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

[Ashetenia]

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.

Wow. I'm not even going to go into how scientifically misguided that idea is. Also, no one is really insulting you. They're just telling you how much of waste it would be to devote 3-d printing technology to making pokemon.

[Chinese Regions]

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.

You could train or genetically engineer a pig monkey with the will the fight, ergo you got Mankey
Just genetically engineer a bird , you have Swellow or Pidgey or Farfetch'd. (They are normal type so I'm kind of cheating, but pokémon nonetheless)
Engineer a plant-animal hybrid and you got Bulbasaur, What's more to it?
Fire Pokémon? nah, but like I said, some are possible, some aren't.

[Bluvil]

I guess some kind of overly expensive hologram machine could make it look like Pokemon are actually there, but unless 3D animation becomes fully possible, all you'll really get is a real life version of the Pokemon stadium games but with 2D sprites portraying the Pokemon and the Pokemon would only exist as battling bits of code.

I'd imagine these bits of code could be kept in Poke Balls (as long as they had a USB drive in them) and you could probably program some different animations and sounds for the Pokemon, but they wouldn't exist as anything other than battling pieces of code. Nobody would make the machine in bulk as they wouldn't sell (High production costs means high retail prices for something that people can do in the games anyway), maybe someone with too much money would hire people to build one, but it would be a waste of money in my opinion.

As far as making actually real Pokemon? No, it won't happen and should never happen.

[Olthar]

IIRC, Pokemon are militarized.

Lt. Surge used his Pokémon in some unnamed war.

Lucario and the Mystery of Mew started with a scene of a Pokémon war.

[Socialdemokraterne]

IIRC, Pokemon are militarized.

Well, I don't actually recall that. But it seems plausible that they'd explore that angle considering the police force employs fire dogs and there's a guy named Lieutenant Surge. He's got to be lieutenant of something, after all. Unless he's just a weirdo that calls himself lieutenant for no adequately explained reason.

I mean, it's not like people lie about their profession in that universe. Professor Oak knows so much about Pokemon that he wasn't able to enter a single piece of information about a single Pokemon in his Pokedex before he gave it to you. That's...wait...that's contrary evidence to the whole not lying about your profession thing.

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

Not a military application per se, but certainly dangerous.

[Esternial]

You could mutilate an existing animal to resemble a pokémon, that's probably the most likely option.
(Not endorsing animal cruelty)

Or grab some mud, put some eyes on it and call it a Grimer.

[Ostroeuropa]

Reminded me of this.
(Sorry, the analogy is too perfect.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDNgmdGMpuY

On the left Mitchell will be playing the role of the NSG community.

[Vetalia]

On the left Mitchell will be playing the role of the NSG community.

I think the Helivets should be the nurses in the Pokemon Clinics.

[Not Safe For Work]

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.

It really likes you, too.

*nods*

[Grand Britannia]

IIRC, Pokemon are militarized.

Lt. Surge used his Pokémon in some unnamed war.

Lucario and the Mystery of Mew started with a scene of a Pokémon war.

I'd be interested in seeing how armed forces deal with electric mice, dragons, psychic pokemon...Somehow I wonder if rare Pokemon are hard to find because the military catches them all...

Chansey the combat medic.

IIRC, Pokemon are militarized.

Well, I don't actually recall that. But it seems plausible that they'd explore that angle considering the police force employs fire dogs and there's a guy named Lieutenant Surge. He's got to be lieutenant of something, after all. Unless he's just a weirdo that calls himself lieutenant for no adequately explained reason.

I mean, it's not like people lie about their profession in that universe. Professor Oak knows so much about Pokemon that he wasn't able to enter a single piece of information about a single Pokemon in his Pokedex before he gave it to you. That's...wait...that's contrary evidence to the whole not lying about your profession thing.

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

Not a military application per se, but certainly dangerous.

Lest we forget Tyranitar's tendencies to cause landslides. How a stable society exists in Pokemon is a mystery.

[Trollgaard]

Haha, are you serious? Is this really being asked? haha! This made my day!

To answer the question, no way! A few pokemon may be able to be bred through selective breeding to get an animal that looks somewhat similar, like the pigeon-bird one, but that's about it. And there would be no off the wall powers.

[Not Safe For Work]

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

We don't shove them into balls though, so they aren't pocket monsters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ51nDLoL1M

[Johz]

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!

