

Then it would probably taken a couple more million years for it to shoot energy blasts from its mouth....

Hmm, makes you wonder just what the hell is in the water around Kanto.

[The Corparation]

dna recombining could work, but i think we should make a machine that can bring them out of the game. and guys, stop insulting me.

No it wouldn't. DNA does not work like that. By suggesting this you are only setting yourself up for mockery due to the poor understanding of biology that you've demonstrated.

[Srion]

Serious tone: No. It would not be possible with much of forseeable technology, and the whole idea is scary. Not to mention that IRL, even if we made something like it, it would not "faint" but actually be destroyed and killed.

Speculative tone: Hmm... with Pikachu we can make a very complex and high maintenance robot that looks like Pikachu, armed with a electrolaser on its body and a antimatter-cataclysed fission reactor inside... by this point it could kill people easily and will be first used by the Japanese Army in the second war with the Rangora.

[Wolfmanne]

dna recombining could work, but i think we should make a machine that can bring them out of the game. and guys, stop insulting me.

While we're at it, can you also bring Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends on the British Southeastern railway line? I'd love it if Gordon the Big Green Tree took me into Charing Cross.

[Socialdemokraterne]

dna recombining could work, but i think we should make a machine that can bring them out of the game. and guys, stop insulting me.

I'm not trying to insult you, I'm telling you that 3-D printing has more important applications at this moment.

Besides, have you ever considered that the Pokemon stories you've read and seen and played through might just be seen through rose-tinted glasses? Think of the military applications of a rat that can shoot lightning bolts, or a balloon that can make people fall asleep just by singing! The danger to communities living next to a cave occupied by irritable snakes made of stone which are the size of small buildings and can fly?

There's a dark side to that world they're not telling you about.

[Sun Tea]

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[Chinese Regions]

dna recombining could work, but i think we should make a machine that can bring them out of the game. and guys, stop insulting me.

We're attacking the argument, not the player.

Bringing them out of the game=making them real
Making them real=impossible genetical engineering.

Making some of them real, not all is possible
Sentient ice cream, magnets? Nope
Pig monkeys? Yes
Turtles? Yes
Plant-animal hybrids? Maybe.
Lizards with their tails on fire? Nope
Birds? Yes
Butterflies? Already 'evolve'

[Goodclark]

I think it is possible, mostly through either DNA combining (unlikely, though) or virtual recreation. the way I think it could be done through virtual recreation is find a computer image of a pokemon, and then build a machine that can transfer it's particles into the real world. how might a machine like this be built?

Short of magic, it might not.

A computer picture of a pokemon has no 'particles', unless you mean pixels - and just copying the appearance of an object with some kind of 3d-print technology wouldn't spontaneously generate functional internal organs, or the 'spark of life'.

To be honest, the idea of Pokemon in real life is pretty horrible, anyway.

I really like your flag.

[Priory Academy USSR]

We're attacking the argument, not the player.

Bringing them out of the game=making them real
Making them real=impossible genetical engineering.

Making some of them real, not all is possible
Sentient ice cream, magnets? Nope
Pig monkeys? Yes
Turtles? Yes
Plant-animal hybrids? Maybe.
Lizards with their tails on fire? Nope
Birds? Yes
Butterflies? Already 'evolve'

I don't think that any of those could have the various abilities Pokemon possess, which is their only true defining feature.

[Socialdemokraterne]

I don't think that any of those could have the various abilities Pokemon possess, which is their only true defining feature.

True, but it'd still be sort of cool to have a pet Pikachu even if it couldn't throw lightning or talk.

[Priory Academy USSR]

I don't think that any of those could have the various abilities Pokemon possess, which is their only true defining feature.

True, but it'd still be sort of cool to have a pet Pikachu even if it couldn't throw lightning or talk.

Yes, but it would only be an imitation of a true Pikachu.

[Grand Britannia]

Then it would probably taken a couple more million years for it to shoot energy blasts from its mouth....

Hmm, makes you wonder just what the hell is in the water around Kanto.

On the other hand, fishing ships would have to carry artillery around.

dna recombining could work, but i think we should make a machine that can bring them out of the game. and guys, stop insulting me.

I'm not trying to insult you, I'm telling you that 3-D printing has more important applications at this moment.

Besides, have you ever considered that the Pokemon stories you've read and seen and played through might just be seen through rose-tinted glasses? Think of the military applications of a rat that can shoot lightning bolts, or a balloon that can make people fall asleep just by singing! The danger to communities living next to a cave occupied by irritable snakes made of stone which are the size of small buildings and can fly?

There's a dark side to that world they're not telling you about.

IIRC, Pokemon are militarized.

Hell, Gyarados actively attack cruises in the high seas just because they anger easily.

[Mayane]

There is always a possibilty, but it wouldn't be biological, it would be mechanical.

Advanced nano-technology, perhaps.