Thursday, March 13, 2014

Pokémon Lore: Silph Co.

Okay, let’s get started, Pokémon. and there is no more important part of Pokémon lore than...Silph Co.

I Just realized the logo is two halves of a Pokéball



Yes, Silph Company,best known for being the ones responsible for the the Pokéball as well as the PokéGear (at least in Gen IV) and Prototypes such as the Silph Scope and Master Ball. both  still in very limited Beta, making Silph look a lot like a Pokémon World version of Google
Don't be Dark-Type



It seems to be generally accepted that they produce almost everything you can buy in game including things like Potions and TMs.
Silph also Produces home appliances, as demonstrated by Rotom’s room in Pokemon HGSS
All this is relatively common knowledge for a Pokéfan, but it raises some questions. Is Silph Co. the only company that produces these items? do they hold some sort of PokéPatent on them? Devon Co. in Hoenn seems to also make Pokéballs as well, maybe those are just their variations like the Timer Ball and Luxury Ball? Or is Devon a subsidiary of Silph? Are they the ones who run the Pokéball Factory in the Kalos Region?

Question Two, Can Silph Co. be trusted? when we run into them in Gen I, they'd been forced into serving Team Rocket, after Team Rocket has been defeated, has Silph managed to remain uncorrupted again, or are they now building doomsday devices for Team Flare or Galactic? This company makes Everything, hardly a comforting notion to remember it was co-opted by the mafia once. A company that big being anything but upstanding in it business practice is a frightening thought

Makes for Great TV though...  

Question Three, Will we see more of Silph Company? I hope so, but outside of remakes, revisiting Kanto seems unlikely, and despite clearly being an international company, new Pokemon games tend to focus on what new things a region can offer, rather than ties to the old ones.

If anyone has any Information, Theories, or Corrections about Silph Co. I'd be glad to hear them, thanks for Reading.

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