What? You're asking for a machine that can build a real pokemon? With, like, the ability to use moves like 'AncientPower'? I mean, you could probably just about create pokemon-like robots, and perhaps in a few decade pokemon-shaped living animals. But that isn't saying anything about pokemon such as Magmortar which do things that no animal has done on earth like shooting fire from cannons built into its hands.

I'm skeptical, to say the least.

[Socialdemokraterne]

OP, your question was a tad on the abstract. But it represents using your imagination, and that's not a bad thing. No, it's probably never going to be possible to bring Pokemon into reality. You meant no harm in asking, and you're embarrassed to find that your question was so thoroughly rejected.

It's alright, this sort of thing happens sometimes. Don't be discouraged, working backwards from a goal is a good approach. You just ended up with a goal to which there is no discernible path at this time. It happens more frequently than you might think.

[Vetalia]

To answer the question, no way! A few pokemon may be able to be bred through selective breeding to get an animal that looks somewhat similar, like the pigeon-bird one, but that's about it. And there would be no off the wall powers.

It's called Pidgey, plebe.

[Ozzy]

Its a good thing Pokemon aren't in the real world. What would humans do to them? Especially China since they eat anything.......

[Triodard and Florard]

It might be possible to create creatures that look kind of like pokemon in the far future, with a few modifications, but I'm almost certain a little pseudo-pikachu will start shooting lightning.

[Not Safe For Work]

dna recombining could work,

No, it couldn't.

...but i think we should make a machine that can bring them out of the game.

Should? Debatable - the ethical implications of such institutionalized cruelty are profound.

Is it possible? No.

and guys, stop insulting me.

Telling you it's impossible is not insulting you.

[Grand Britannia]

Its a good thing Pokemon aren't in the real world. What would humans do to them? Especially China since they eat anything.......

Delicious Milktanks and Tauros for dinner...

Pass the Pidgey, please

[Tigeria]

I think we could make pokemon biologically, however as far as saying their name or having powers is not entirely possible, or the evolving part

[Not Safe For Work]

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!

What? You're asking for a machine that can build a real pokemon? With, like, the ability to use moves like 'AncientPower'? I mean, you could probably just about create pokemon-like robots, and perhaps in a few decade pokemon-shaped living animals. But that isn't saying anything about pokemon such as Magmortar which do things that no animal has done on earth like shooting fire from cannons built into its hands.

I'm skeptical, to say the least.

I'm more skeptical of how we're going to gene-splice or 3d-print ghost types.

[Segland]

OP, your question was a tad on the abstract. But it represents using your imagination, and that's not a bad thing. No, it's probably never going to be possible to bring Pokemon into reality. You meant no harm in asking, and you're embarrassed to find that your question was so thoroughly rejected.

It's alright, this sort of thing happens sometimes. Don't be discouraged, working backwards from a goal is a good approach. You just ended up with a goal to which there is no discernible path at this time. It happens more frequently than you might think.

Yes, OP, remember this statement. Also, when you start NS, assume everyone absolutely hates you and work your way up.

Somewhat more on topic, I remember when I was about 7 I prayed that God would give me a Pikachu.

When I didn't get that Pikachu, I became an atheist.

[Trollgaard]

To answer the question, no way! A few pokemon may be able to be bred through selective breeding to get an animal that looks somewhat similar, like the pigeon-bird one, but that's about it. And there would be no off the wall powers.

It's called Pidgey, plebe.

Lol, I was close.

[Not Safe For Work]

OP, your question was a tad on the abstract. But it represents using your imagination, and that's not a bad thing. No, it's probably never going to be possible to bring Pokemon into reality. You meant no harm in asking, and you're embarrassed to find that your question was so thoroughly rejected.

It's alright, this sort of thing happens sometimes. Don't be discouraged, working backwards from a goal is a good approach. You just ended up with a goal to which there is no discernible path at this time. It happens more frequently than you might think.

Yes, OP, remember this statement. Also, when you start NS, assume everyone absolutely hates you and work your way up.

Somewhat more on topic, I remember when I was about 7 I prayed that God would give me a Pikachu.

When I didn't get that Pikachu, I became an atheist.

A pretty good argument, that, actually.

The sudden appearance of a lifeform that could not be in any way explained as having originated through any known mechanism would actually be a pretty good argument for 'gods'. Or aliens, I suppose.

[Phocidaea]

Can we use genetic engineering to alter creatures to the extent where they will resemble magically-empowered creatures from a half-baked children's media franchise? No, and I hope we never develop technology to that level. Think of the Eldritch abominations that could be created.